25 Facts About Sanyo

Sanyo had over 230 subsidiaries and affiliates, and was founded by Toshio Iue in 1947.

Sanyo was founded when Toshio Iue the brother-in-law of Konosuke Matsushita and a former Matsushita employee, was lent an unused Matsushita plant in 1947 and used it to make bicycle generator lamps.

Sanyo was incorporated in 1949; in 1952 it made Japan's first plastic radio and in 1954 Japan's first pulsator-type washing machine.

Sanyo's name means three oceans in Japanese, referring to the founder's ambition to sell their products worldwide, across the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans.

Under Ladd's leadership, the Fisher Corporation under Sanyo grew to be a multi-million dollar leader in the consumer electronics industry.

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Ladd was instrumental at Sanyo in promoting Quadraphonic sound audio equipment for the American market, producing 4-channel audio equipment in both SQ and Matrix formats.

Sanyo realized tremendous growth during Ladd's tenure in the 1970s; annual sales grew from $71.

In 1976 Sanyo expanded their North American presence with the purchase of Whirlpool Corporation's television business, Warwick Electronics, which manufactured televisions for Sears.

Technologically Sanyo has had good ties with Sony, supporting the Betamax video format from invention until the mid-1980s, while producing the VHS video format at the same time for the Fisher brand during the early 1980s, and later being an early adopter of the highly successful Video8 camcorder format.

In North America, Sanyo manufactured CDMA cellular phones exclusively for Sprint's Sprint PCS brand in the United States, and for Bell Mobility in Canada.

Sanyo posted signs of recovery after the announcement of positive operating income of 2.

Sanyo remains the world number one producer of rechargeable batteries.

In October 2007, Sanyo cancelled a 110 billion yen sale of its semiconductor business, blaming the global credit crisis for the decision and stating that after exploring its other options, it had decided to keep the business and develop it as part of its portfolio.

In 2010, Sanyo sold its semiconductor operations to ON Semiconductor.

Sanyo HIT solar cell is composed of a mono thin crystalline silicon wafer surrounded by ultra-thin amorphous silicon layers.

Sanyo Energy opened its solar module assembly plants in Hungary and in Mexico in 2004, and in 2006 it produced solar modules worth $213 million.

In late September 2008, Sanyo announced its decision to build a manufacturing plant for solar ingots and wafers in Inagi, Japan.

Sanyo is responsible for the construction of the Solar Ark.

Sanyo pioneered the production of nickel cadmium batteries in 1964, nickel metal hydride batteries in 1990, lithium-ion batteries in 1994, and lithium polymer batteries in 1999.

Sanyo is developing NiMH batteries for hybrid electric vehicles with the Volkswagen group, while their lithium-ion batteries for plug-in HEV will be housed in Suzuki fleet vehicles.

Sanyo planned to raise monthly production of NiMH batteries for hybrid vehicles from 1 million units to up to 2.

In September 2019, Sanyo introduced a range of Android TV sets known as the Sanyo Kaizen Series.

Sanyo worked with Energy Efficiency Services Limited to develop a 1.

Sanyo is known for its thermal management sector, Sanyo Denki, which makes high speed, large airflow, high static pressure DC fans sold under the moniker "San Ace", a product line mainly geared towards the enterprise market.

Sanyo was the primary sponsor of the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League in Australia from 2000 to 2012.

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