Panasonic completes new plasma panel plant in Amagasaki

OSAKA, Japan - This photo, taken on Dec. 19, 2009, shows Panasonic Corp.'s new plasma display panel plant (front) in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. A ceremony of completion for the company's third Amagasaki plant, which is capable of producing the world's largest PDPs, measuring 330 cm by 190 cm, was held on Dec. 22, 2009.

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