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National Panasonic company information and history
A little bit of history and background information
Panasonic, now a household name in many parts of the world, is an internationally recognised global brand, with an outstanding reputation for top quality products and service.
The company started in Japan in 1918, when Konosuke Matsushita formed the Matsushita Electric Devices Manufacturing Works This was housed on the first floor of a two storey house.
Televisions hadn't been invented yet, of course, television came along in the 1920s.
The first things Matshushita made were electrical plugs and sockets, then in 1927 these were followed by a bicycle lamp, which was the first product to carry the National brand.
They started making radios in 1931, still under the National brand.
The brand name Panasonic came along in 1955, when they were expanding into international markets. They discovered the brand name National was already in use so they chose the name Panasonic, initially for their operations in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
How the name came about is charmingly simple. They were selling radios, and put together the words Pan meaning all, and sonic for sound, so Panasonic simply means all sound. When you think of the modern terms such as surround sound and the like, the early adoption of all sound as a name was pretty good, really
Present day worldwide operations
Today Panasonic (Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited) is one of the largest electronic product manufacturers in the world, comprised of over 600 companies.
They manufacture and market over 15,000 products under brands such as Panasonic, National, Technics, and Quasar all over the world.
(Matsushita) Panasonic company profile
Company Name: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd
Head Office Location:
1006, Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka 571-8501, Japan
Tel. 81-6-6908-1121
President: Fumio Ohtsubo
Foundation: March, 1918
(incorporated in December, 1935)
Net Sales:
9,108.2 (billions of yen)
77.19 (billions of dollar)
(U.S.$1.00 = 118 yen)
Number of Employees:
328,645
No. of Consolidated Companies:
653
All figures correct at 31 March, 2007
Useful websites
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Panasonic information on Wikipedia |
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