Electronics and machinery
Panasonic パナソニック
Started with a two-way socket
Kōnosuke Matsushita started making electrical sockets in his home in Osaka in 1918, with his wife and brother-in-law. His company, long known as Matsushita Electric and its National brand, became one of the world's largest electronics makers.
- Founded
- 1918
- Taishō 7
- Founder
- Kōnosuke Matsushita
- Started in
- Osaka
- Status
- Still trading
- Age 108 years
Timeline
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1918 (Taishō 7)
Matsushita starts making an improved plug and a two-way socket.
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1927 (Shōwa 2)
Uses the National brand for a bicycle lamp.
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2008 (Heisei 20)
Renames itself Panasonic Corporation.
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2011 (Heisei 23)
Completes its takeover of Sanyo.
Years in brackets are the Japanese era year. Japanese era converter →
Did you know?
Matsushita is often called "the god of management" in Japan, and his books on business are still widely read.
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