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Farewell Matsushita, Hello Panasonic

Posted Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 14:44 by MegaZone. Filed under General Tech Tags: Matsushita, Panasonic

As announced back in January, today marks the end of Matsushita. The giant Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd today changed its name to Panasonic Corporation, the retail brand for which they are best known. Established in 1918 as the Matsushita Electric Housewares Manufacturing Works, renamed Matsushita Electric Manufacturing Works in 1929, and then Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd in 1935, they used the Matsushita, National, and Panasonic brands for years, but began to focus solely on the Panasonic brand in 2003.

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Matsushita Jumps On The Name Change Bandwagon

Posted Thursday, January 10th, 2008 at 22:46 by MegaZone. Filed under CES, General Tags: CES, Matsushita, Panasonic

Scientific Atlanta is now Cisco, OCAP… I mean the OpenCable Platform is now Tru2Way, and, as of October 1, 2008 Matsushita will be Panasonic. After 90 years Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. has decided to adopt the name of their most famous consumer brand, Panasonic, as their corporate identity. The Matsushita name will be retired in favor of Panasonic Corp. worldwide. The company had been named after founder Konosuke Matsushita. Via Engadget.

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