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Change of Company Name to
"i-Pro Co., Ltd." on April 1st, 2022
"We aspire to capture moments of underlying truth."
i-Pro's Corporate History
1957
Professional surveillance camera developed at the Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Central Research Laboratory
1961
Professional surveillance camera business started at Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd. (Business restructured as PSS*1 in 2003)*1 PSS: Panasonic System Solutions Company of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (In-house corporate spin-off)
2001
IP network camera business started at Kyushu Matsushita Electric Co., Ltd. (Company name changed to PCC*2 in 2003)*2 PCC: Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd.
2005
The i-PRO Series surveillance camera system was released by PSS.
2010
Upon the launch of Panasonic System Networks Co., Ltd. (PSN), which was formed through the merger of PSS and PCC, the surveillance camera business was restructured to establish the Security Systems Business Division.
2011
Panasonic's in-car recording system business for North American police and SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.’s surveillance camera system business merged as PSN’s Security Systems Business Division.
2015
Acquired US-based video management software vendor Video Insight, Inc.
2017
Panasonic conducted an absorption-type company split succeeding with the PSN Security Systems Business Division.
2019
Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions Co., Ltd., a new company that received a co-investment from Polaris Capital Group Co., Ltd. was established as an independent entity from Panasonic’s Security Systems Business Division.
2021
i-PRO EMEA B.V. was established in Amsterdam.
2022
The company name is changed to “i-PRO Co., Ltd.”, “i-PRO Americas Inc.” for the entity in the United States, and “i-PRO Sensing Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.” for the entity in Suzhou, China.
i-PRO APAC Pte. Ltd. was established in Singapore.