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                    [Summary] => Matsushita Electric Philippines Corp. (MEPCO) will cease selling and distributing the Panasonic brand of industrial products in the Philippines effective April 1, 2004, the company told the Philippine Stock Exchange.


"The company will no longer sell and distribute Panasonic Industrial products in the Philippines thus Panasonic Industrial Sales Philippines, the industrial division of MEPCO that handles the above business activity will operate only until March 31, 2004," MEPCO corporate secretary Mamerto Mondragon said.


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                    [Title] => Mepco adopts ‘Panasonic’
                    [Summary] => Beginning this October, all products of Matsushita Electric Philippines Corp. (MEPCO) being marketed under the brands Panasonic and National will carry only one name – Panasonic.


MEPCO says the decision to drop National in favor of Panasonic as its new global brand is a significant strategy for its business operations.


"The Panasonic brand will mean more convenience to consumers," explains Rodolfo Perez, president of National Panasonic Sales Philippines and National Panasonic Battery Philippines, both divisions of MEPCO.


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                    [Summary] => Matsushita Electric Philippines Corp. (MEPCO), the country’s leading maker and distributor of electronics and electrical appliances, is strengthening its customer service thrusts to further prop up its leadership in the local market.


This was revealed by MEPCO president Yukiharu Kubota during the recent 2003 MEPCO/PCIP Suppliers Commendation Awards as the company embarks on a brand unification campaign, which starts this October.


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                    [Summary] => Matsushita Electric Philippines Corp. (MEPCO) will unify its entire product line under the Panasonic brand  by October this year in line with its global rebranding and marketing strategy, company officials said yesterday.


The local unit of the Japanese electrical appliances giant has been selling two distinct brand names: the Panasonic brand for the so-called brown lines (audio-visual and facsimile machines) and the National for the white lines (refrigerators, washing machines, airconditioning units, microwave oven, electric fans, flat irons, flashlight and batteries).


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                    [Title] => Ecozone investments up 161% in January
                    [Summary] => Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Director-General Lilia B. de Lima, in a memorandum to Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II, reported that as of January this year, the PEZA board has approved P1.8 billion in new investments in the country’s special economic zone.


De Lima said this represents an increase of 161 percent over the comparable approvals for January last year of only P704 million.


De Lima said the P1.8 billion is expected to generate annual average export sales of $186.637 million and provide direct employment for 3,367 workers.


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                    [Title] => Matsushita picks RP as regional hub
                    [Summary] => Matsushita Electric Philippines Corp. (MEPCO) has decided to make the Philippines its regional hub in Asia for the production of airconditioning units.


This was announced over the weekend by MEPCO managing director Rodolfo Perez who said MEPCO will invest an additional P300 million in the country.


MEPCO, Perez said, will increase its production by 150 percent from its current output of 100,000 units annually to 250,000 units.


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"The company will no longer sell and distribute Panasonic Industrial products in the Philippines thus Panasonic Industrial Sales Philippines, the industrial division of MEPCO that handles the above business activity will operate only until March 31, 2004," MEPCO corporate secretary Mamerto Mondragon said.


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MEPCO says the decision to drop National in favor of Panasonic as its new global brand is a significant strategy for its business operations.


"The Panasonic brand will mean more convenience to consumers," explains Rodolfo Perez, president of National Panasonic Sales Philippines and National Panasonic Battery Philippines, both divisions of MEPCO.


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De Lima said this represents an increase of 161 percent over the comparable approvals for January last year of only P704 million.


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Matsushita to stop selling Panasonic

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | December 2, 2003 - 12:00am

Matsushita Electric Philippines Corp. (MEPCO) will cease selling and distributing the Panasonic brand of industrial products in the Philippines effective April 1, 2004, the company told the Philippine Stock Exchange. "The...

Business

Mepco adopts ‘Panasonic’

August 29, 2003 - 12:00am

Beginning this October, all products of Matsushita Electric Philippines Corp. (MEPCO) being marketed under the brands Panasonic and National will carry only one name – Panasonic. MEPCO says the decision to...

Technology

Matsushita boosts customer service

August 2, 2003 - 12:00am

Matsushita Electric Philippines Corp. (MEPCO), the country’s leading maker and distributor of electronics and electrical appliances, is strengthening its customer service thrusts to further prop up its leadership...

Business

Matsushita to use Panasonic brand for all product lines

By Marianne V. Go | May 14, 2003 - 12:00am

Matsushita Electric Philippines Corp. (MEPCO) will unify its entire product line under the Panasonic brand by October this year in line with its global rebranding and marketing strategy, company officials said yesterday. The...

Business

Ecozone investments up 161% in January

February 24, 2003 - 12:00am

Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Director-General Lilia B. de Lima, in a memorandum to Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II, reported that as of January this year, the PEZA board has approved P1.8...

Business

Matsushita picks RP as regional hub

By Marianne V. Go | December 16, 2002 - 12:00am

Matsushita Electric Philippines Corp. (MEPCO) has decided to make the Philippines its regional hub in Asia for the production of airconditioning units. This was announced over the weekend by MEPCO managing director...

Business