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• Sanyo is a member of the Fortune 500 Japanese electronics company located in Moriguchi, Osaka, Japan.

• Fast Facts

  1. Employees: 14,137
  2. Name means: "three oceans"
  3. First product: a bicycle lamp
  4. Stock symbol: SANYY
  5. Annual revenue (2006): $1,353 billion Yen
  6. Founder(s): Toshio Iue, Seiichiro Sano
  7. Year Established: April 1, 1950
  8. Industry: Electronics
  9. Phone: +81-6-69911181 (Phone)
  10. Fax: +81-6-69916566
  11. HQ: 2-5-5 Keihan-Hondori Moriguchi City, OSK 570-8677 Japan
  12. President: Seiichiro Sano
  13. CEO:Yasuhira Wakayama
  14. CFO: Hideo Matsui
  15. Staff: 98,907
  16. Sanyo remains the world number one producer of rechargeable batteries
  17. SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. has 205 subsidiaries and 70 associated companies

• Key Dates

  1. 1947: Sanyo was founded
  2. 1950: Sanyo became incorporated
  3. 1952: Made Japan's first plastic radio
  4. 1954: Made Japan's first pulsator-type washing machine

• Sanyo Culture

  New employees are required to take a five-month course during which all employees eat and sleep together. During the course they learn everything from basic job duties to company expectations on personal grooming and the appropriate way in which to address coworkers and superiors.

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