Panasonic

2025.06.07

19:03

Representatives of foreign investors in China: Believe in China, invest in China, and China’s speed is the global speed

Going with China means going with opportunities, believing in China means believing in tomorrow, and investing in China means investing in the future. Several senior foreign representatives in China gathered at the Dialogue. Tetsuro Honma, Group Representative Director and Global Vice President of Panasonic Holdings Co., Ltd., said: This year is the 47th year that Panasonic has entered China. Now our business slogan has been upgraded to "Chinese cost is global cost, Chinese speed is global speed"; Zhang Daijun, Chief Vice President of Samsung China, pointed out: Samsung has entered China for 33 years. Looking to the future, we hope to achieve common, sustainable and high-quality development with China; Lou Jianfeng, Chairman and President of BASF Greater China, emphasized: BASF always believes in China and invests in China!

2025.05.30

18:35

Panasonic Home Appliances China joins hands with Alibaba Cloud to explore the creation of AI intelligent entities in the home appliance field

Panasonic Home Appliances (China) Co., Ltd. and Alibaba Cloud announced on the 30th that they have officially reached an AI cooperation agreement. The two parties will focus on the field of smart home appliances, combining Panasonic's expertise in the field of home appliances and Alibaba Cloud's global "cloud + AI" technical capabilities to jointly explore the creation of AI intelligent entities for the vertical field of home appliances, cultivate AI application technology talents, and promote the globalization of the home appliance industry. Panasonic Home Appliances China will develop an AI platform based on the Ali Tongyi Qianwen series of large models to comprehensively upgrade the intelligent functions of washing machines, refrigerators and other home appliances in the living space. For example, through the AI intelligent entity driven by the large model, home appliances will have functions such as smart laundry, smart cooking, and smart food management, while upgrading the environmental perception capabilities of the home appliance end side to achieve "active service". In this process, Alibaba Cloud will provide cloud computing infrastructure, large model products and professional technical team support. In addition, based on Panasonic's "China for Global" strategy in China, Panasonic also plans to discuss with Alibaba Cloud the cooperation of smart home appliance IoT services in overseas markets such as Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

17:27

Panasonic Home Appliances China and Alibaba Cloud reach AI cooperation

On May 30, Panasonic Home Appliances (China) Co., Ltd. and Alibaba Cloud announced that they had officially reached an AI cooperation agreement. The two parties will jointly explore the creation of AI intelligent entities for the vertical field of home appliances, cultivate AI application technology talents, and promote the globalization of the home appliance industry.

16:42

Panasonic home appliances will be connected to Tongyi Qianwen to explore home appliance AI intelligent body

On May 30, Panasonic Home Appliances China and Alibaba Cloud announced that they had officially reached an AI cooperation agreement, and will upgrade the intelligent functions of its washing machines, refrigerators and other home appliances based on Alitong Yiqianwen. In the future, through the AI intelligent body driven by large models, home appliances will have functions such as smart laundry, smart cooking, and smart food management, while upgrading the environmental perception capabilities of the home appliance end side to achieve "active service".

2025.05.21

11:33

US makes preliminary anti-subsidy ruling on medium-active anode materials

On May 20, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued an announcement to make a preliminary anti-subsidy ruling on active anode materials imported from China, and preliminarily ruled that the tariff rates of Huzhou Kaijin New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Shaosheng Knitted Sweat were both 712.03%, and the tariff rates of Panasonic Electric Global Procurement (China) Co., Ltd./Panasonic Electric (China) Co., Ltd. and other Chinese manufacturers/exporters were all 6.55%. The U.S. Department of Commerce is expected to make a final anti-subsidy ruling on September 29, 2025. This case mainly involves products under U.S. customs codes 2504.10.5000 and 3801.10.5000.

2025.05.13

15:25

Panasonic: "Personnel optimization will be implemented in March 2029" is false information

On May 13, in response to some reports on the "progress of Panasonic Group's business reform", Panasonic Electric (China) Co., Ltd. issued a statement saying that there was wrong information in some media reports. Panasonic stated that the subject business does not include "industrial motors and automotive parts", and there is no plan to "exit or sell the subject business within 2025". The motor product business has a good development prospect, and discussions are underway to increase investment in research and development, services, and market expansion in the future. In addition, "personnel optimization will be implemented in March 2029" is false information, and this plan will be carried out between 2025 and 2026.

2025.05.10

14:28

Japan's Panasonic Group announced that it will lay off 10,000 employees worldwide

Japan's Panasonic Holdings Group announced on the 9th that it plans to lay off 5,000 employees in Japan and overseas starting from fiscal 2025. At the same time, Panasonic Group will terminate loss-making businesses whose expected profits are difficult to improve, and integrate and merge some branches.

2025.05.09

15:59

Panasonic plans to cut 10,000 jobs globally

Japan's Panasonic Group announced on Friday that it plans to optimize its human resources, involving 10,000 employees, half in Japan and half overseas.

15:35

Market news: Panasonic will lay off approximately 10,000 employees in Japan and overseas.

2025.03.25

18:35

Ruisong Technology: Plans to use over-subscribed funds of 90 million yen (excluding tax, equivalent to approximately RMB 4.3422 million) to purchase tangible and intangible assets related to Panasonic Interconnect Co., Ltd.'s high-precision and high-speed parallel robot project.

18:28

Ruisong Technology: Plans to use the oversubscribed funds of 90 million yen to purchase the tangible and intangible assets related to the high-precision and high-speed parallel robot project of Panasonic Interconnect Co., Ltd.

Ruisong Technology announced that the company plans to use the oversubscribed funds of 90 million yen (excluding tax, equivalent to about 4.3422 million yuan) to purchase the tangible and intangible assets related to the high-precision and high-speed parallel robot project of Panasonic Connect Co., Ltd. (Chinese name: Matsushita Interconnect Co., Ltd.). This transaction has been reviewed and approved by the 14th meeting of the third board of directors and the 14th meeting of the third board of supervisors. This transaction does not involve related transactions, does not constitute a major asset reorganization, and does not need to be submitted to the company's shareholders' meeting for review.

2025.03.20

10:48

Beijing: This year, a humanoid robot "conference and competition" will be held, including the world's first humanoid robot half marathon to start next month

The State Council Information Office held a press conference at 10 a.m. on March 20. Jin Wei, member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and deputy mayor, said that we should focus on factor resources and continuously optimize the industrial development environment. We play a counter-cyclical regulatory role, insist on investing early, investing in small companies, investing in hard technology, and investing in the long term. The government has established 8 investment funds with a scale of 100 billion yuan, and has invested a total of 14 billion yuan, which has driven social capital investment of about 36 billion yuan and built a number of common industry technology platforms and major application scenarios. At the same time, we will solve the urgent needs of various types of talents, especially young talents, through multiple channels, and the ecological and policy environment for innovation and entrepreneurship will continue to be optimized. This year, we will hold a "one meeting and one competition" for humanoid robots, including the world's first humanoid robot half marathon, which will start next month. Please pay attention to it.

2025.02.13

18:58

Xu Niansha, Chairman of China Machinery Industry Federation, meets with Tetsuro Honma, Global Vice President of Panasonic Group

According to the China Machinery Industry Federation, on the morning of February 10, Xu Niansha, President of the China Machinery Industry Federation, was invited to visit Tetsuro Honma, Global Vice President of Panasonic Group and President of the Japan Chamber of Commerce in China. The two sides had in-depth discussions on topics such as Panasonic Group's business layout in China, future development plans, and the functions of the China Machinery Federation in serving the government, industry and society. Representatives of the Panasonic Group introduced its latest achievements and future plans in the field of intelligent manufacturing, as well as the active integration and application of technologies such as the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence. The China Machinery Federation expressed its willingness to strengthen cooperation with Panasonic in the fields of intelligent manufacturing and hoped that the two sides could work together to promote the transformation and upgrading of China's manufacturing industry and move towards high-quality development. In response to the questions and demands raised by the Panasonic Group, President Xu said that he would actively assist it in connecting with the competent authorities and relevant professional associations to seek solutions. The two sides also discussed strengthening exchanges and cooperation in the future.

2025.02.06

14:14

Panasonic says it has not made any decisions on problematic businesses, including TV business

Japan's Panasonic said it has not made any decisions on problematic businesses, including its TV business, for now.

11:10

Panasonic: Some reports of Panasonic's dissolution are misinterpretations

Panasonic Holdings held a briefing for mass media, institutional investors and analysts on the future group management reform. As a result, some reports about Panasonic's company name and brand use have been misleading. However, the content announced on February 4 is aimed at reorganizing the single legal entity "Panasonic Electric Co., Ltd." under Panasonic Holdings, which is responsible for providing home appliances, residential equipment, and products and services for stores and offices, and is not intended to dissolve the Panasonic Group.

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