Panasonic is a Japanese multinational corporation that produces electronics. It is Japan’s largest maker of electrical goods and the 89th biggest company in the world. The company was founded in 1918 by KonosukeMatsushita. It was called Matsushita Denki and started off making bicycle lamps. It changed its name to Panasonic in 2003. ‘Panasonic’ was the name of the audio speakers it produced in 1955. After WWII, the company started making a wide variety of household electronics and bicycles. It became a world leader in the former but was forced to give up making bicycles due to poor levels of profitability. Panasonic bought itsrival Sanyo (which was started my Matsushita’s brother-in-law) in 2008. The merged corporation has annualrevenues of over $110 billion. The company uses the slogan “Panasonic ideas for life”.
松下是一家制作电子产品的日本跨国公司。它也是日本电子产品最大生产商，在全球企业排名中排在了第89位。1918年，松下幸之助创建了松下。起初该企业叫作松下电器株式会社，并开始制作自行车灯泡。2003年更名为松下。“松下”一词来源于一款制作于1955年的扬声器。二战以后，公司开始涉足家用电器的各个领域以及自行车。起初，松下成为了全球领军企业，但是迫于收益率问题被迫放弃了自行车产业。2008年，松下吞并了竞争对手三洋，该公司的创立者是松下幸之助的妹夫。合并之后，公司每年的年收入超过了1100亿美金。松下的标语为“享受生活每一天”。