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Matsushita expands Viera TV lineup

TOKYO, Japan - Seven new models of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.'s popular large-screen, flat-panel Viera televisions are displayed at a presentation in Tokyo on Aug. 9. Six of the models are plasma TVs with full high-definition specifications, ranging in size from 42-inch to 65-inch screens. The remaining model is a 37-inch liquid crystal display TV, also with full HD specifications.

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Panasonic plasma display panel factory

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken in May 2013 shows Panasonic Corp.'s Amagasaki No. 3 factory building (front) in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. Panasonic is in the final stage of talks with real-estate investment advisory company Center Point Development Inc. to sell the plasma display panel factory building, sources familiar with the matter said Jan. 27, 2014. Plasma display panel production ceased at the factory in December 2013.

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Panasonic eyeing withdrawal from plasma TV operations

AMAGASAKI, Japan - File photo taken in December 2009 shows Panasonic Corp.'s plasma display panel plant in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, being unveiled to reporters. Panasonic is considering withdrawing from plasma television operations possibly in fiscal 2014 as part of efforts to focus more on profitable products, corporate sources said on March 18, 2013.

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Plasma-display electronic blackboard system

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. demonstrates an electronic blackboard system with a 65-inch plasma display panel and a stylus pen for writing and drawing images on the board in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, on May 15, 2012. The electronic manufacturer said it will roll out the electronic blackboard in late June 2012.

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Plasma-display electronic blackboard system

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. demonstrates an electronic blackboard system with a 65-inch plasma display panel and a stylus pen for writing and drawing images on the board in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, on May 15, 2012. The electronic manufacturer said it will roll out the electronic blackboard in late June 2012.

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Panasonic to scale down TV business

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in December 2009 shows Panasonic Corp.'s No. 3 plant in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. The production of plasma television display panels at the factory will be ceased by the end of March 2012 as company sources said on Oct. 20, 2011, that the electronics appliance maker has decided to sharply scale down its money-losing television-making business, reducing production of plasma display panels and cutting over 1,000 jobs.

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World's largest 3-D plasma TV

OSAKA, Japan - The world's largest plasma display panel, at 152 inches, that can project 3-D images is exhibited by Panasonic Corp. in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on June 9, 2010. The electronics maker said it will begin taking orders for the panel from corporate customers July 1.

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Large curved plasma screen at Kansai airport

OSAKA, Japan - A large curved plasma screen shows information on a Japanese tourist site at Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture on April 27, 2010. The 4-meter-by-3-meter screen, which the airport operator says is the world's largest curved digital display, was turned on at the international flight departure area to show contents including information on Japanese tourist sites and culture.

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Large curved plasma screen at Kansai airport

OSAKA, Japan - A large curved plasma screen shows information on Japanese culture at Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture on April 27, 2010. The 4-meter-by-3-meter screen, which the airport operator says is the world's largest curved digital display, was turned on at the international flight departure area to show contents including information on Japanese tourist sites and culture.

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Panasonic begins selling 3-D TVs in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Customers view a display model of Panasonic Corp.'s VIERA VT20 50-inch, 3-D plasma television at a New York outlet of U.S. retailer Best Buy Co. on March 10, 2010. The Japanese home appliance maker began selling its first 3-D televisions in the United States a day after South Korean rival Samsung Electronics Co. announced its line of 3-D TVs.

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Panasonic completes new plasma panel plant in Amagasaki

OSAKA, Japan - Reporters and photographers visit Panasonic Corp.'s new plasma display panel plant in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Dec. 22, 2009. Panasonic held a ceremony to mark the completion of its third Amagasaki plant, which is capable of producing the world's largest plasma display panels measuring 330 cm by 190 cm.

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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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Panasonic develops world's slimmest 50-inch plasma display panel

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows the world's slimmest 50-inch plasma television display panel that Panasonic Corp. has developed to reduce power consumption by two-thirds to levels of liquid crystal displays. The company said it will seek to commercialize the slimmer plasma display in a year or two.

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Pioneer to end plasma display panel output

TOKYO, Japan - Pioneer Corp. President Tamihiko Sudo speaks about the company's withdrawal from production of plasma display panels at a news conference in Tokyo on March 7. Sudo said the company is now in talks with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. over the procurement of plasma display panels.

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Shinoda Plasma to build 2-meter-by-3-meter display panels

KOBE, Japan - An 86-inch plasma panel measuring 1 meter by 2 meters developed by Shinoda Plasma Co., Ltd. is on display in Kobe on Oct. 26. Shinoda Plasma, a Kobe-based venture spun from Fujitsu Ltd., says it is developing 150-inch panels measuring 2 meters by 3 meters by putting the basic 86-inch panels together. It plans to sell these giant panels by the fall of 2008. Built with plasma tubes 1 meter long and 1 mm in diameter, the panels can be bent into various shapes for use at public arenas such as railway stations and airports, the company says.

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Matsushita to construct world's largest plasma panel plant

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will invest about 280 billion yen to construct the world's largest plasma display panel plant with an annual production capacity of about 10 million units in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. Photo taken on Jan. 10 shows the company's No. 1 Amagasaki plant (left) and No. 2 Amagasaki plant, which is to begin operations in the summer of 2007. The new third plant, to be built near No. 2 plant, will come on stream in the summer of 2008.

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Sharp develops world's biggest 108-inch flat-panel TV

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. said Jan. 8 it has developed what it claims is the world's largest flat-panel television fitted with a 108-inch liquid crystal display. The display size is bigger than that of the 103-inch plasma display television, marketed by rival Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.

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Hitachi to release 6 new flat-screen TVs

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Hitomi Kuroki stands beside the new flat-screen television model ''Wooo'' Hitachi Ltd. unveiled at a press conference in Tokyo on April 4. The ''Wooo'' series which can receive digital high-definition broadcasts consists of 42- and 37-inch plasma TVs and a 32-inch liquid-crystal display TV, each of which has high- and low-end models.

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Matsushita devises world's largest plasma-panel TV

LAS VEGAS, United States - A 103-inch plasma-panel television set developed by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., claimed to be the world's largest is on display at the consumer electronics show under way in Las Vegas on Jan. 5. There are numerous technical problems in making plasma panels larger than 100 inches while maintaining stable discharge and high picture quality across the entire surface of the panel, Matsushita officials said.

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LCD TVs outdo plasma TVs in large flat-screen TV market

TOKYO, Japan - A customer looks at a liquid crystal display television set at a shop in Osaka on April 6. GfK Marketing Services Japan Ltd., a market survey agency, said that liquid crystal display televisions outdid plasma TVs in Japan's large flat-screen TV market in February for the first time ever.

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Matsushita boosts monthly PDP output capacity to 150,000 units

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Dec. 16 it has boosted its monthly plasma display panel production capacity to 150,000 units from 90,000 units, becoming the largest Japanese PDP producer. The firm has expanded capacity at its second PDP plant (in photo) in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, and other plants.

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Matsushita to build world's largest plasma display panel plant

OSAKA, Japan - Fumio Otsubo, senior managing director of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., briefs reporters in Osaka on May 18 about the company's plan to build the world's largest plasma display panel factory in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. Matsushita plans to spend 90 billion yen to build the factory, whose construction will begin in September.

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Fujitsu-Hitachi joint venture to build plasma display plant

TOKYO, Japan - Fujitsu Ltd. President Naoyuki Akikusa announces in Tokyo on March 8 that Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display Ltd. will build a new plant for plasma display panels in Miyazaki Prefecture. Plasma Display is a fifty-fifty joint venture between Fujitsu and Hitachi Ltd. Plasma Display President Yoichi Morimoto is seated in center, and Hitachi Ltd. President Etsuhiko Shoyama is at right.

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IBM Japan to sell easy Internet terminal for handicapped, elderly

TOKYO, Japan - IBM Japan Ltd. said March 4 it has developed a large-screen computer terminal (in photo) offering easy Internet access for elderly people and the handicapped, including sight-impaired people. The Japan unit of U.S. computer giant International Business Machines Corp. installed its Internet-browser software onto a terminal with a 50-inch plasma TV display developed by Pioneer Corp. The terminal is expected to be put on the market by the end of June at the earliest with an estimated retail price of just over 5 million yen.

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NEC to sell plasma-display unit to Pioneer

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. President Akinobu Kanasugi (L) and Pioneer Corp. President Kaneo Ito shake hands at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 3. They said Pioneer will acquire in fiscal 2004 all outstanding shares in NEC Plasma Display Corp., a producer of plasma-display panels wholly owned by NEC. At present, Pioneer and NEC both have about 10% of the global plasma-display market.

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Sanyo to offer plasma TVs for terrestrial digital broadcasts

OSAKA, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. said Aug. 6 it will release plasma-display television sets (in handout photo) equipped with built-in tuners for terrestrial digital broadcasts for the first time. Beginning on Oct. 1, the consumer electronics maker will offer 11 models, with 37- or 42-inch screens, in its Vizon series at prices ranging from 720,000 yen to 930,000 yen.

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Matsushita to begin marketing 2 new plasma displays from July

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows one of two new plasma display models featuring integrated digital tuners which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will begin selling on July 10. Matsushita said June 20 that two two new models, available with 37-inch or 42-inch displays, can receive three types of broadcasts -- terrestrial, broadcasting satellite (BS) digital, and 110 communication satellite (CS) digital.

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(2)Li Peng on tour of Kyushu

MIYAZAKI, Japan - top Chinese legislator Li Peng listens to an explanation during a tour of a plasma display panel plant in the town of Kunitomi in Miyazaki Prefecture on April 7.

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Hitachi, Fujitsu to form joint firm to make PDPs

Fujitsu Ltd. President Naoyuki Akikusa (L) and Hitachi Ltd. President Etsuhiko Shoyama shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on April 6 after announcing the forming of a joint venture between the companies to manufacture high-resolution plasma display panels (PDPs), which are used in flat-screen televisions.

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Matsushita boosts monthly PDP output capacity to 150,000 units

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Dec. 16 it has boosted its monthly plasma display panel production capacity to 150,000 units from 90,000 units, becoming the largest Japanese PDP producer. The firm has expanded capacity at its second PDP plant (in photo) in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, and other plants. (Kyodo)

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LCD TVs outdo plasma TVs in large flat-screen TV market

TOKYO, Japan - A customer looks at a liquid crystal display television set at a shop in Osaka on April 6. GfK Marketing Services Japan Ltd., a market survey agency, said that liquid crystal display televisions outdid plasma TVs in Japan's large flat-screen TV market in February for the first time ever. (Kyodo)

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Matsushita launches production at large plasma display plant

OSAKA, Japan - Photo released by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. shows one of the world's largest plasma display panel plant, newly operational in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. The company said the plant opened on Sept. 16, two months ahead of schedule. (Kyodo)

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Matsushita to construct world's largest plasma panel plant

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will invest about 280 billion yen to construct the world's largest plasma display panel plant with an annual production capacity of about 10 million units in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. Photo taken on Jan. 10 shows the company's No. 1 Amagasaki plant (left) and No. 2 Amagasaki plant, which is to begin operations in the summer of 2007. The new third plant, to be built near No. 2 plant, will come on stream in the summer of 2008. (Kyodo)

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Pioneer to end plasma display panel output

TOKYO, Japan - Pioneer Corp. President Tamihiko Sudo speaks about the company's withdrawal from production of plasma display panels at a news conference in Tokyo on March 7. Sudo said the company is now in talks with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. over the procurement of plasma display panels. (Kyodo)

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Panasonic develops world's slimmest 50-inch plasma display panel

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows the world's slimmest 50-inch plasma television display panel that Panasonic Corp. has developed to reduce power consumption by two-thirds to levels of liquid crystal displays. The company said it will seek to commercialize the slimmer plasma display in a year or two. (Kyodo)

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Hitachi, Fujitsu to form joint firm to make PDPs

Fujitsu Ltd. President Naoyuki Akikusa (L) and Hitachi Ltd. President Etsuhiko Shoyama shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on April 6 after announcing the forming of a joint venture between the companies to manufacture high-resolution plasma display panels (PDPs), which are used in flat-screen televisions.

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JVC to release 26-inch LCD TV on Aug. 1

TOKYO, Japan - Victor Co. of Japan (JVC) will release a 26-inch liquid crystal display (LCD) TV set (photo) on Aug. 1. The LT-26LC4 is the first 26-inch flat-screen TV and offers high-definition images made possible by JVC's plasma-display panel technology. The new product is also equipped with high-quality speakers used for audio equipment. JVC will not suggest a retail price for the LT-26LC4, which is expected to be available for around 370,000 yen. (Kyodo)

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Panasonic in final talks on selling plasma panel factories

File photo taken March 19, 2014, shows Panasonic Corp.'s Nos. 1 and 2 factories (foreground) in the western Japan city of Amagasaki. It was reported on May 11, 2016, that the electronics company is in the final stages of talks with Singaporean investment firm Redwood Group to sell the two factories that were used to produce plasma display panels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Matsushita expands Viera TV lineup

TOKYO, Japan - Seven new models of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.'s popular large-screen, flat-panel Viera televisions are displayed at a presentation in Tokyo on Aug. 9. Six of the models are plasma TVs with full high-definition specifications, ranging in size from 42-inch to 65-inch screens. The remaining model is a 37-inch liquid crystal display TV, also with full HD specifications. (Kyodo)

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Hitachi to release 6 new flat-screen TVs

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Hitomi Kuroki stands beside the new flat-screen television model ''Wooo'' Hitachi Ltd. unveiled at a press conference in Tokyo on April 4. The ''Wooo'' series which can receive digital high-definition broadcasts consists of 42- and 37-inch plasma TVs and a 32-inch liquid-crystal display TV, each of which has high- and low-end models. (Kyodo)

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Matsushita to release world's largest flat-panel TV

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will release possibly by the year-end a 103-inch plasma display panel TV (photo) whose monitor size will make it the world's largest flat-panel TV. The versatile display, measuring as large as 2.3 meters in width and 1.3 meters in height, is almost comparable in size to a double bed. (Kyodo)

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Sharp develops world's biggest 108-inch flat-panel TV

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. said Jan. 8 it has developed what it claims is the world's largest flat-panel television fitted with a 108-inch liquid crystal display. The display size is bigger than that of the 103-inch plasma display television, marketed by rival Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (Kyodo)

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Matsushita devises world's largest plasma-panel TV

LAS VEGAS, United States - A 103-inch plasma-panel television set developed by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., claimed to be the world's largest is on display at the consumer electronics show under way in Las Vegas on Jan. 5. There are numerous technical problems in making plasma panels larger than 100 inches while maintaining stable discharge and high picture quality across the entire surface of the panel, Matsushita officials said. (Kyodo)

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Shinoda Plasma to build 2-meter-by-3-meter display panels

KOBE, Japan - An 86-inch plasma panel measuring 1 meter by 2 meters developed by Shinoda Plasma Co., Ltd. is on display in Kobe on Oct. 26. Shinoda Plasma, a Kobe-based venture spun from Fujitsu Ltd., says it is developing 150-inch panels measuring 2 meters by 3 meters by putting the basic 86-inch panels together. It plans to sell these giant panels by the fall of 2008. Built with plasma tubes 1 meter long and 1 mm in diameter, the panels can be bent into various shapes for use at public arenas such as railway stations and airports, the company says. (Kyodo)

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Panasonic to scale down TV business

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in December 2009 shows Panasonic Corp.'s No. 3 plant in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. The production of plasma television display panels at the factory will be ceased by the end of March 2012 as company sources said on Oct. 20, 2011, that the electronics appliance maker has decided to sharply scale down its money-losing television-making business, reducing production of plasma display panels and cutting over 1,000 jobs. (Kyodo)

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World's largest 3-D plasma TV

OSAKA, Japan - The world's largest plasma display panel, at 152 inches, that can project 3-D images is exhibited by Panasonic Corp. in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on June 9, 2010. The electronics maker said it will begin taking orders for the panel from corporate customers July 1. (Kyodo)

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Plasma-display electronic blackboard system

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. demonstrates an electronic blackboard system with a 65-inch plasma display panel and a stylus pen for writing and drawing images on the board in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, on May 15, 2012. The electronic manufacturer said it will roll out the electronic blackboard in late June 2012. (Kyodo)

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Plasma-display electronic blackboard system

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. demonstrates an electronic blackboard system with a 65-inch plasma display panel and a stylus pen for writing and drawing images on the board in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, on May 15, 2012. The electronic manufacturer said it will roll out the electronic blackboard in late June 2012. (Kyodo)

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Large curved plasma screen at Kansai airport

OSAKA, Japan - A large curved plasma screen shows information on a Japanese tourist site at Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture on April 27, 2010. The 4-meter-by-3-meter screen, which the airport operator says is the world's largest curved digital display, was turned on at the international flight departure area to show contents including information on Japanese tourist sites and culture. (Kyodo)

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Large curved plasma screen at Kansai airport

OSAKA, Japan - A large curved plasma screen shows information on Japanese culture at Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture on April 27, 2010. The 4-meter-by-3-meter screen, which the airport operator says is the world's largest curved digital display, was turned on at the international flight departure area to show contents including information on Japanese tourist sites and culture. (Kyodo)