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Attachment Plug
In 1918, Konosuke Matsushita
rented a two-story home,
establishing Matsushita Electric
Devices Manufacturing Works
on the first floor. In his larger
workshop, Konosuke was able to
expand production to include the
innovative attachment plug and
a two-way socket – earning the
company a reputation for high
quality at low prices.
90 Years
of Design and Innovation
3-Tube Radio
Radio broadcasting was
rapidly catching on in Japanese
households, but the radio sets
the nation was tuning in on were
prone to problems. Konosuke
Matsushita himself was irritated
to have a programme he was
enjoying cut short, and so set
out to design a radio that
“wouldn’t break down”.
Monochrome TV 17K-531
Gearing up for the open
experiment held in Kyoto
before the full-blown start
of Japanese TV broadcasting
in 1953, a group of engineers
joined forces to complete
the development of the first
National TV set, the 17K-531,
in only two months.
Key Products through
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Monochrome TV 17K-531
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Monochrome TV 17K-531
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3-Tube Radio
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3-Tube Radio
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