PC Panasonic Corp.

Panasonic System Communications Company of North America today announced that it has received a 2011 Business Equipment Research and Test Laboratories, Inc. BERTL's Best Award for the PanaFax UF-5500 multifunction laser fax/scanner, a high-speed, high-output unit ideal for small to mid-sized healthcare, corporate and public-service back offices.

Designating the UF-5500 the "Best Segment 2 A4 Desktop Multifunction Laser Machine" in its 16th Annual Awards competition, BERTL evaluators praised its "intuitive user interface, reliable operation, high-capacity document memory (480 page max.) and excellent overall performance."

"BERTL is respected throughout the industry for its objective, independent evaluations and we are gratified to win one of its Best Awards," said Joseph Odore, Product Specialist MFP/Fax, Panasonic System Communications Company of North America. "Like BERTL's product testers, Panasonic's approach to serving our mostly vertical markets is totally end-user centric. The UF-5500, for example, was designed with three layers of protection against data piracy and accidental dissemination of faxes to unintended recipients because we know that a substantial subset of its primary user base -- especially companies in the healthcare field -- must maintain compliance with HIPAA and similar privacy protection legislation."

In addition to its user friendliness, durability, 24ppm printing, and three-second-per-page scanning(1) performance, BERTL cited the Panafax UF-5500 for its:

• Ability to scan in new documents while receiving or transmitting
• Job Build technology for assembling multiple batches of scanned-in documents into a single transmission
• Direct Dial Re-entry, Direct Dial Blocking and On-Screen Address Confirmation outgoing scan protection technologies

"BERTL has been in the business of seeking out, testing and identifying the most innovative, highest quality products in the digital-image marketplace for more than 15 years," Odore noted. "We are honored that the Panafax UF-5500 has been named to join the ranks of other Panasonic office machines chosen to wear the BERTL's Best badge."

Panasonic Solutions for Business Through its broad range of integrated business technology solutions, Panasonic empowers professionals to do their best work. Customers in government, healthcare, production, education and a wide variety of commercial enterprises, large and small, depend on integrated solutions from Panasonic to reach their full potential, achieve competitive advantage and improve outcomes. The complete suite of Panasonic solutions addresses unified business communications, mobile computing, security and surveillance systems, retail information systems, office productivity solutions, high definition visual conferencing, projectors, professional displays and HD and 3D video production. As a result of its commitment to R&D, manufacturing and quality control, Panasonic engineers reliable and long-lasting solutions as a partner for continuous improvement. Panasonic solutions for business are delivered by Panasonic System Communications Company of North America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, the principal North American subsidiary of Panasonic Corporation (NYSE: PC).

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(1) Scanning speed determined by measuring the feeding process time from the leading-edge of the trailing edge of a single page test chart. The scanning speed time does not include the time required for the leading-edge of the document to reach the scanning point and page ejection sequence. Time required to store documents is not included as well.

*21-30ppm scanners

Jeffrey Ayers / ALCHAR, LLC Tel 516 609 9500 Fax 516 609 9501 Cell 917 324 2385 Email jeff.alchar@gmail.com Lori Chiazzo Panasonic Corporation of North America One Panasonic Way Secaucus, NJ 07094 Email: lori.chiazzo@us.panasonic.com Office: 201-392-4178