Panasonic

Panasonic Holdings Corporation

Panasonic Holdings Corporation is the Japanese holding company of the Panasonic Group, whose operating companies make consumer electronics and home appliances, electrical and air-conditioning equipment, rechargeable batteries, electronic components and business solutions. Kōnosuke Matsushita founded it on March 7, 1918, in Ohiraki-cho, Osaka, as Matsushita Electric Housewares Manufacturing Works. It was incorporated in 1935 as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., renamed Panasonic Corporation in 2008 after the brand it had used for exports since 1955, and became Panasonic Holdings Corporation in 2022.

Since April 2026, the group's consumer electronics, including LUMIX cameras, have been run by a new Panasonic Corporation, the renamed Panasonic Entertainment & Communication, which had absorbed the professional AV business from Panasonic Connect in 2024.

Panasonic launched the LUMIX line of digital cameras in 2001. The LUMIX G1 of 2008 was the first mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera built to the Micro Four Thirds standard, and the GH1 of 2009 was the first Micro Four Thirds camera to record HD video. In 2018 Panasonic became a founding member of the L-Mount Alliance, and its first full-frame mirrorless cameras, the LUMIX S1 and S1R, followed in 2019.

Founded

1918, Ohiraki-cho, Osaka, Japan

Headquarters

Kadoma, Osaka, Japan — Global, Panasonic Holdings Corporation
Newark, New Jersey, United States — Americas, Panasonic Corporation of North America

Parent Company

NonePublicly traded (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 6752)

Subsidiaries

Panasonic Corporation — Consumer electronics and appliances, including LUMIX cameras and professional AV (successor to Panasonic Entertainment & Communication, April 2026)
Panasonic Connect — Business solutions for supply chain, public service, infrastructure and entertainment
Panasonic Energy — Rechargeable batteries
Panasonic Industry — Electronic components and devices
Panasonic HVAC & CC — Heating, ventilation, air conditioning and cold chain
Panasonic Electric Works — Electrical equipment

Warranty

Panasonic LUMIX Limited Warranty (USA) — 12 Year, Standard
LUMIX Pro Services Red — Authorized Dealer (USA) ↗ — 24 Years, Registered Extension, registration required, authorized dealer only
LUMIX Pro Services Red — shop.panasonic.com (USA) ↗ — 36 Years, Registered Extension, registration required

Sources · researched Oct 4, 2026