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Panasonic website (July 2001): Established in Osaka, Japan in 1918, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE: MC),
a worldwide leader in the development of technologies and the production of electronics and electric products for consumer,
business and industrial use, recorded sales of $61.45 billion for the fiscal year ended March 2001.
Matsushita Electric and its affiliates (“Panasonic") have over 290,000 employees in 46 countries.
In North America, Panasonic has marketing, production, research and development and service operations
that employ more than 25,000 people. Panasonic has 21 North American manufacturing sites in the United States,
Mexico and Puerto Rico
Panasonic web site (December 2003):
1918 Matsushita Electric Devices Manufacturing Works established Improved attachment plug
1920 Double Cluster Socket
1923 Bullet-shaped battery-powered bicycle light
1927 Super electric iron
1931 3-tube radio
1932 Export Trading Dept. established. True Mission of the company announced
1933 Divisional System established
1934 1/2-horsepower, 3-phase induction motor
1935 Matsushita Electric Trading Co. established. Incorporated as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd
1936 First business mission to the West
1938 Import Dept. established
1939 World War II breaks out First overseas factory opens (Matsushita Battery's Shanghai factory)
1940 Matsushita Hospital established
1941 Pacific War breaks out
1945 World War II ends, United Nations established Overseas activities start from scratch
1946 PHP Institute established
1951 President Konosuke Matsushita makes first visit to the U.S. Agitator-type washing machine
1952 Technical and capital cooperation agreement with Philips Monochrome TV
1953 Electric refrigerator
1954 Alliance with Victor Company of Japan. 5-tube personal radio. 4 -tube 1 -band portable radio
1956 Five-Year Plan announced. Automatic rice cooker
1958 Tape recorder. Home air-conditioner
1959 First postwar overseas sales company established (Matsushita Electric Corporation of America) Japan-Netherlands Society of the Kansai established
1960 Color TV Begin support for Japanese Traditional Arts and Crafts
1961 Vietnam War breaks out The first postwar overseas manufacturing company established (National Thai Co.) Masaharu Matsushita becomes President
1962 First sales company in Europe established (National Panasonic G.m.b.H.) Facsimile for office use (SD/LD series)
1965 Reorganization of Sales and Distribution. Five-Day Work Week begun
1966 Home Microwave Oven
1967 Radio cassette recorder
1968 Zinc oxide varistor ZNR Matsushita Electric House of History opens Ryozen Museum of History (The Meiji Restoration Research Center) established
1969 Fully-automated component insertion machine "Panasert"
1970 Direct-drive turntable EXPO '70 Time Capsule buried
1971 Nixon Dollar Shock Matsushita Electric shares traded on NYSE. Asuka Preservation Foundation established
1972 Matsushita Electric Singapore established (export site)
1973 First Oil Crisis. Konosuke Matsushita becomes Executive Adviser.Matsushita Audio-Visual Education Foundation established
1974 Motorola TV Division acquired, Quasar Company established
1975 Matsushita Professorship established at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1976 First R&D company in the U.S. established (Microelectronics Technology Corporation)
1977 Toshihiko Yamashita becomes President VHS video tape recorder with up to 4 - hour recording capability. Thin radio
1979 Paper-thin battery
1980 Iran-Iraq War breaks out. Matsushita Institute of Government and Management opens Factory for the disabled established (Kibi Matsushita, Okayama)
1981 Endowment for chair in leadership at Harvard Business School. Factory for the disabled established (Katano Matsushita, Osaka)
1982 CD player
1983 The Science and Technology Foundation of Japan established
1984 Official sponsor of the Olympic Games
1985 Panasonic Finance Inc.(U.S.A.) established. VHS camcorder Matsushita Professorship established at Stanford Business School
1986 Chernobyl Atomic Power Generation Plant accident Akio Tanii becomes President
1987 Beijing Matsushita form joint-venture (first company in China after World War II)
1988 Matsushita Electric Trading Co. merges with Matsushita Electric Industrial The Matsushita International Foundation established.
K. Matsushita Foundation for EXPO '90 established
1989 Tianammon incident Konosuke Matsushita passes away
1990 Unification of Germany Matsushita acquires MCA. Notebook personal computer. Matsushita Professorship established at Keio Business School
1991 Collapse of the U.S.S.R and creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States Matsushita Environmental Charter set forth 1/2-inch broadcasting digital VTR "D-3".
Cellular phone "Mova P". Rewritable optical disc recorder Support of Pacific Music Festival begun.
Matsushita Professorship established at Warton School, Pennsylvania University
1993 EC market integration. Yoichi Morishita becomes President Bulb-type fluorescent lights "Palook Ball"
1994 Lithium ion rechargeable battery Panasonic Fund for the Disabled established
1996 DVD player. Plasma display Matsushita Lecture. Series at Fudan University (Shanghai) begins
1997 Hong Kong returned to China. Asia Currency Crisis leads to global depreciation of stock market Internal division company system adopted DVD car navigation system
1998 DVCPRO series video system. Portable DVD player. Digital TV Panasonic Scholarship Program established
Love the Earth Citizens' Campaign starts. Financial Support System for Employee Volunteer Activities starts
1999 221 facilities worldwide attain ISO14001 certification
2000 Kunio Nakamura becomes President
2001 Value Creation 21 plan starts Matsushita Electric sponsors the Toyota F1 team Children Supporters Matching Fund
established Panasonic donation to disaster fund to directly assist people affected by 9/11 terrorist attacks
2002 Environment Supporters Matching Fund established [/b]
Прошу форумчан, если не в лом, поделиться фотографиями своих девайсов этой марки.
Создание темы навеяно покупкой форумчанином супермонстра-предусилителя Техникс.
Panasonic website (July 2001): Established in Osaka, Japan in 1918, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE: MC),
a worldwide leader in the development of technologies and the production of electronics and electric products for consumer,
business and industrial use, recorded sales of $61.45 billion for the fiscal year ended March 2001.
Matsushita Electric and its affiliates (“Panasonic") have over 290,000 employees in 46 countries.
In North America, Panasonic has marketing, production, research and development and service operations
that employ more than 25,000 people. Panasonic has 21 North American manufacturing sites in the United States,
Mexico and Puerto Rico
Panasonic web site (December 2003):
1918 Matsushita Electric Devices Manufacturing Works established Improved attachment plug
1920 Double Cluster Socket
1923 Bullet-shaped battery-powered bicycle light
1927 Super electric iron
1931 3-tube radio
1932 Export Trading Dept. established. True Mission of the company announced
1933 Divisional System established
1934 1/2-horsepower, 3-phase induction motor
1935 Matsushita Electric Trading Co. established. Incorporated as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd
1936 First business mission to the West
1938 Import Dept. established
1939 World War II breaks out First overseas factory opens (Matsushita Battery's Shanghai factory)
1940 Matsushita Hospital established
1941 Pacific War breaks out
1945 World War II ends, United Nations established Overseas activities start from scratch
1946 PHP Institute established
1951 President Konosuke Matsushita makes first visit to the U.S. Agitator-type washing machine
1952 Technical and capital cooperation agreement with Philips Monochrome TV
1953 Electric refrigerator
1954 Alliance with Victor Company of Japan. 5-tube personal radio. 4 -tube 1 -band portable radio
1956 Five-Year Plan announced. Automatic rice cooker
1958 Tape recorder. Home air-conditioner
1959 First postwar overseas sales company established (Matsushita Electric Corporation of America) Japan-Netherlands Society of the Kansai established
1960 Color TV Begin support for Japanese Traditional Arts and Crafts
1961 Vietnam War breaks out The first postwar overseas manufacturing company established (National Thai Co.) Masaharu Matsushita becomes President
1962 First sales company in Europe established (National Panasonic G.m.b.H.) Facsimile for office use (SD/LD series)
1965 Reorganization of Sales and Distribution. Five-Day Work Week begun
1966 Home Microwave Oven
1967 Radio cassette recorder
1968 Zinc oxide varistor ZNR Matsushita Electric House of History opens Ryozen Museum of History (The Meiji Restoration Research Center) established
1969 Fully-automated component insertion machine "Panasert"
1970 Direct-drive turntable EXPO '70 Time Capsule buried
1971 Nixon Dollar Shock Matsushita Electric shares traded on NYSE. Asuka Preservation Foundation established
1972 Matsushita Electric Singapore established (export site)
1973 First Oil Crisis. Konosuke Matsushita becomes Executive Adviser.Matsushita Audio-Visual Education Foundation established
1974 Motorola TV Division acquired, Quasar Company established
1975 Matsushita Professorship established at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1976 First R&D company in the U.S. established (Microelectronics Technology Corporation)
1977 Toshihiko Yamashita becomes President VHS video tape recorder with up to 4 - hour recording capability. Thin radio
1979 Paper-thin battery
1980 Iran-Iraq War breaks out. Matsushita Institute of Government and Management opens Factory for the disabled established (Kibi Matsushita, Okayama)
1981 Endowment for chair in leadership at Harvard Business School. Factory for the disabled established (Katano Matsushita, Osaka)
1982 CD player
1983 The Science and Technology Foundation of Japan established
1984 Official sponsor of the Olympic Games
1985 Panasonic Finance Inc.(U.S.A.) established. VHS camcorder Matsushita Professorship established at Stanford Business School
1986 Chernobyl Atomic Power Generation Plant accident Akio Tanii becomes President
1987 Beijing Matsushita form joint-venture (first company in China after World War II)
1988 Matsushita Electric Trading Co. merges with Matsushita Electric Industrial The Matsushita International Foundation established.
K. Matsushita Foundation for EXPO '90 established
1989 Tianammon incident Konosuke Matsushita passes away
1990 Unification of Germany Matsushita acquires MCA. Notebook personal computer. Matsushita Professorship established at Keio Business School
1991 Collapse of the U.S.S.R and creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States Matsushita Environmental Charter set forth 1/2-inch broadcasting digital VTR "D-3".
Cellular phone "Mova P". Rewritable optical disc recorder Support of Pacific Music Festival begun.
Matsushita Professorship established at Warton School, Pennsylvania University
1993 EC market integration. Yoichi Morishita becomes President Bulb-type fluorescent lights "Palook Ball"
1994 Lithium ion rechargeable battery Panasonic Fund for the Disabled established
1996 DVD player. Plasma display Matsushita Lecture. Series at Fudan University (Shanghai) begins
1997 Hong Kong returned to China. Asia Currency Crisis leads to global depreciation of stock market Internal division company system adopted DVD car navigation system
1998 DVCPRO series video system. Portable DVD player. Digital TV Panasonic Scholarship Program established
Love the Earth Citizens' Campaign starts. Financial Support System for Employee Volunteer Activities starts
1999 221 facilities worldwide attain ISO14001 certification
2000 Kunio Nakamura becomes President
2001 Value Creation 21 plan starts Matsushita Electric sponsors the Toyota F1 team Children Supporters Matching Fund
established Panasonic donation to disaster fund to directly assist people affected by 9/11 terrorist attacks
2002 Environment Supporters Matching Fund established [/b]
Прошу форумчан, если не в лом, поделиться фотографиями своих девайсов этой марки.
Создание темы навеяно покупкой форумчанином супермонстра-предусилителя Техникс.