Hideaki Kawai
Managing Director @ Panasonic
Hideaki Kawai is a startup investor at Panasonic. Mr. Kawai Hideaki serves as the Principal Financial Officer of Panasonic Corporation and has been its Managing Director since June 2012. Mr. Hideaki served as the Senior Managing Director of Electronics Division of Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. He served as Managing Executive Officer of Panasonic Corporation since April 2011 and also served as itsGeneral Manager of Corporate Finance & IR Group and Executive Officer of Panasonic Corporation. He served as the General Manager of Agricultural Equipment Division for Headquarters of Kioritz Corporation since December 2006. Mr. Hideaki served as the Senior Managing Director of Kioritz Corp. since February 2005. He served as the Senior Managing Director of Corporate Manufacturing Technology & Research Division of Toppan Printing Ltd. He served as the President and Representative Director of Shinetsu Kioritz Echo Corporation since March 1990 and Nishibu Kioritz Echo Corporation since March 1993. He served as an Executive Officer of Kioritz Corp. since February 2002. Mr. Hideaki joined Kioritz Corp. in February 1960 and served as its General Manager of Sales Division and Deputy General Manager of Domestic Sales Division since March 1999 and Deputy General Manager of Sales Division -Headquarters since December 1999. He served as the Chief Director of Large-sized Equipment of Kioritz Corp. since February 1999. Mr. Hideaki served as the Managing Director of Toppan Printing Ltd. He has taken on several key positions over his long career at TOPPAN since 1968, his recent responsibility as Head of Corporate R&D Division. In this role, he manages its manufacturing, research and development departments. Additionally, he oversees the Optronics Division, which manufactures rear-projection screens and anti-reflective films for LCDs, and the TOPPAN Technical Research Institute. He serves as a Director of Panasonic Corporation and of Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd. Mr. Hideaki served as a Director of Kioritz Corp. since February 1999; E Ink Corporation and Toppan Printing Ltd.
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About Panasonic
Panasonic Japan manufactures and sells various electronic and electric products around the world under the Panasonic brand name.Flat TVs and projectors, Blu-ray disc players and recorders, Blu-ray disc theaters, DVD players and recorders, DVD home theaters, digital cameras, digital video cameras, dual cameras, accessories, and other products areavailable from the company, as are mobile phones, home communication products, and car AV and navigation systems.Air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, microwave ovens, vacuum cleaners, kitchen appliances, ventilating fans, range hood products, air purifiers, dehumidifiers, electric fans, ceiling fans, electric irons, heat pumps, batteries, power supply products, and other products are also available, as are oxygen concentrators, massage chairs, hygienic toilet seats, blood pressure meters, and beauty products.In addition, Panasonic Corporation provides business solutions such as communication systems, security systems, personal computers, professional AV products, document and imaging solutions, terminal solutions, IT solutions, and recording media products; eco solutions such as photovoltaic and lighting products, electrical construction materials, air conditioning, and purification products, and home building products and materials; and healthcare products such as MRI machines. It also provides industrial devices like passive and connecting components, sensors, speakers, printed wiring boards and modules, materials, semiconductors, storage products, supplies, batteries and energy products, factory automation products, motors, compressors, and so on.The company was formerly known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Panasonic Corporation in 2008. It was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Kadoma, Japan.
Panasonic Contacts
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Alexander Bermudez
Chief Information Security Officer
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Andy Behr
Senior Technology Manager
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Hakan Kostepen
Executive Director - Product Planning Strategy & Innovation
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Hideaki Kawai
Managing Director
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Masayuki Oku
Director
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