Dataquest Names Sharp As Leading Fax Manufacturer For 1999.

Sharp Document & Network Systems of America was named leader in the fax market for 1999. Based on the Facsimile Market Share Year-End Report for 1999, a recent study from Dataquest, a subsidiary of the Garnter Group, Sharp Electronics has reclaimed its leadership role and "number one" status in the business fax machine marketplace by selling the most units in 1999. Sharp has led the facsimile industry in sales for 12 out of the past 13 years.

Sharp's products take the lead in three of the four fax technology categories: thermal transfer recording (TTR), direct thermal and laser/LED (EPG). Dataquest's study found that Sharp experienced the strongest growth in marketshare, at 39 percent in the business fax machine market. With more than 1.5 million units sold, Sharp accounted for 23 percent of all fax machines sold in the United States in 1999.

Sharp Document & Network Systems of America (SDNA) is one of the three leading US digital document systems companies. SDNA is a division of Sharp Electronics Corp., the Mahwah, N.J.-based sales and marketing arm of Japan's Sharp Corp. A leading manufacturer of digital copiers worldwide, Sharp Corp. develops the core technologies shaping the analog-to-digital product transitions.