History

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Month/Year	Events
March 1918	Konosuke Matsushita founded Matsushita Denkikigu Seisakusho at Ohiraki-cho, Fukushima-ku, Osaka and started to manufacture wiring instrument.
July 1922	First head office and factory established
March 1923	Bullet-shaped bicycle lamp developed and marketed.
April 1927	Established "National" brand.
March 1929	Management objective and company creed announced
May 1932	First commemoration of company founding held
May 1933	Relocated new head office and factory in Kadoma. Instituted divisional system.
August 1935	Established Matsushita Electric Trading Co., Ltd.
November 1935	Establishment of the Matsushita Electric Internal Management Rules,laying out the basic principles and guiding spirit of business management.
December 1935	Incorporated as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. on December 15, 1935 (10 million yen in capital).
May 1949	Listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange Securities Exchange.
January 1952	Formed a capital alliance with Nakagawa Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha (subsequently renamed Matsushita Refrigeration Company).
December 1952	Established Matsushita Electronics Corporation through a technology alliance with Philips in Netherlands, and transferred four lamp manufacturing factories to this establishment.
May 1953	Established the Central Research Laboratory.
February 1954	Formed a capital alliance with Victor Company of Japan Ltd. (JVC).
December 1955	Established Kyushu Matsushita Electric Co., Ltd. (subsequently renamed Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd.).
January 1956	Announcement of the Five-Year Plan at the management policy presentation.
May 1956	Established Osaka Denki Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha (subsequently renamed Matsushita Seiko Co., Ltd.).
January 1958	Established Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd. (subsequently renamed Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.), and transferred communication equipment manufacturing section to this establishment.
September 1959	Established Matsushita Electric Corporation of America (currently Panasonic Corporation of North America). (Since then, established manufacturing and sales sites at various locations in the world.)
January 1961	Masaharu Matsushita became President of the Company.
August 1962	Formed a capital alliance with Toho Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (subsequently renamed Matsushita Graphic Communication Systems, Inc.).
July 1964	Atami Conference (a meeting of the presidents and owners of sales companies and sales agents) was held.
April 1965	Implemented a five-day work week ahead of other companies.
March 1968	50th Anniversary of our founding.
November 1969	Established Matsushita Kotobuki Electronics Industries, Ltd. (subsequently Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.).
March 1970	Exhibited the "Matsushita Pavilion" and showcased "Time Capsule EXPO '70" at the Japan World Exposition, Osaka 1970.
December 1971	Listed on New York Stock Exchange.
July 1973	Konosuke Matsushita was appointed as executive adviser.
December 1975	Issued U.S. dollar-denominated convertible bonds (100 million U.S. dollars at face value).
January 1976	Established Matsushita Electronic Components Co., Ltd. (subsequently renamed Panasonic Electronic Devices Co., Ltd.), and transferred electronic device manufacturing section to this establishment.
January 1977	Established Matsushita Household Equipment Co., Ltd., and transferred household equipment manufacturing section to this establishment. Established Matsushita Industrial Equipment Co., Ltd. and transferred industrial equipment manufacturing section to this establishment.
February 1977	Toshihiko Yamashita became President of the Company.
May 1983	Company-wide campaign ACTION-'86 initiated.
January 1979	Established Matsushita Battery Industrial Co., Ltd., and transferred battery manufacturing section to this establishment.
July 1985	Established a finance subsidiary in U.S. (In May 1986, established two finance subsidiaries in Europe.)
October 1985	Established Semiconductor Fundamental Research Laboratory.
February 1986	Akio Tanii became President of the Company.
March 1987	Changed the fiscal year end from November 20 to March 31.
September 1987	Joint venture company with Beijing established
April 1988	Absorbed Matsushita Electric Trading Co., Ltd.
April 1989	The Company's founder Konosuke Matsushita passed away.
December 1990	Acquired MCA INC. (MCA), a leading entertainment company in the U.S.
May 1991	Establishment of Matsushita Environmental Charter, the first in the industry.
February 1993	Yoichi Morishita became President of the Company.
May 1993	Dissolved partnership with Philips regarding Matsushita Electronics Corporation and purchased all shares of Matsushita Electronics Corporation which Philips held.
April 1995	Absorbed Matsushita Household Equipment Co., Ltd.
June 1995	Sold 80% equity interest in MCA shares, which a subsidiary of the Company in U.S. held, to Seagram Company Ltd in Canada.
April 1997	An internal division company system was introduced as a new management organizational structure.
March 1998	80th Anniversary of our founding.
February 1999	Cancelled 50 million shares of treasury stock by 98.8 billion yen of retained earnings decided by resolution of 91st Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders.
April 2000	Made Matsushita Refrigeration Company into a wholly-owned subsidiary through shareexchange.
June 2000	Kunio Nakamura became President of the Company.
April 2001	Absorbed Matsushita Electronics Corporation.
April 2001	Reformed the domestic sales and distribution system for consumer products.
April 2002	Established a joint venture liquid crystal display panel manufacturing company, Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd. with Toshiba Corporation.
October 2002	Made Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd., Kyushu Matsushita Electric Co., Ltd., Matsushita Seiko Co., Ltd. (currently Panasonic Ecology Systems Co., Ltd.), Matsushita Kotobuki Electronics Industries, Ltd. and Matsushita Graphic Communication Systems, Inc. into wholly-owned subsidiaries through share-exchanges.
January 2003	Instituted business domain system through business restructuring. Kyushu Matsushita Electric Co., Ltd. was merged with Matsushita Graphic Communication Systems, Inc.
April 2003	Established a joint venture cathode ray tubes manufacturing company, Matsushita Toshiba Picture Display Co., Ltd. (subsequently renamed MT Picture Display Co., Ltd., liquidated in May 2019) with Toshiba Corporation. Made Matsushita Electronic Components Co., Ltd. and Matsushita Battery Industrial Co., Ltd. into wholly-owned subsidiaries through share-exchanges. Unified its corporate brands as "Panasonic" worldwide.
April 2004	Made Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (subsequently renamed Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd. (PEW)), PanaHome Corporation (subsequently became a wholly-owned subsidiary in fiscal 2018 and renamed Panasonic Homes Co., Ltd. in April 2018.) and their subsidiaries into consolidated subsidiaries of the Company through additional purchase of shares of Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
April 2005	Absorbed Matsushita Industrial Information Equipment Co., Ltd.
February 2006	Sold the remaining shares of affiliated company of Universal Studios (formerly MCA), which a subsidiary of the Company in U.S. held, to Vivendi Universal.
June 2006	Fumio Ohtsubo became President of the Company.
March 2007	Made Matsushita Toshiba Picture Display Co., Ltd. into a wholly-owned subsidiary.
August 2007	Excluded JVC and its subsidiaries from consolidated subsidiaries of the Company due to JVC's issuance of new shares and third party allotments. As a result, JVC became an associated company accounted for under the equity method. (Subsequently, in January 2011, JVC was excluded from an associated company accounted for under the equity method)
October 2007	Announcement of the "eco ideas" Declaration, marking a commitment to accelerate environmental management.
April 2008	Absorbed Matsushita Refrigeration Company.
October 2008	The Company changed its name from Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. to Panasonic Corporation. Absorbed Matsushita Battery Industrial Co., Ltd.
April 2009	Sold all the shares of Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd., which the Company held, to Toshiba Corporation.
December 2009	Acquired majority of the voting rights in SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (SANYO) and made SANYO and its subsidiaries into consolidated subsidiaries of the Company.
January 2010	Transferred the business of System Solutions Company, the Company's internal division company, to Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd., which was at the same time renamed Panasonic System Networks Co., Ltd.
April 2011	Made PEW and SANYO into wholly-owned subsidiaries through share-exchanges.
January 2012	Absorbed PEW. Reorganized domain system to 9 domains and 1 marketing section through business restructuring.
April 2012	Absorbed companies including Panasonic Electronic Devices Co., Ltd.
June 2012	Kazuhiro Tsuga became President of the Company.
October 2012	Established the Corporate Strategy Head Office.
January 2013	President Tsuga delivers a keynote speech at "2013 International CES"
March 2013	Panasonic System Solutions Japan Co., Ltd. absorbed companies including Panasonic System Networks Co., Ltd., and was at the same time renamed Panasonic System Networks Co., Ltd. (Subsequently, following certain reorganizations, in April 2022, merged into Panasonic Connect Co., Ltd.)
April 2013	Transformed to new basic group formation through business division system from business domain system. Absorbed Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd. subsequent to carrying out the incorporation-type company split of mobile phone terminal business and transferring mobile phone base station business to Panasonic System Networks Co., Ltd. in the company split. Delisted from New York Stock Exchange.
March 2014	Transferred all the shares and other related assets of Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd. (Subsequently renamed PHC Corporation) to PHC Holdings Co., Ltd. and subscribed 20% of shares of PHC Holdings Co., Ltd. (Subsequently renamed PHC Holdings Corporation and transferred a part of its shares.)
June 2014	Transferred semiconductor business to Panasonic Semiconductor Solutions Co., Ltd. in the company split. (Subsequently, in September 2020, transferred all the shares and other related assets of semiconductor business.)
March 2018	100th Anniversary of our founding.
January 2020	Established Prime Life Technologies Corporation, a joint venture related to a town development business with Toyota Motor Corporation, and transferred all shares of Panasonic Homes Co., Ltd., and other subsidiaries to the joint venture by a joint share transfer.
April 2020	Established Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc., a joint venture automotive prismatic battery business, with Toyota Motor Corporation.
June 2021	Yuki Kusumi became Representative Director and President of the Company.
September 2021	Acquired the additional shares of Blue Yonder Holding, Inc. (its 20% shares were acquired in July 2020) and made Blue Yonder Holding, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
October 2021	Started the new virtual in-company structure toward the transition into an "Operating Company" system starting from April 2022.
January 2022	Announcement of a new environmental vision, "Panasonic GREEN IMPACT."
April 2022	Became a holding company as a result of transferring each business of the Company to nine companies including the operating companies through an absorption-type company split, and changed its name from Panasonic Corporation to Panasonic Holdings Corporation. Transitioned to a new group organizational structure comprised of a holding company and operating companies.
December 2024	Transferred all the shares of Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd. and acquired 20% of the shares of Star Japan Holdings Co., Ltd., which owns all the shares of the transferee.
January 2025	Group CEO Yuki Kusumi took the stage for the opening keynote speech at CES 2025.
April 2025	Exhibited the Panasonic Group Pavilion “The Land of NOMO” at the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan.

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