Panasonic's brand is produced in Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

Panasonic Corporation (Japanese: Panasonic Co., Ltd.), formerly known as Panasonic Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Japanese: Panasonic Industrial Co., Ltd.), is a large electrical appliance manufacturing company in Japan, headquartered in Osaka.

Panasonic is a Japanese multinational company with more than 230 companies around the world and a total of more than 290,493 employees. There are more than 54,000 of them in China. Total sales in 2001 were more than US$61 billion, ranking 26th among the world's top 500 manufacturing companies. Panasonic's Chinese name is "Panasonic" (it was called National in the early days, and gradually changed to Panasonic starting in 1986, and all were unified as Panasonic from October 1, 2008). It was founded by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. in 1918, and developed brand products involving It is world-renowned in home appliances, digital audio-visual electronics, office products, aviation and many other fields; the company's brand has jumped into the "Top 500 World Brands" rankings. Panasonic announced on October 31, 2012 that its consolidated final profit and loss (according to US accounting standards) for the 2012 fiscal year (April 2012 to March 2013) is expected to be reduced from a profit of 50 billion yen to a loss of 765 billion yen.