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Panasonic ex-Matsushita Electric Industries


Headquarters location: 1006, Oaza Kadoma Kadoma City, Osaka 571JapanTel. 81-6-6908-1121 Job offers, investor relations: www.matsushita.co.jp Stock: MC


Matsushita Electric Industries belongs to

shareholder
country     %
source
Brandes Investment Partners, L.PUnited States of America1.8
Dodge & CoxUnited States of America2.2
Toyota Motor Corp.Japan0.84Les Echos

Matsushita Electric Industries owns

subsidiary
country     %
source
J&K Technologies Japan52
Toyota Motor Corp. Japan Les Echos

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« ETHICAL » RATING OF MATSUSHITA_ELECTRIC_INDUSTRIES , group and subsidiaries
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1
Labor: 1 violation(s) of fundamental labor rights
8%
Job: 8% of company's jobs cut since 1998
2
Delinquency: 2 act(s) of financial or trade delinquency
9
Tax haven, secret bank account, shell companies: operates in 9 offshore financial center(s)
62
Sales: more than 62 billion(s) dollars/euros in annual sales
2
Influence: 2 act(s) of direct corruption or lobbying
3
Advertising & marketing: 3 dubious practice(s)

Relevance: business & market share

year
business
source
2007Matsushita is the world's largest plasma TV manufacturer. Matsushita makes 31,5% of the plasma screens bought in the world.Les Echos
2007In July 2007, Matsushita (Panasonic Lumix) sold 21,3% of the digital cameras bought in France.Capital
2006Matsushita (Panasonic Lumix) sells 15% of the digital cameras bought in France.
2005Matsushita is the world's largest consumer electronics maker. Matsushita makes 425,000 plasma screens per month.Bloomberg
2003Matsushita sells 5% of the flat-panel TVs bought in the world.Les Echos

World locations & Manufacturing

country incentive : address & contact : production type
source
Argentina  Panasonic Argentina SA :
Brazil  Panasonic do Brasil Ltda :
China  Qingdao Matsushita Electronic Components Co., Ltd : écran plasma
Costa Rica Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) Panasonic, Regimen zona franca & 2391911 : Procomer
El Salvador Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) Panasonic de El Salvador SA de CV :
United Arab Emirates Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd, P.O.Box : 16910 Jebel Ali & 04-817418 :
United Arab Emirates Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) Panasonic Gulf FZE, P.O.Box : 61285 Jebel Ali & 04-818656 :
Guatemala  Panasonic de Guatemala SA :
Hungary  Panasonic Hungary Ltd :
Indonesia  PT National Gobel :
Ireland Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) Panasonic Ireland Ltd :
Malaysia  Bloomberg
Mexico  Maquiladora : Human Right .
Mexico  MAZANA 9. PARQ. IND. DEL NORTE 88560 TAMAULIPAS REYNOSA & 248865 :
Mexico  Panasonic, AL 14 JARDIN IND.IXTAPALUC 56530 MEXICO & 20400 :
Mexico  CD.IND. NUEVA TIJUAN 22500 BAJA CALIFORNIA ENSENADA & 810015 :
Mexico  AV. LORETO Nº 14627. PARQUE IND. PACIFICO 22000 BAJA CALIFORNIA TIJUANA & 260342 :
Mexico  P. IND. REYNOSA BRECHA E-99. PARQ. IND. REYNOSA 88500 TAMAULIPAS REYNOSA & 235349 :
Mexico  CD. IND. NUEVA TIJ. N/D BAJA CALIFORNIA TIJUANA & 255401 :
Panama Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) Panasonic Latin America SA :
Philippines Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) : CD and DVD disk drive Bloomberg
Philippines Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) Matsushita Electric Philippines Corp :
Poland  Panasonic Polska Spolka zoo :
Czech Republic  Panasonic Central Europe sro, Plzen : TV Czechinvest
Czech Republic  Panasonic Czech Ltd :
Romania  Panasonic Romania SRL :
Russia  PT Service Co Ltd :
Singapore Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) Asia Matsushita Electric Pte Ltd :
Slovakia  Panasonic Slovakia spol sro :
Switzerland Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) Panasonic (Switzerland) AG :

Matsushita Electric Industries is managed by

year name
photo position; compensation
source
2003Kawakami, Tetsuya
See the photo of: Kawakami, Tetsuya Chief Financial Officer;
2003Matsushita, Masaharu
See the photo of: Matsushita, Masaharu Honorary chairman;
2003Nakamura, Kunio
See the photo of: Nakamura, Kunio Chairman;
2000Morishita, Yoichi
See the photo of: Morishita, Yoichi Chairman of the Board;

Advertising & marketing

year
dubious practice : image
source
2006Disinformation: Panasonic broadcasted a video news release (VNR), a fake TV news, on cable channel WCYB-5, without disclosure.: PR Watch
2006Disinformation: Panasonic broadcasted a video news release (VNR), a fake TV news, on cable channel KOKH-25, without disclosure.: PR Watch
2005Arguable partnership: Promesse d'un don pour les victimes du tsunami de 60 millions de yens: value: Humanitaire; AFP
2001ad budget: 682 million US$; Advertisin.
2000ad budget: 686 million US$; Advertisin.
1998ad budget: 311 million US$; Advertisin.
1997ad budget: 318 million US$; Advertisin.
1997slogan: Are you Panasonic?;
1996ad budget: 282 million US$; Advertisin.
1994slogan: Panasonic puts time on your side.;
1993slogan: Panasonic understands you better.;
1991slogan: Panasonic audio. Sound so clear you can picture it.;

Made by

year
employees
<>
social impact : country
source
2006
-400
Closure/Bankruptcy: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and Toshiba Corp. closed their joint CRT plant in Horseheads, N.Y.: United States of America
AP
2005
-1000
Internal restructuring: Matsushita offers early retirement to some of its 15,000 semiconductor division employees to cut costs and raise profitability, expects to eliminate about 1,000 employees, or 6 percent of the chip business jobs, the Nikkei reported.: Japan
Bloomberg
2004
-15600
Bloomberg
2004
-3000
Relocation:
Bloomberg
2003
288324
2002
297196
2000
-1400
BBC News
1998
ILO violation 111 : pre-employment pregnancy testing: Mexico
Human Righ.
1998
275962

Influence

year
purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution
source
2001Access to foreign market (through MAI, WTO, GATS), prevent binding environmental regulations : USCIB (US Council For International Business) : : US Government translateUSCIB
1999Market access and investment protection (through WTO, GATS), avoid social and environmental rules : ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) : : WTO, GATS translateCorporate .

Financials

yearfinancial misdemeanorsalesincome buybacksource
2007   50million shares
2007   25million shares
2005 Le Conseil de la concurrence sanctionne les fabricants Philips, Sony et Panasonic à hauteur de 34,4 millions d'euros pour avoir mis en place un système de prix de détail minimum imposés auprès de leurs distributeurs. Panasonic France est condamné à une amende de 2,4 millions d'euros. Le Conseil de la concurrence a considéré qu'il existait des indices graves, précis et concordants démontrant l'existence d'une entente entre les fabricants Philips, Sony et Panasonic et leurs distributeurs respectifs et a notamment retenu à cet égard comme éléments probants : * la communication de prix de détail « conseillés » aux grossistes et aux détaillants * l'alignement constaté des prix de vente d'un certain nombre de produits chez l'ensemble des distributeurs des marques concernées (une même référence de téléviseur par exemple étant, à quelques exceptions près, au même prix dans tous les magasins) * l'existence de mécanismes de surveillance et de contrôle des prix de détail (rappels à l'ordre téléphoniques de la part des fabricants ou des grossistes pour « faire remonter les prix », passage de représentants régionaux de la marque dans les points de vente, menaces de cessation de livraison ou de réduction des facilités financières octroyées) * l'existence - en ce qui concerne Philips et Sony - de contrats de coopération entre leurs revendeurs, procurant aux fabricants le contrôle de leur politique de publicité et de leur politique de prix.    
2005 Les sites britanniques de vente par correspondance ont porté plainte contre Sony et plusieurs autres fabricants d'équipement électronique pour pratiques anti-concurrentielles. Ils les accusent de pratiquer une double tarification: les supermarchés "physiques", systématiquement plus chers que les sites internet et confrontés à une baisse de leurs ventes, auraient fait pression sur Sony pour obtenir que celui-ci vende plus cher aux sites internet. Selon les plaignants, Sony aurait accepté et se rendrait donc coupable de double tarification, une pratique anti-concurrentielle interdite car elle aboutit à une hausse des prix pour le consommateur final.     The Scotsm.
2005   10million shares
2005   2.5million shares
2005   6million shares
2004   9.7million shares
2003   61.68-0.16   billion US$
2002   51.83-3.25   billion US$
2001   61.20.33   billion US$
2000   71.180.97   billion US$
1998   59.260.7   billion US$
1998   0.08billion US$

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