Sunday, March 15, 2009

Panasonic Corporation

1006 Oaza Kadoma
Kadoma
Osaka, 571-8501
Japan - Map
Phone: 81 6 6908 1121
Fax: 81 6 6908 2351
Web Site: http://www.panasonic.net

Panasonic Corporation, through its subsidiaries, produces and sells electronic and electric products for consumer, business, and industrial uses. It operates through five segments: AVC Networks, Home Appliances, Components and Devices, MEW and PanaHome, and Other. AVC Networks segment offers LCD televisions, DVD recorders and players, SD memory cards, digital and video cameras, and audio equipment, as well as notebook PCs and ruggedized notebook PCs, PC peripherals, mobile phones, cordless telephones and facsimile equipment, network cameras and TV door intercom systems, automotive electronics and electronic toll collection terminals, and product tracking systems and payment terminals. Home Appliances segment offers washing machines, vacuum cleaners, dishwasher/dryers, rice cookers, microwave ovens, induction-heating cooking equipment, refrigerators, room air conditioners, water heating systems, and compressors, as well as healthcare systems, lighting, and environmental systems. Components and Devices segment provides semiconductors, electronic devices, batteries, and electric motors that are used primarily in AV equipment, information and communication devices, home appliances, and industrial equipments. MEW and PanaHome segment manufactures electrical construction materials, home appliances, building products, electronic and plastic materials, and automation controls, as well as engages in detached housing, home remodeling, and asset and property management businesses. Other segment engages in factory automation (FA) business. It offers various FA and other industrial equipment. This segment provides mounting processes and solutions from component insertion to wafer processing to develop circuit manufacturing technology. The company, formerly known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.