BNET Industries

Panasonic

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$91.5B

Public
JP

Dow Jones Description

Electrical & Electronic Products; Video & Audio Equipment; Home Appliances; Communications & Industrial Equipment; Energy & Kitchen Related Products; Electric Components Mfr & Sales

President

Fumio Ohtsubo

Number of Employees 305,828

Contact Information

1006 Kadoma

Osaka 571-8501

(81) 6 6908 1121

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Electrical and Electronic Appliance, Television, and Radio Set Merchant Wholesalers: 423620

Recent Events

Reportlinker Adds High Definition Television HDTV - A Worldwide Market Intelligence Report

12/06/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Toshiba Plans to Unveil 3D TV by End of March 2011

10/13/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Lufthansa To Bring Back Inflight Wi-Fi

10/12/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Panasonic HDC-HS300 Camcorder ReviewHDD $1,135.95

10/13/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
PROJECTORS A Fanatic's Survival Guide

10/08/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
WSJ: Panasonic Plans Push For 3-D TVs

10/07/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Tesla taps Panasonic for Model S batteries

10/06/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
Panasonic unveils new 3D TV

9/29/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
EU Conditionally Clears Panasonic To Buy Smaller Rival Sanyo

9/29/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Panasonic shows prototype 3D plasma TV

9/28/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Panasonic Releases Four Interactive Audio-Video Whiteboards

9/22/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Panasonic's new EVERLED light bulbs to light up your life for 19 years

9/19/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Panasonic HDC-HS300 Camcorder ReviewHDD $1,174.95

9/18/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Panasonic Releases New Firmware for the LUMIX DMC-G1 and DMC-GH1

9/18/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Panasonic Debuts EVERLEDS LED Light Bulbs

9/21/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Sanyo Elec warns of net loss on restructuring costs

9/25/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Panasonic Partnering with New York Red Bulls

9/06/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Panasonic introduces LUMIX G 20mm / F1.7 ASPH. ...

9/17/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

panasonic and plasma tv - All News and Analysis

PANASONIC OPENED PLASMA TV TECHNIQUES TO CHANGHONG

- 2007-06-06

AsiaInfo Services 06-06-2007 Panasonic Opened Plasma TV Techniques to Changhong SHANGHAI, Jun 06, 2007 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Panasonic (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.), the global-largest plasma TV enterprise, opened its plasma tec AsiaInfo Services 06-06-2007 ...

Tags: Panasonic, plasma TV, TV
Hitachi and Panasonic Strengthen Plasma TV Business Partnership

- 2007-05-24

TOKYO -- Hitachi, Ltd. (TOKYO:6501)(NYSE:HIT) and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:6752)(NYSE:MC), best known for its Panasonic brand products, today announced that they have agreed to strengthen their partnership in the plasma TV business. Under the agreement, the two companies will supply each other with plasma display panels.

Tags: Hitachi Ltd., Panasonic, plasma TV
Panasonic Launches New 1080p Full HD Series of Plasma TVs Including First 42-inch Model

- 2007-04-10

Tokyo, Japan, Apr 10, 2007 - JCN Newswire - Panasonic, the leading brand for which Matsushita Electric Industrial is well known, today introduced the new high-end PZ700 Series of 1080p resolution VIERA plasma TVs including two 42-inch and two 50-inch models. The 42-inch models are the smallest screen...

Tags: Panasonic, plasma TV, TV
Panasonic and Toray to Build the World's Largest Plasma TV Plant with a Capacity of One Million Units per Month

- 2007-01-11

- Commencing operations in May 2009, yielding 10 panels per sheet -

Tags: Panasonic, plasma TV
Panasonic Becomes World's First to Eliminate Lead in Display Panel for All Plasma TVs

- 2006-11-02

Tokyo, Japan, Nov 2, 2006 - JCN Newswire - Panasonic, the leading brand for which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is best known, has become the first company in the world to achieve the elimination of lead in Plasma Display Panels PDPs used as the central picture component in...

Tags: Panasonic, plasma TV, TV

Panasonic to Launch PZ600 Series 1080p HD VIERA Plasma TVs; Four New Models Including the World's Largest 103-inch PDP TV for Home

- 2006-07-19

Tokyo, Japan, July 19, 2006 - JCN Newswire - Panasonic, the brand for which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is known, today unveiled four new models in the PZ600 series VIERA plasma TVs. The new models, with screen size of 50, 58, 65 and the world's largest 103 inches,...

Tags: Panasonic, plasma TV, TV
Panasonic Debuts PX600 VIERA High Definition Plasma TVs

- 2006-03-08

Osaka, Japan, Mar 8, 2006 - JCN Newswire - Panasonic, the brand for which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is known, today unveiled the PX600 series digital high-definition wide-screen flat-panel plasma TVs. The four PX600 VIERA HDTVs feature a new plasma display panel, giving viewers deeper, richer blacks and...

Tags: Panasonic, plasma TV, TV
Panasonic Plasma Televisions to Play Prominent Role at PhotoImaging & Design Expo; 65'' and 50'' Screens Reveal Photos in Real Time During Live Shoots

- 2005-04-13

SAN DIEGO -- PhotoImaging & Design Expo 2005, the industry's most talked about trade show, announced today that Panasonic will be a major sponsor of the event, providing plasma screens for the trade show's Live Photo Shoots. For the professional photographers watching these shoots, the screens will offer a new...

Tags: Panasonic, photograph, plasma TV, TV
SHORT WAVES.(Brief Article)

- 2005-02-14

HITACHI LTD. AND MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., known for its Panasonic brand, have joined forces to develop and grow their plasma television businesses. The alliance will allow for collaboration on plasma research and development, production, m HITACHI LTD. AND MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., known for its...

Tags: Hitachi Ltd., Panasonic, plasma TV
Hitachi and Panasonic Agree on Comprehensive Collaboration in Plasma Display Business

- 2005-02-07

TOKYO -- Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT)(TOKYO:6501) and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE:MC)(TOKYO:6752), best known for its Panasonic brand products, announced today that they will be joining forces to develop and expand the plasma TV market under an agreement that calls for all-around collaboration in moving forward with the plasma display...

Tags: collaboration, Hitachi Ltd., Panasonic, plasma TV, TV

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio)	Position
Fumio Ohtsubo	President
Joseph M. Taylor	Executive Vice President
Koshi Kitadai	Executive Vice President
Shunzo Ushimaru	Executive Vice President
Susumu Koike	Executive Vice President
Takami Sano	Executive Vice President
Junji Esaka	Vice President
Hideaki Kawai	General Manager, Corp Finance & IR Group
Masatoshi Harada	General Manager, Corp Personnel Group
Takeshi Uenoyama	General Manager, Device Strategy & Director, Image Devices Dev Center
Hidetsugu Otsuru	Managing Director
Hitoshi Otsuki	Managing Director, Overseas Operations
Ikusaburo Kashima	Managing Director
Shinichi Fukushima	Senior Managing Director
Takahiro Mori	Senior Managing Director
Toshihiro Sakamoto	Senior Managing Director
Yasuo Katsura	Managing Director
Yoshiaki Kushiki	Managing Director
Yoshitaka Hayashi	Senior Managing Director
Jun Ishii	Director, Consumer Products, Corp Marketing Division
Kazunori Takami	Director, Corp Marketing Division, Natl Brand Home Appliances
Koji Itazaki	Director, Corp Procurement Division & Corp Global Logistics Division
Masashi Makino	Director, Corp Manufacturing Innovation Division
Shigeru Omori	Director, Indus Marketing & Sales Division
Shiro Nishiguchi	Director, Corp Marketing Division, Panasonic Brand
Takae Makita	Assoc Director, Corp IT Innovation Division
Takashi Toyama	Director, Construction Promo Division
Takumi Kajisha	Director, Corp Comm Division
Hideo Kawasaki	Executive Officer
Ikuo Miyamoto	Executive Officer
Joachim Reinhart	Executive Officer
Kazuhiro Tsuga	Executive Officer
Ken Morita	Managing Executive Officer
Masatsugu Kondo	Executive Officer
Toshiro Kisaka	Executive Officer
Yoshihiko Yamada	Managing Executive Officer
Yoshihisa Fukushima	Executive Officer
Yoshiiku Miyata	Executive Officer

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio)	Position
Kunio Nakamura	Chair of Board
Ikuo Uno	Board of Directors
Kazuo Toda	Board of Directors
Makoto Uenoyama	Board of Directors
Masaharu Matsushita	Board of Directors
Masaki Akiyama	Board of Directors
Masayuki Mastushita	Vice Chairman
Masayuki Matsushita	Vice Chairman
Tameshige Hirata	Board of Directors
Yoichi Morishita	Board of Directors

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	President	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Panasonic Corporation of North America	COO	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Executive Vice President	Current
Panasonic Corporation of North America	Executive Vice President	Former
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Executive Officer	Former
Panasonic Corporation of North America	Board Member	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Panasonic Electronic Device Company Co. Ltd.	President	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Executive Vice President	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Board of Directors	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Senior Managing Director	Former
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Senior Manager	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Executive Vice President	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Board of Directors	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Senior Manager	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Executive Vice President	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Board of Directors	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Senior Managing Director	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Executive Vice President	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Vice President	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Board of Directors	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Managing Director	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	General Manager, Corp Finance & IR Group	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	General Manager, Corp Personnel Group	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	General Manager, Device Strategy & Director, Image Devices Dev Center	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Managing Director	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Managing Director, Overseas Operations	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Managing Director	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Senior Managing Director	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Senior Managing Director	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Senior Managing Director	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Managing Director	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Panasonic Mobile Communications Co. Ltd.	President	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Managing Director	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Board of Directors	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Senior Managing Director	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Board of Directors	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Executive Officer, Global Procurement & Global Logistics	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Director, Consumer Products, Corp Marketing Division	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Executive Officer	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Director, Corp Marketing Division, Natl Brand Home Appliances	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Executive Officer	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Director, Corp Procurement Division & Corp Global Logistics Division	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Director, Corp Manufacturing Innovation Division	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Executive Officer	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Director, Indus Marketing & Sales Division	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Executive Officer	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Director, Corp Marketing Division, Panasonic Brand	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Assoc Director, Corp IT Innovation Division	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Executive Officer	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Director, Construction Promo Division	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Executive Officer	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Director, Corp Comm Division	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Executive Officer	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Executive Officer	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Executive Officer	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Executive Officer	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Executive Officer	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Managing Executive Officer	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Executive Officer	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Executive Officer	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Managing Executive Officer	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Executive Officer	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Executive Officer	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Chair of Board	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Board of Directors	Current
Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Executive Vice President	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Vice Chairman	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Vice Chairman	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Board of Directors	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Ecology Systems Co Ltd.	President	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Board of Directors	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Board of Directors	Current
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd	Chairman	Former

Executive News

Panasonic Eyes Emerging Markets

The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition - 7/12/09 - View Story
Panasonic Named New 'Official Partner' of the LA Kings

Reuters - 7/07/09 - View Story
Panasonic Named New 'Official Partner' of the LA Kings

PR Newswire - 7/07/09 - View Story
Panasonic eyes 13 pct sales growth in BRICs,Vietnam

Reuters - 6/25/09 - View Story

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BNET Industries

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$91.5B

Dow Jones Description

President

Number of Employees 305,828

Contact Information

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Electrical and Electronic Appliance, Television, and Radio Set Merchant Wholesalers: 423620

Recent Events

Reportlinker Adds High Definition Television HDTV - A Worldwide Market Intelligence Report

Toshiba Plans to Unveil 3D TV by End of March 2011

Lufthansa To Bring Back Inflight Wi-Fi

Panasonic HDC-HS300 Camcorder ReviewHDD $1,135.95

PROJECTORS A Fanatic's Survival Guide

WSJ: Panasonic Plans Push For 3-D TVs

Tesla taps Panasonic for Model S batteries

Panasonic unveils new 3D TV

EU Conditionally Clears Panasonic To Buy Smaller Rival Sanyo

Panasonic shows prototype 3D plasma TV

Panasonic Releases Four Interactive Audio-Video Whiteboards

Panasonic's new EVERLED light bulbs to light up your life for 19 years

Panasonic HDC-HS300 Camcorder ReviewHDD $1,174.95

Panasonic Releases New Firmware for the LUMIX DMC-G1 and DMC-GH1

Panasonic Debuts EVERLEDS LED Light Bulbs

Sanyo Elec warns of net loss on restructuring costs

Panasonic Partnering with New York Red Bulls

Panasonic introduces LUMIX G 20mm / F1.7 ASPH. ...