Panasonic i-Pro EMEA will unify the Security and IMV businesses

The new company, Panasonic i-Pro EMEA, that will unify the businesses of Security and Industrial Medical Vision, will be operational from the 1 October, will be based in Amsterdam and part of Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions (Pips).

Panasonic Europe and Panasonic System Communications Company Europe (PSCEU) have announced the transfer of their European businesses from Security E Industrial Medical Vision (IMV), which are currently part of PSCEU, to an independent start-up company, i-PRO EMEA. The new company will start its operations from the 1 October of this year, will be part of the company Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions (Pips), based in Japan and based in Amsterdam.

"In Europe, Panasonic together with its partners has expanded the Security and IMV businesses. While PSCEU has begun to change its strategic direction as part of a global change, we have been looking for a partner company that will continue with our Security and IMV businesses and empower them according to the requirements of current market and customer needs.. PIPS is the best option to steer this business into a flourishing future.", comment Hiroyuki Nishiuma, ceo of PSCEU.

The Security and IMV businesses, which are part of Panasonic Connected Solutions Company, go back sixty years, dedicating its activity to the development of safety and medical teams. The business, based on innovation and technological leadership to respond to the needs and requirements of the market, offers high image quality and product reliability.

With the change in PSCEU's strategic approach, Panasonic and PIPS have decided to transfer the business and establish a new company called i-PRO EMEA, with the aim of extending and continuing the legacy that Panasonic has accumulated during the last 60 Years.

“We are very pleased to have established a new i-PRO headquarters in Europe. It is an important step towards its growth worldwide," says Masato Nakao, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions. “We have developed and supplied products that incorporate various innovations, and we have done so by expanding the human senses through technology., so that professionals can act by capturing the truth as the purpose of our existence in society”.

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