SECAUCUS, N.J., Dec. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Panasonic
Corporation of North America today
announced that it has named Tom
Gebhardt president of Peachtree
City, GA-based Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of
America and M. Faisal Pandit
president of Rolling Meadows,
IL-based Panasonic Factory Solutions Company of America. Mr.
Pandit succeeds Mr. Gebhardt who has been concurrently serving as
President of Panasonic Factory Solutions Company of America and
Panasonic Industrial Company. Both Mr. Gebhardt and Mr.
Pandit will assume their new leadership roles on January 1, 2012.
Mr. Gebhardt, who is a graduate of Northern
Illinois University and has also done post-graduate work at
Northwestern University's Kellogg
School of Management, will lead Panasonic Automotive Systems
Company of America. The company provides systems and
components to the North American automotive industry for creation
of integrated vehicle solutions including premium audio systems and
connected car concepts.
Mr. Pandit, a 20-year Panasonic veteran, who currently serves as
Director of Solutions within the same company, will lead Panasonic
Factory Solutions Company of America, a premier supplier of robotic
and manual arc welding equipment. The company is also a
source for electronic assembly equipment (SMT), software and
technical support and provides total business systems solutions for
electronic semiconductor and packaging companies in the global
marketplace.
Mr. Pandit holds a BS from the University
of Illinois, an MS from the Illinois
Institute of Technology, and an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management.
About Panasonic Corporation of North America
Based in Secaucus, NJ,
Panasonic Corporation of North
America provides a broad line of digital and other
electronics products and services for consumer, business and
industrial use. The company is the principal North American
subsidiary of Osaka, Japan-based
Panasonic Corporation (NYSE: PC), and the hub of Panasonic's U.S.
branding, marketing, sales, service and R&D operations.
Panasonic was the only Consumer Electronics company to be listed in
the top ten brands on the Interbrand Best Global Green Brands 2011
ranking
(http://www.interbrand.com/en/best-global-brands/Best-Global-Green-Brands/2011-Report/BestGlobalGreenBrandsTable-2011.aspx).
As part of its continuing efforts to reduce its carbon footprint,
Panasonic Corporation of North
America will relocate its operations to a new eco-efficient
office tower adjacent to a mass transit hub in Newark, NJ in 2013. Information about
Panasonic Eco Ideas initiatives is available at
http://panasonic.net/eco/ecoideas/. Information about
Panasonic and its products is available at www.panasonic.com.
Additional company information for journalists is also available at
www.panasonic.com/pressroom.
SOURCE Panasonic