Matsu****a to adopt Panasonic brand across company

[Admin]

Matsu****a Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. has today announced its decision to adopt the Panasonic name across the entire company. The firm, founded by Konosuke Matsu****a in 1918 as 'Matsu****a Electric Housewares Manufacturing Works', has used its current moniker since 1935. Brands affected by the change include National, the name used for household goods in Japan and Technics, producer of Hi-Fi equipment and turntables beloved of DJs the world over. The changeover is scheduled to begin October 1st with rebranding of National to be completed by March 31st 2010.

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[mmcp42]

hee hee a rather agressive naughty word filter event!

 

[IanC_UK]

lol yeah im lmao at that one lol

 

[Marcel]

Bloomin Japanese and their naughty corporate names...tsk...I blame the parents

 

[Joe T]

Awesome!

 

[Ian T]

Can't the spam filter look for a leading or trailing space? Spam filters are rubbish - we're not kids anymore.

Does this mean an end to the Technics name then?

 

[Marcel]

Can't the spam filter look for a leading or trailing space? Spam filters are rubbish - we're not kids anymore.

Does this mean an end to the Technics name then?

Technics

Can't look for a trailing filter, because then words like

****face
or ****head wouldn't be filtered
and a leading space wouldnt work either, eg
fullo****

Its not about you being kids, its about not getting the forums restricted in work filters etc.

 

[rich_eason]

Does this mean an end to the Technics name then?

Brands affected by the change include National, the name used for household goods in Japan and Technics

The end of Technics as a brand name....yes

 

[andrewc]

Maybe thats why they're changing the name...

 

[Freester]

The end of Technics as a brand name....yes

Nooooo. :thumbsdown:

 

[natjag]

That will be an interesting name change. Masush... owns a bank and insurance company. The bank of panasonic, or panasonic bank, just doesn't seem right.

 

[BigD]

when i worked in retail 4 years ago it was said the technics name would be phased out.

 

[Marcel]

Ahhh now I understand Ian, he was talking about the actual topic lol

I thought he was talking about the swear filter..

 

[Ian T]

Marcel - your answers make sense!

I see - so Technics is finished as brand name, but could still be attributed to products?

 

[Joe T]

I think it will still be Matsu.... Corporation. Just everything they sell will be under the Panasonic brand name.