Panasonic, previously (1918-2008) Matsushita Electric Modern Organization, Ltd., Japanese Matsushita Denki Sangyō Kk, significant Japanese producer of electric machines and purchaser gadgets items. Base camp are in Kadoma, close to Ōsaka.
The organization was established in 1918 by Matsushita Konosuke to make and market the electric light attachments and fittings he planned. It was integrated in 1935 and started extending quickly into various changed electrical product offerings. During the 1930s it added such electrical gadgets as irons, radios, phonographs, and lights. During the 1950s it started creating portable radios, TVs, recording devices, sound system hardware, and huge home devices. During the following ten years it added microwaves, forced air systems, and tape recorders. The greater part of its items are promoted under the brand names Panasonic, Quasar, Public, Methods, Victor, and JVC.
Nonconsumer items incorporate minicomputers, phone gear, electric engines, compound and sun powered batteries, and cathode-beam tubes. The organization additionally has created and showcased electronic estimating and timing instruments, copiers, programmed traffic light gadgets, office robotization gear, and items in the correspondences, broadcasting, and sun oriented energy fields. The organization is noted for its weighty interest in innovative work; notwithstanding its principal research labs, each Panasonic producing division is upheld by its own exploration group.