Aiding New York City Relief Efforts, Panasonic Donates Flashlights, Head-Mounted Lamps, Batteries.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 2001 In support of relief efforts related to Tuesday's terrorist attack on Manhattan's World Trade Center, Panasonic is donating 126 cases of Panasonic-brand products. These items -- 1000 flashlights, 1000 "Task Master" head-mounted lamps, 3000 packages of alkaline alkaline /al·ka·line/ (al´kah-lin) (-lin) 1. having the reactions of an alkali. 2. having a pH greater than 7.0. al·ka·line adj. 1. AA batteries and 2,000 packages of alkaline D batteries -- will assist emergency personnel in searching through piles piles: see hemorrhoids. of debris and rubble, particularly at night or in low-light conditions. "From Panasonic's headquarters here in New Jersey, some of us were eyewitnesses to the terrible destruction of the Twin Towers," said Don Iwatani, chairman of Matsushita Electric Corporation of America ("Panasonic"). "As a member of the metropolitan-area business community for more than forty years, we felt compelled to contribute to the relief efforts. We hope these flashlights, head-mounted lamps and batteries will be valuable tools for the brave men and women on the scene in lower Manhattan Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York. Lower Manhattan is generally defined as the area delineated on the north by Chambers Street, on the west by the Hudson River (North ." The total retail value of the various products donated by Panasonic is more than $20,000. In addition, Panasonic has initiated an employee clothing drive to collect many of the items requested by relief workers in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . About Panasonic Based in Secaucus, NJ, Panasonic was established in 1959 and is the principal North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : MC), of Osaka, Japan. Panasonic has 6,500 employees; other Matsushita Electric operations employ another 21,500 for a total of 28,000 people employed by Matsushita Electric subsidiaries and affiliates throughout the Americas. Additional information is available at www.panasonic.com. |
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