Sampo Corporation Explained

Sampo Corporation
聲寶股份有限公司
Type:Public
Foundation:1936
Location City:Taoyuan City
Location Country:Taiwan
Industry:Electronics
Products:Home appliance
Homepage:
(in Chinese)

Sampo Corporation is a major manufacturing company in Taiwan.[1] [2] [3] [4] It manufactures household electrical items, including televisions, air-conditioners, and washing machines. The company has collaborated with TCL. It also manufactures PDP-TVs for Thomson on a contract basis.

In 1967, Sampo and Sony established a joint venture in Taiwan, . In 2000, Sony headquarters in Japan withdrew its agency rights and consolidated all Sony affiliates in Taiwan, ended the partnership between Sampo.

In 1969, Sampo and Sharp cooperated to manufacture color televisions. In 1990, Sharp Corporation (Taiwan) was established by Sharp and Sampo as the official branch of Sharp in Taiwan, responsible for the import and sales of Sharp's products. This partnership ended when Foxconn acquired Sharp in 2016.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Sampo hopes for TCL-Thomson orders. Taipei Times. Wang, Lisa. November 5, 2003.
  2. Grundig Sold to Sampo. Appliance Magazine. January 9, 2003. June 4, 2012. November 3, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111103090845/http://www.appliancemagazine.com/news.php?article=4112&zone=0&first=1. dead.
  3. Web site: Sampo Corp (1604.TW) . 23 August 2023 . Reuters.
  4. Web site: Sampo Corp (1604:Taiwan). https://archive.today/20130119012605/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=1604:TT. dead. January 19, 2013. Bloomberg Businessweek.
  5. Web site: 中時新聞網 . 夏寶槓日立 捨代工改進口 - 產業.科技 . 2022-08-08 . 中時新聞網 . 17 October 2013 . zh-Hant-TW.