Honorary Committee
Kazuhiro Tsuga
Managing Executive Officer, Panasonic Corporation,
President Automotive Systems Company
Place of Birth:
Osaka, Japan
Diploma:
Bachelor of Bioengineering, School of EngineeringSciences, Osaka University (1979)
Master of Science in Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara (1986)
Business Career:
April 2008
Managing Executive Officer, PanasonicPresident, Automotive Systems Company
April 2006
Executive Officer, PanasonicIn charge of digital network/software technology, overseas R&D Centers, digital network strategic planning office
June 2004
Executive Officer, PanasonicIn charge of digital network/software technology
January 2003
Director, Advanced Appliances Development Center, AVC Networks Business Group, Panasonic AVC Networks Company, Panasonic
December 2001
Director, Advanced Appliances Development Center, AV Networks Business Group, AVC Company, Panasonic
June 2001
Director, Multimedia Development Center, Panasonic
November 2000
Assistant Director, Multimedia Development Center, Panasonic
May 1999
Manager, Visual Information Group, Multimedia Development Center, Panasonic
April 1994
Manager, Systems Team II, Interactive Systems Group, Audio Video Information Technology Laboratory, Panasonic
April 1979
Joined Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Corporation)
Spotlight on President Automotive Systems Company
Panasonic is one of the world's leading business groups which offer a wide variety of products in electronics business areas related to our daily lives from electric devices to infrastructures. Under the management slogan `Unite Our Efforts - Drive Eco Innovation,' Panasonic make the `Environment' central to all of our business, and we aim to be the No.1 Green Innovation Company in the Electronics Industries in 2018, the100th anniversary of our founding.
To be specific:
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We will minimize the amount of CO2 emissions throughout the entire business process.
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We will implement recycling-oriented manufacturing generates minimum waste.
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We will pursue a green work-style by eliminating unnecessary indirect work, excessive
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business trips and unneeded moving around.
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This know-how will be offered to and shared with the public.
In the entire processes, from development to recycling, we will thoroughly carry our these initiatives. Panasonic set ABCDE as the major business field of our group.
A: Appliance Solutions
B: Black Box Devices
C: Car Electronics
D: Digital AV Networks
E: Energy
Having `ABCDE with Eco,' we will promote all of our business based on the environment. In the Car Electronics business area, especially, Panasonic contribute to the sustainable automotive society that coexists with the global environment through the digitalization of automobile and electrical motorization, with our ABDE technological resources and our cultivated implementation technology for automobile.
Consolidated Group Sales for Fisical 2010 (Year ended March 31)
Consolidated Group Sales Total: 7418(¥billions)
Sales by Business Segment:
Digital AVC Networks: 3409.5(¥billions)
Home Appliances: 1142.3(¥billions)
Panasonic Electric Works and PanaHome: 1632.1(¥billions)
Components and Devices: 1005.3(¥billions)
SANYO: 404.8(¥billions)
Other: 1012.2(¥billions)
* Automotive Systems Company is included in Digital AVC Networks.
Sales by Region
Japan: 5866.5(¥billion)
North and South America: 887.5(¥billion)
Europe: 758.2(¥billion)
Asia, China and others: 2519.3(¥billion)