Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. 三洋電機株式会社
Type	Kabushiki kaisha TYO: 6764 NASDAQ: SANYY
Founded	April 1, 1950
Headquarters	Moriguchi, Osaka, Japan
Key people	Toshio Iue, Masatoshi Iue, Tomoyo Nonaka
Industry	Electronics
Products	Semiconductor, Consumer electronics, Dry battery, and Cellular phone
Revenue	1,353,400,000,000 Yen (2006)
Employees	14,137 (2006)
Slogan	for your No.1
Website	http://www. sanyo.co.jp

Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. (三洋電機株式会社, San'yō Denki Kabushiki-gaisha^?) (TYO: 6764 , NASDAQ: SANYY) is a major Japanese electronics company and Fortune 500 company whose headquarters is located in Moriguchi, Osaka prefecture, Japan targeting the middle of the market, with over 324 offices and plants worldwide and about 100,000 employees. Image File history File links SANYO_wordmark. ... Business corporation ) is a type of corporation ) defined under Japanese law. ... The Tokyo Stock Exchange ), or TSE, is one of the largest stock exchange markets in the world by monetary volume located in Tokyo, Japan, second only to the New York Stock Exchange. ... NASDAQ in Times Square, New York City. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Categories: Cities in Osaka Prefecture | Japan geography stubs ... The field of electronics comprises the study and use of systems that operate by controlling the flow of electrons (or other charge carriers) in devices such as thermionic valves (vacuum tubes) and semiconductors. ... A semiconductor is a solid whose electrical conductivity can be controlled over a wide range, either permanently or dynamically. ... Consumer electronics is electronic equipment intended for use by everyday people. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Cellular redirects here. ... Revenue is a U.S. business term for the amount of money that a company earns from its activities in a given period, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... Japanese 10 yen coin (obverse) showing Phoenix Hall of Byodoin Yen is the currency used in Japan. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... The Tokyo Stock Exchange ), or TSE, is one of the largest stock exchange markets in the world by monetary volume located in Tokyo, Japan, second only to the New York Stock Exchange. ... NASDAQ in Times Square, New York City. ... Categories: Cities in Osaka Prefecture | Japan geography stubs ... Osaka Prefecture (大阪府 ÅŒsaka-fu) is part of the Kinki region on Honshu island, Japan. ...

Sanyo was founded by Toshio Iue (井植 歳男 Iue Toshio, 1902 - 1969), the brother-in-law of Konosuke Matsushita and also a former Matsushita employee, in 1947 and was incorporated in 1950. The company's name means three oceans in Japanese, referring to the founder's ambition to sell their products worldwide, across the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Konosuke Matsushita (松下 幸之助 Matsushita Kōnosuke, November 27, 1894 – April 27, 1989) was a Japanese industrialist, the founder of Matsushita Electric, a company based in the suburb of Kadoma (on the Keihan line), Osaka in Japan. ... Logo for the Panasonic brand Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Atlantic redirects here. ... Pacific redirects here. ...

History

Old logo

Sanyo got its start as a manufacturer of bicycle lamps. In 1952 it made Japan's first plastic radio and in 1954 Japan's first pulsator-type washing machine. Logo for Sanyo, taken from [1], using under fairuse. ... Logo for Sanyo, taken from [1], using under fairuse. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Technologically Sanyo has had good ties with Sony, supporting the Betamax video format from invention until the mid 1980s (the best selling video recorder in the UK in 1983 was the Sanyo VTC5000), and later being an early adopter of the highly successful Video8 camcorder format. Lately Sanyo and Sony have seemingly had a technological falling out, with Sanyo backing HD DVD and Sony backing their Blu-ray Disc, as of 2006 this format battle has not been resolved. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A 8mm Camcorder The 8mm Video Format (official name: Video8) is a type of video cassette recorder and video tape. ... HD-DVD disc HD DVD (for High Density Digital Versatile Disc) is a digital optical media format which is being developed as one standard for high-definition DVD. HD DVD is similar to the competing Blu-ray Disc, which also uses the same CD sized (120 mm diameter) optical data... A Blu-ray Disc (also called BD) is a high-density optical disc format for the storage of digital media, including high-definition video. ...

In North America, Sanyo manufactures CDMA cellular phones exclusively for Sprint-Nextel corporation's Sprint PCS brand. Sanyo has for three years consecutive years received the J.D. Power and Associates award for having the highest overall satisfaction out of 8 of the most popular mobile phone manufacturers.^{[citation needed]} However in 2005 Sanyo tied with LG for this position. General Information Generically (as a multiplexing scheme), code division multiple access (CDMA) is any use of any form of spread spectrum by multiple transmitters to send to the same receiver on the same frequency channel at the same time without harmful interference. ... Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. ... Billboards at Dundas Square in Toronto, featuring an LG ad. ...

The 2004 Chuetsu Earthquake severely struck Sanyo's semiconductor plant and as a result Sanyo recorded a huge financial loss for that year. The 2005 fiscal year financial results saw a 205 billion yen net income loss. The same year the company announced a restructuring plan called the Sanyo Evolution Project, launching a new corporate vision to make the corporation into an environmental company, plowing investment into strong products like rechargeable batteries, solar photovoltaics, air conditioning, hybrid car batteries and key consumer electronics such as the Xacti camera, projectors and mobile phones. The Chuetsu Earthquakes (中越地震) began at 5:56 p. ... Note: in the broadest sense, air conditioning can refer to any form of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning. ...

Sanyo's 3-year restructuring project

Sanyo posted signs of recovery after the announcement of positive operating income of 2.6 billion yen. Sanyo remains the world number one producer of rechargeable batteries. Image File history File links SANYO_Evolution_Project. ... Image File history File links SANYO_Evolution_Project. ...

Tomoyo Nonaka is the current chairwoman of the company, a former NHK anchorwoman. The President is Toshimasa Iue who is the grandson of Sanyo's founder Toshio Iue. NHK Broadcasting Center in Shibuya, Tokyo Domo-kun, the mascot of NHK satellite channel BS-2 NHK (, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai), or the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, is Japans public broadcaster. ...

In January 2006 Sanyo received a massive capital injection from Goldman Sachs, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Daiwa Securities which resulted in five members of the banks represented joining the nine-person Board of Directors. Goldman Sachs offices at the Fraumünsterplatz in Zürich (the light-colored building on the left) The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ... Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC, Mitsui Sumitomo Ginko) is a Japanese bank based in Tokyo, Japan. ... Daiwa Bank is a Japanese bank. ...

On 24 November 2006, Sanyo announced heavy losses and job cuts.[1]

Fisher Electronics is part of the Sanyo Group.

Sponsorship

Sanyo is the major sponsor of the Penrith Panthers Rugby League team in the National Rugby League (Australia)

See also

• List of digital camera brands
• Sanyo mobile phones
• Sanyo Wild Knights, a Japanese rugby union team owned by Sanyo.

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External links

• Sanyo Global
• Sanyo USA
• Sanyo Europe
• Sanyo LSI Technology India
• Sanyo Canada
• Sanyo Oceania (Australia / New Zealand)
• Sanyo Denki
• Sanyo VPC-HD1 HD Camcorder
• Sanyo Denki blog