Panasonic Electric Works

Japanese company

Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.

Native name

| パナソニック電工株式会社
Company type| Subsidiary
Industry| Industrial devices
Predecessor|

*     * Aromat
* Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.

Founded| 1918; 107 years ago (1918)
Founder| Konosuke Matsushita
Headquarters|

Shinbashi, Tokyo

Japan

Parent| Panasonic

Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd. (パナソニック電工株式会社, named "Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (松下電工株式会社, MEW)" until September 30, 2008) is a Japanese company specializing in the production of industrial devices. It can trace its beginnings to a firm that was founded in 1918 by Konosuke Matsushita. Matsushita began making the flashlight components for bicycles, then progressed to making lighting fixtures.

During World War II, the company manufactured everything from airplane propellers to light sockets. At the conclusion of World War II the U.S.A. forced the company to split into two separate companies, Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (MEW), and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (MEI) (which became Panasonic).

MEW conducts business in automation controls, electronic materials, lighting products, information equipment, and wiring products, building products and home appliances.[1] In 2004 MEW began a pursuit of collaborate business ties with its brother company, MEI.

Panasonic Electric Works head office in Shinbashi, Tokyo.

In 2005, the company was renamed from Aromat to Panasonic Electric Works.[2]

On July 29, 2010, Panasonic reached an agreement to acquire the remaining shares of Panasonic Electric Works and Sanyo shares for $9.4 billion.[3][4][5]

In 2007, Panasonic acquired Indian company Anchor Electricals Pvt. Ltd.

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Panasonic Electric Works.

1. ^ "Panasonic Electric Works- Line of Business". Archived from the original on 2011-04-23. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
2. ^ "Panasonic Electric Works Corp. of America" Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine. Industrial Equipment News.
3. ^ Announcement of Agreements toward Panasonic’s Acquisition of All Shares of Panasonic Electric Works and SANYO Archived 2011-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ Panasonic buying Sanyo and other unit for $9.4 billion
5. ^ Consolidation Continues: Panasonic To Buy Sanyo

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Panasonic

Subsidiaries|

| Current|

* Panasonic Avionics Corporation
* Panasonic Cycle Technology
* Panasonic Electric Works (acquired in 2012)
* Sanyo (acquired in 2009)
* Anchor Electricals (acquired in 2007)
* Blue Yonder (acquired in 2021)

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Former|

* JVC (spun off and merged with Kenwood)
* MCA Inc. (sold to Seagram's)
* Universal Lighting Technologies (sold to Atar capital in 2021)

Brands|

* Eneloop
* Eluga
* KDK
* Lumix
* National (phased out)
* Panasonic
* Quasar
* Sanyo
* NXT
* Kaizen
* Technics
* Varicam

Products|

| Consoles|

* 3DO
* Panasonic M2
* Panasonic Q
* Jungle

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Turntables|

* Technics SL-1200
* Technics SL-10
* Technics SL-J2

Other|

* Bicycles
* Camcorders
* CD interface
* Hospi
* MN103
* Panapet
* Panasonic JR series
* Panasonic Toot-a-Loop Radio
* Toughpad
* Toughbook
* Panasonic TR-005
* Venus Engine

Formats and standards|

* D5 HD
* M-3DI Standard
* Micro Four Thirds system
* MicroP2
* MII
* P2
* VHS
* Viera Cast
* VX

People|

* Kōnosuke Matsushita
* Masaharu Matsushita
* Hiro Matsushita
* Hirofumi Hirano
* Toshio Iue
* Kazuhiro Tsuga

Other|

* Gamba Osaka
* Osaka Bluteon
* Panasonic Wild Knights
* Panasonic cycling team
* Panasonic Toyota Racing
* Panasonic Gobel Awards
* Panasonic Impulse

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Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* United States
* Japan

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