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 | | The two companies that had been marketing Sharp electronic office equipment were also merged to form Sharp Business, Co., Ltd. This measure was taken to bring electronic office equipment to a broader market. |
 | | In this same year, Sharp completed a plant in Shinjo (Katsuragi), Nara Prefecture, devoted entirely to manufacture of solar power-related products such as solar heat collectors, water heaters, heat regeneration chambers, and solar cells for outer space utilization, and to conduct research into energy utilization technology. |
 | | Two exhibit halls were completed within the Advanced Development and Planning Center in Tenri, Nara: Memorial Hall, with displays tracing the progress of the company from its inception through to the present, and Technology Hall, which focuses on development trends in electronics technology. |
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