Description: Panasonic Corporation
Panasonic Corporation, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells electronic and electric products, systems, and components for consumer, business, and industrial uses worldwide. The company offers video and audio equipment, and information and communications equipment, such as AV, security, electronic, Internet-enabled equipment, flat-panel and plasma TVÂ’s, blu-ray disc and DVD recorders, digital video cameras, personal computers, and mobile phones; and automotive electronics, including car navigation systems, engine control units, and batteries. It also provides home appliances comprising refrigerators, room air conditioners, washing machines and clothes dryers, and vacuum cleaners, as well as lighting and environmental systems. In addition, the company manufactures, sells, installs, and provides services related to various products that include electrical construction materials, home appliances, building products, electronic materials, and automation controls; and develops living spaces with a focus on detached housing, asset management, and home remodeling businesses. Further, it provides semiconductor products, electronic devices, batteries, and electric motors for use in home appliances, industrial equipment, AV equipment, and office products. Additionally, the company provides factory automation equipment, industrial robots, and other industrial equipment; and products that enable multiple mounting and mounting of LEDs. It serves consumers, industrial and business corporations, governments and other institutions, electric and electronic equipment manufacturers, automotive manufacturers, and other machinery makers. The company was formerly known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Panasonic Corporation in October 2008. Panasonic was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.