Heating & Ventilation A/C Company was born of the fusion of a business division and a company with different backgrounds—the Heating and Cooling Solutions Business Division, formerly Matsushita Electric Housewares Manufacturing Works, and Panasonic Ecology Systems Co., Ltd., formerly Kawakita Denki Kigyosha.

Birth of Panasonic; before 1950

1909
Panasonic Ecology Systems Co., Ltd.
Established as Kawakita Denki Kigyosha

1913
Panasonic Ecology Systems Co., Ltd.
Start of production of Typhoon, Japan’s first 12-inch AC electric fan

1917
Panasonic Ecology Systems Co., Ltd.
Under the new name Kawakita Denki Manufacturing Co., Ltd., orders 1,000 fan insulating panels from Konosuke Matsushita, who was operating his own business.

1918
Heating and Cooling Solutions Business Division
Matsushita Electric Housewares Manufacturing Works established

1928
Panasonic Ecology Systems Co., Ltd.
Ventilation fan manufacturing starts
1950—

1956
Panasonic Ecology Systems Co., Ltd.
Established as Osaka Denki Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha with the cooperation of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. and Nippon Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
1957
Heating and Cooling Solutions Business Division
Air-conditioning business launched
Cooler manufacturing plant in Kadoma established
1958
Heating and Cooling Solutions Business Division
First room cooler, the Home Cooler, released

1962
Panasonic Ecology Systems Co., Ltd.
Name changed to Matsushita Seiko Co., Ltd.
Air purifier sales begins
1968
Panasonic Ecology Systems Co., Ltd.
Jet fans delivered
1969
Heating and Cooling Solutions Business Division
Manufacturing at Kusatsu Plant in Shiga begins

1972
Heating and Cooling Solutions Business Division
The industry’s first wall-mounted air conditioner

Overseas business expands
Malaysia Plant established

1993
Heating & Cooling Solutions Business Division
Guangzhou Plant in China established

2000—

2003
Panasonic Ecology Systems Co., Ltd.
Matsushita Seiko Engineering Co., Ltd. changes name to Matsushita Ecology Systems Co., Ltd.
Ventilation fan for 24-hour ventilation released

World’s first anti-allergen air purifier released

2008
Panasonic Ecology Systems Co., Ltd.
Matsushita Ecology Systems Co., Ltd. changes name to
Panasonic Ecology Systems Co., Ltd.
2009
Heating and Cooling Solutions Business Division
Sales company specialising in air conditioning established in Europe

2013
Panasonic Ecology Systems Co., Ltd.
ziaino™, a sodium hypochlorite air deodoriser (for business), released

2015
Heating and Cooling Solutions Business Division
Panasonic Air Conditioning Company established
2017
Heating and Cooling Solutions Business Division
Marks 60th anniversary in air conditioning business

2019
Heating and Cooling Solutions Business Division
Heating and Cooling Solutions Business Division established
2021
Heating & Ventilation A/C Company, Panasonic Corporation, established