59 Facts About Panasonic Corporation

Panasonic Corporation has a primary listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 and TOPIX 100 indices.

Panasonic Corporation sells virtually all of its products and services worldwide under the Panasonic brand, having phased out the Sanyo brand in the first quarter of 2012.

Panasonic Corporation has sold products under a number of other brand names during its history.

Panasonic Corporation began to use the brand name "Technics" in 1965 for audio equipment.

Panasonic Corporation began producing television sets for the U S market under the Panasonic brand name, and expanded the use of the brand to Europe in 1979.

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Panasonic Corporation manufactured MSX computers of their own, such as Panasonic FS-A1.

In 2008, all models of electric shavers from the Panasonic Corporation factory were called Panasonic Corporation shavers, and they dropped Matsushita and National from their name, regardless of worldwide or Japanese markets.

In January 2012, Panasonic Corporation announced that it had struck a deal with Myspace on its new venture, Myspace TV.

In July 2013, Panasonic signed an agreement with Sony Corporation to develop Archival Disc, described as an optical disc format for long-term data archival purposes.

Panasonic Corporation Healthcare was later renamed as PHCHD, which stands for Panasonic Corporation HealthCare HD.

In July 2014, it was announced that Panasonic has reached a basic agreement with Tesla Motors to participate in the Gigafactory, the huge battery plant that the American electric vehicle manufacturer plans to build in the U S In August 2014, Tesla said the plant would be built in the Southwest or Western United States by 2020.

Panasonic Corporation said it was looking at potential sites in Nevada, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico and California.

In October 2014, Panasonic Corporation announced its initial investment in Tesla Motors' battery factory would amount to "tens of billions" of yen, according to the firm's CEO.

In November 2014, Panasonic Corporation announced its partnership with Photon Interactive to create customized and personalized digital signs in stores.

In January 2015, Panasonic Corporation announced it has stopped making TVs in China and plans to liquidate its joint venture in Shandong.

In March 2015, Panasonic Corporation announced plans to buy Houston-based satellite communication service provider ITC Global.

Panasonic Corporation intends to use South Africa as a springboard into Africa, with Nigeria and Egypt as its initial targets.

In June 2015, Panasonic Corporation struck agreements with three Australian energy utilities to trial its home-based battery storage options.

In November 2015, Panasonic Corporation announced that it set up a new plant in Suzhou, China, through its subsidiary, Panasonic Corporation Ecology Systems Co.

In November 2015, Panasonic Corporation starts to retail locally harvested produce from its indoor agriculture facility salads via Veggie Life branding in Singapore, from the very first licensed indoor vegetable farm in the country using Panasonic Corporation's own technology.

In June 2016, Tesla announced that Panasonic Corporation would be the exclusive supplier of batteries for its mass market vehicle Model 3.

In July 2016, Panasonic Corporation unveiled its interest in making acquisitions in the artificial intelligence and machine learning space.

In 2019, Panasonic Corporation sold its semiconductors and security systems businesses.

Panasonic Corporation decided to completely exit from the liquid-crystal display panel business by 2021, marking the end of its display production, to focus its resources on the automotive and industrial businesses.

In 2020, Panasonic Corporation exited the vending machine business, as it failed to achieve profitability, lagging behind rivals Fuji Electric, Sanden and Glory.

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Panasonic Corporation had total revenues of in 2012, of which 53 percent were generated in Japan, 25 percent in Asia, 12 percent in the Americas and 10 percent in Europe.

Panasonic Corporation invested a total of in research and development in 2012, equivalent to 6.

Panasonic Corporation was the world's top patent applicant for three decades, from the 1980s to the 2000s.

Panasonic Corporation Homes was a Japanese real estate and construction company and a subsidiary of Life Solutions Company, Panasonic Corporation, founded as the housing unit of Matsushita Electric Works in 1963.

In recent years, Panasonic Corporation Homes has been involved in developing smart cities.

In 2019, it was announced that Toyota and Panasonic would initiate a process to merge their housing businesses, Toyota Housing and Misawa Homes from the former and Panasonic Homes of the latter, into a joint venture scheduled to be established in January 2020 and co-controlled by the two parties, named Prime Life Technologies Corporation.

Panasonic Avionics Corporation, a subsidiary of Panasonic Corporation of North America and a unit of Connected Solutions Company, Panasonic, is a supplier of in-flight entertainment and communication systems.

In February 2017, Panasonic Corporation reported that the subsidiary was being investigated by American authorities under the FCPA.

Panasonic Corporation used to market mobile phone handsets worldwide, but in December 2005 announced its withdrawal from overseas markets due to poor sales.

Panasonic Corporation returned to the overseas market in 2012, with the release of the Panasonic Corporation Eluga Android-powered smartphone.

In July 2013, Panasonic Corporation announced the company will not supply a new model of smartphone to NTT DoCoMo Inc, because NTT DoCoMo will focus with Sony and Samsung products.

From July 2013 to January 2018, Panasonic Corporation India has released one more series of Android Smartphones Panasonic Corporation P Series, along with Eluga Series.

Automotive Systems Business Division, Automotive Company, Panasonic Corporation, formerly Panasonic Corporation Automotive Systems, is an original equipment manufacturer of factory installed mobile audio equipment such as headunits, speakers and navigation modules.

Panasonic Corporation formerly manufactured aftermarket vehicle audio products such as head units and speakers.

Panasonic Corporation Europe is headquartered in London, England, but it is moving its headquarters to Amsterdam, Netherlands due to Brexit.

In 2012, Panasonic Corporation had around a 10 percent share of the consumer electronics market in Europe, ranking third behind Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics .

In May 2015, Panasonic Corporation launched its virtual solar service to UK consumers.

Panasonic Corporation used to manufacture 3DO gaming systems alongside GoldStar and Sanyo but stopped 3 years later, as it was not a success.

Panasonic Corporation obtained exclusive rights to manufacture the 3DO's successor console, the M2, but ultimately backed out of releasing it due to the highly competitive state of the console gaming market at the time.

In 2014, Panasonic Corporation Healthcare was bought by outside investors and renamed as PHCHD, which stands for Panasonic Corporation HealthCare HD.

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Panasonic Corporation had been in the semiconductor industry since 1957, when it started the mass production of silicon transistors and bipolar ICs.

In 2019, Panasonic Corporation decided to sell its remaining chip business and the stake in the joint venture with TowerJazz to Nuvoton following heavy losses.

Panasonic Corporation has offered a wide range of products and services, including air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, compressors, lighting, televisions, personal computers, mobile phones, audio equipment, cameras, broadcasting equipment, projectors, automotive electronics, aircraft in-flight entertainment systems, semiconductors, lithium batteries, electrical components, optical devices, bicycles, electronic materials and photovoltaic modules.

Panasonic Corporation owns Panasonic Corporation Wild Knights a rugby club base in Gunma just outside of Tokyo.

Panasonic Corporation is an official partner and sponsor of AFC Champions League and Major League Soccer.

Panasonic Corporation was a primary sponsor of Toyota's Formula One program, Panasonic Corporation Toyota Racing.

In 2007, Panasonic Corporation became a technology partner with Hendrick Motorsports, and will serve as a primary sponsor of the team's No 24 car with Jeff Gordon for two races in 2014 and through 2015.

Panasonic Corporation has been a top level sponsor of the Olympic Games since the Seoul Olympics in 1988.

Panasonic Corporation was the official partner and sponsor of the Boston Celtics from 1975 to 1989, along with Technics.

Various Panasonic Corporation ads appeared at the old Boston Garden during the 1980s.

Panasonic Corporation is ranked in joint 11th place in Greenpeace's Guide to Greener Electronics, which ranks electronics manufacturers on policies and practices to reduce their impact on the climate, produce greener products and make their operations more sustainable.

Panasonic Corporation is one of the top scorers on the Products criteria, praised for its good product life cycles and the number of products which are free from polyvinyl chloride plastic .

In 2020, Panasonic Corporation joined WIPO GREEN as an official partner in a effort to adress climate change.

In February 2022, the Wall Street Journal reported that Panasonic Corporation got its highest-emitting Chinese factory to “virtually net zero” carbon dioxide.