A Great Gift Idea: Panasonic Cordless Tools, With A Reputation For Quality
Panasonic Corporation is a Japanese firm that has been around for some ninety years, originally known as the Matsushita Electric Industrial Company, Ltd. Founder Konosuke Matsushita started Panasonic in 1918, manufacturing duplex lamp sockets. Next came Panasonic bicycle lamps, followed by electric appliances, such as irons, motors, and radios. By 2008, Panasonic had grown to be the largest producer of Japanese electronics. In 2007, it was named the fifty-ninth largest company in the world by Forbes Global 500 and has been cited and awarded for the innovation and quality of many of its products, including its state of the art semiconductors. Semiconductor sales have made Panasonic one of the top twenty semiconductor sales companies in the world.
