Panasonic Completes Battery Flagship and Prepares For Round Two

TOKYO, JAPAN--September 15, 2010--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--In March, Panasonic Corporation (NYSE:PC) (Osaka, Japan) announced that its new lithium-ion battery (LiB) production facility in Osaka would begin mass production in April. The Suminoe facility, which is to be a LiB manufacturing flagship of the company, utilizes advanced equipment, high-level fire-containment measures, and waste-water recycling to insure safety, eco-efficiency and security.

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