Panasonic is one of the largest electronics manufacturers in the world. Panasonic is called Panasonic in Chinese. In the early stage, it was called National. It was gradually changed to Panasonic in 1986, and it was unified to Panasonic from October 1, 2008.
Matsushita Electric was founded in 1918 by Mr. Matsushita xingzhizhu, who is known as the "God of management". At the beginning, it was a small workshop composed of three people, and its main business was electric lamp holder. After several generations of efforts, it has become a world-famous international comprehensive electronic technology enterprise group. Panasonic's Panasonic products are well-known in many fields, such as home appliances, digital audio-visual electronics, office products, aviation and so on.
Panasonic products mainly focus on digital audio-visual, small household appliances, office products, household appliances and professional equipment in special fields. Now Panasonic has more than 70 products for civilian use, such as electric toothbrush and razor, as well as radio and television equipment, such as plasma TV, LCD TV, digital rear projection, flat screen TV, digital video camera, digital camera, DVD recorder, desktop DVD, portable DVD, mini audio, video recorder, etc.
Panasonic is also proud of its number of patents and strong self-development ability. The utilization rate of its own components of household appliances is as high as 80-90%.
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Panasonic electric appliances (China) Co., Ltd. was established in 1994 and realized sole proprietorship in 2002. It is mainly responsible for the wholesale and after-sales service activities of household appliances and system commodities. As a regional investment company in China, Matsushita Electric (China) Co., Ltd. is also responsible for personnel training, finance, legal affairs, environmental protection, intellectual property and other integration and support activities. In January 2012, Matsushita Electric (China) Co., Ltd. absorbed and merged Matsushita Electric (China) Co., Ltd., further expanding its business scope.
On December 19, 2008, Panasonic acquired Sanyo Electric and became the largest motor manufacturer in Japan and the second largest in the world (after general electric).