History

• The Panasonic Corp. began as the Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. in March 1918, incorporating in December 1935 and changing its name to the Panasonic Corp. in October 2008. The Panasonic Corp. originally filed for a U.S. trademark on the Panasonic brand name for televisions on Friday, April 6, 1962. Panasonic Corporation of North America was founded in 1959.
  
  

Location

• Panasonic Corp. operates from headquarters in Osaka, Japan. The Panasonic Corporation of North America has its offices in Secaucus, New Jersey.
  
  

Size

• Panasonic Corp. had approximately 384,586 employees as of March 2010. The corporation consists of 680 consolidated companies, including the parent company, Panasonic Corp. Other subsidiaries of Panasonic are Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. and Panasonic Mobile Communications Co. Ltd.
  
  

Financial Information

• Panasonic Corp. trades publicly on the Tokyo Stock Exchange under the symbol "6752." As of March 2010, the company reported annual sales for the previous year of more than $85 billion.