Panasonic eyes 200 bil. yen sales in care business in FY2025

Panasonic eyes 200 bil. yen sales in care business in FY2025

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. envisages expanding sales in its elderly care-related business to the 200 billion-yen (about $1.91 billion as of Sept. 2, 2014) level in fiscal 2025 as increased demand is expected from aging postwar baby boomers. Employees conduct maintenance of a care bed at its Osaka Rental Center in Osaka Prefecture's Kadoma on Aug. 29, 2014.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001205974
  • Registered date
  • 2014/8/29 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2014 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 3126 × 2000 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 864.52(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Sharp expected to post 200 bil. yen net loss

    Sharp expected to post 200 bil. yen net loss

    OSAKA, March 3 Kyodo - The headquarters of Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. stands in the city of Osaka, western Japan, on March 3, 2015. The company is expected to incur about 200 billion yen ($1.7 billion) in group net loss for the fiscal year to March 31 as it is considering additional restructuring steps, including the closure of four factories in Hiroshima Prefecture, sources close to the matter said the same day.
      Kankeiren promotes Japanese biz way

      Kankeiren promotes Japanese biz way

      OSAKA, Japan - Masayuki Matsushita (C), vice chairman of Panasonic Corp., exchanges opinions with executives of business groups and companies from 11 Asian countries, including ASEAN members, in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 19, 2014. The meeting was organized by the Kansai Economic Federation to enhance the understanding of Japanese way of management.
        M'bishi Motors net profit surges 30% in April-Sept.

        M'bishi Motors net profit surges 30% in April-Sept.

        TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Chairman Osamu Masuko attends a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Oct. 29, 2014. The company said while its group net profit for the April-September period surged 30.3 percent from a year earlier to 60.89 billion yen thanks to cost-cutting efforts and the yen's depreciation, it was downgrading its sales forecast for the entire fiscal 2014 to 2.18 trillion yen from the previously projected 2.3 trillion yen.
          PanaHome eyes $233 mil. sales in Southeast Asia in FY2018

          PanaHome eyes $233 mil. sales in Southeast Asia in FY2018

          OSAKA, Japan - PanaHome Corp. President Yasuteru Fujii speaks in an interview in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Oct. 16, 2014. He said the company aims to boost annual sales in Southeast Asia to 25 billion yen (about $233 million) in fiscal 2018 from the current level of some 1 billion yen.
            Sumitomo projects 240 bil. yen in losses

            Sumitomo projects 240 bil. yen in losses

            TOKYO, Japan - Sumitomo Corp. President and CEO Kuniharu Nakamura attends a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Sept. 29, 2014. The trading giant expects a total of 240 billion yen in losses in the year ending in March over a poorly performing oil development project in Texas and a fall in coal prices.
              Toshiba to spend annual 200 bil. yen in chip business

              Toshiba to spend annual 200 bil. yen in chip business

              NAGOYA, Japan - Hisao Tanaka, chief executive officer of Toshiba Corp., says at a press conference in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, his company plans to maintain annual capital spending of around 200 billion yen in its chip business in fiscal 2014 and following years to meet solid demand for smartphones and tablet devices.
                Panasonic eyes 200 bil. yen sales in care business in FY2025

                Panasonic eyes 200 bil. yen sales in care business in FY2025

                OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. envisages expanding sales in its elderly care-related business to the 200 billion-yen (about $1.91 billion as of Sept. 2, 2014) level in fiscal 2025 as increased demand is expected from aging postwar baby boomers. Employees conduct maintenance of a care bed at its Osaka Rental Center in Osaka Prefecture's Kadoma on Aug. 29, 2014. (Kyodo)
                  Panasonic's home rain gutters

                  Panasonic's home rain gutters

                  OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp.'s residential rain gutters are shown in Ritto, Shiga Prefecture, on June 19, 2014. The company announced a plan to expand the sales of rain gutter products to 30 billion yen in fiscal 2018, 1.5 times of fiscal 2013.
                    Sharp returns to black in FY 2013

                    Sharp returns to black in FY 2013

                    TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 12, 2014, on the electronics maker's earnings results for fiscal 2013. Sharp said it returned to profitability in the business year ended March 2014 for the first time in three years, posting a group net profit of 11.56 billion yen, on increased sales of its mainstay liquid crystal display panels and solar batteries.
                      Panasonic returns to black

                      Panasonic returns to black

                      TOKYO, Japan - Panasonic Corp. President Kazuhiro Tsuga holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 28, 2014, when the company reported it returned to the black for the first time in three years. For the past business year to March 31, Panasonic posted a group net profit of 120.44 billion yen, the result of restructuring and increased sales by its housing and auto-related businesses.