1947, Mr. Jing Zhisui, president of Panasonic, resigned after assuming the responsibility of Panasonic's contribution to World War II. In the same year, he founded Sanyo Electric Factory. At the beginning of the venture, the company was named Sanyo Electric and decided to use the Sanyo trademark. As Jing Zhi became the scapegoat of Panasonic, Kōnosuke Matsushita was able to return to Panasonic; In order to repay this kindness, Matsushita Electric gave up bicycle lights to Sanyo for production.

1947:

Izuki founded Sanyo Electric Factory;

Began to produce electric lights and civil indoor lights for the United nations garrison;

Start production of power generation lamp 1 No.47 for bicycles.

1949:

Under the direct instruction of the United Nations Headquarters, Sanyo Electric paid 5,000 electric lamps to the Japanese government trading company for export, which was the first time that Sanyo Electric exported goods.

1950:

Sanyo electric co., ltd was established.

195 1 year:

Set up a new agency in the existing agency site of Jingzuotang, Shoukou City, Osaka, and transfer the functions of the headquarters here.

1952:

The first batch of radios with plastic casings (SS-52) are on sale.

1953:

The first jet electric washing machine SW-53 in Japan began to be sold, and Mr. Soichi Oya, a famous Japanese critic, named this year the first year of electricity;

The first batch of TVs 17C-C23 1 went on the market.

1954:

Sanyo Electric is listed on Osaka Stock Exchange and Tokyo Stock Exchange.

1955:

Listed on Nagoya, Kyoto, Fukuoka and Hiroshima Stock Exchanges.

1956:

Production of the first batch of transistor radios (6C- 1) began.

1957:

Start selling the first batch of refrigerators.

1958:

Electric shipyard began to produce window air conditioner (SAC-2600);

The first batch of vacuum cleaners (SC- 100) went on sale;

Signed an agreement with American channel company on transistor radio, which started the history of Sanyo OEM.

The first batch of stereos (STG- 100) went on the market.

1959:

Tokyo Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (Daquan Town, Le Yi County, Gunma County) was established.

1960:

The residential wireless power plant began to produce S-2 1MR tape recorders;

Take the lead in producing double-cylinder dehydration and drying washing machine (SW-400);

Start selling the first batch of 2 1-CT color TV sets;

Tokyo Sanyo Electric began to produce compressors and ice cream storage cabinets;

Take the lead in developing110 horsepower bipolar hermetic compressor.

1984:

A joint venture between Guangdong Sanyo Air Conditioning and Huaqiang Sanyo Electronics was established in China. Guangdong Sanyo Air Conditioning Co., Ltd. was established, which is the first Sino-Japanese joint venture to manufacture air conditioners. Established Changchun Sanyo Electric (Shekou) Co., Ltd., Huaqiang Sanyo Electronics Co., Ltd., Sanyo Semiconductor (Shekou) Co., Ltd., Beijing Sanyo Electronics (Shekou) Co., Ltd. ... Daya Bay West Sanyo (Guangpin Department)

1999:

Reform the board of directors, introduce the executive system and hire Mrs. Aquino, the former president of the Philippines;

The paid nursing home was built;

Start selling vacuum cleaner SC-JT80；; It will not exhaust backward;

Jointly develop 2.4-inch active matrix panchromatic plexiglass with Kodak Company;

In 2002:

Sanyo and South Korea's Samsung technical cooperation;

Sanyo and Haier have achieved extensive cooperation;

Established Qingdao Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. in China; Sanyo Electric (Shekou) Co., Ltd. China Material Purchasing Center and Qingdao Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. were established.

Sanyo Energy (Beijing) opens a new factory.

Established a joint venture with Kodak Company of the United States and began to produce movable matrix plexiglass;

2 1 Gift of Century Green Society-Sanyo Sunshine Arc and Solar Cell Science Museum opens to the outside world.

In 2003:

Suzhou Sanyo Semiconductor Co., Ltd. was established;

Cooperate with NTT digital co., ltd to establish NTT digital sanyo system;

And reached an agreement with Samsung galaxy Group to develop the global strategy of household air conditioning series.

In 2004:

The Erbin factory officially began to produce solar cells;

Establish an international enterprise group.

65438+February 2008:

Panasonic has reached an agreement on the acquisition of Sanyo Electric and Sanyo's major shareholder, American financial giant Goldman Sachs, and other three financial enterprises. The price of publicly purchasing Sanyo shares (TOB) is 13 1 yen per share (about RMB 10.27 yuan). It is estimated that the overall acquisition amount will exceed 560 billion yen (about 43.68 billion yuan, 6.4 billion US dollars). It is reported that these three financial institutions own about 70% of Sanyo's shares in terms of common stock conversion. This time, the two sides reached an agreement that Panasonic can merge Sanyo into its subsidiary in the spring of 2009 and become the largest electrical appliance manufacturer in Japan.

2011July 29th:

Haier Group reached a preliminary agreement with Sanyo Electric, a subsidiary of Matsushita Electric, Japan, and spent about 654.38 billion yen (about 837 million yuan) to acquire household appliances such as washing machines and refrigerators of Sanyo Electric in Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam. After the transaction is finally completed, Haier Group will acquire four production bases, two R&D centers and six localized marketing channels of Sanyo Electric in the above five countries. The assets acquired by Haier also include Sanyo Electric's washing machine brand "AQUA". At the same time, in the above four Southeast Asian markets, Haier can brand its refrigerators, washing machines, televisions, air conditioners and other products as "Sanyo" within the agreed time period.