Matsushita Electric was founded in 1918 by Konosuke Matsushita. In 1935 the company split and founded two seperate companies, Matsushita Electric Works Ltd. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. which later became Panasonic. The name Panasonic Electric Works Co. Ltd. was given to the company in 2008. Since the establishment Panasonic has grown into one of the biggest Japanese electronic manufacturer.

Panasonic has also became known in industrial automation field and thanks to their long experience and high quality industrial automation products, Panasonic is well-known and appreciated wordwide.

Panasonic’s automation products are frequency inverters, sensors, limit switches, operator panels, servo motors, counters, timers, controllers and temperature controllers.

From sensors Panasonic is offering the most common sensors that are used in industrial automation. These include inductive, photoelectric, fiber, flow and pressure, measurement sensors, particular use sensors and safety sensors.

Brand Name Change from SUNX to Panasonic

We would like to inform you that our factories in Japan, Panasonic Electric Works Co. Ltd. and SUNX Ltd., merged to form a new company as of October 1, 2010: Panasonic Electric Works SUNX Co., Ltd.

Thank you very much for your business and trust.

We would like to inform you that our factories in Japan, Panasonic Electric Works Co. Ltd. and SUNX Ltd., merged to form a new company as of October 1, 2010: Panasonic Electric Works SUNX Co., Ltd.  All automation-device-related manufacturing and business became part of this new company. The synergetic effects resulting from this merger will allow Panasonic to combine its know-how and strengthen its activities in the automation sector.

As a consequence, more than 2000 sensor and Laser Maker products hitherto labeled as SUNX must be rebranded as Panasonic. This task is obviously a huge logistic undertaking and will require several months during 2011 to finish. Existing stock will be sold as labeled. Fortunately, part numbers will not change!

In addition to rounding off its automation product range with sensors and Laser Markers, this brand name change indicates Panasonic's commitment to offering outstanding quality and service for these products.