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Panasonic Corporation of North America, based in Secaucus, New Jersey, is a Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited unit that develops consumer electronics, communications equipment, biometrics systems, and other products. The firm, encompassing 14 business domain companies, offers customers over 15,000 products, including fixed-line and mobile communications systems, automotive electronics, household appliances, semiconductors, batteries, and electric motors. The firm is the developer of many DVD technologies. It was the first company in the world to develop a recordable DVD for personal computers. It offers consumers plasma, high-definition, and digital televisions, along with home theater systems, cordless telephones, headphones, Blu-ray Disc (TM) recordable media, and memory cards. The company is known for its Lumix (R) digital cameras. Panasonic Corporation of North America provides television broadcasters with video format converters, editing consoles, and other tools. Parent company Matsushita, which encompasses 600 business units, was founded in 1918. The firm is based in Osaka, Japan. It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the MC symbol.
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