Panasonic highlights its ambitions beyond TVs at CES 2013

Panasonic President Kazuhiro Tsuga gives the opening keynote speech at CES 2013.

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Panasonic is more than a TV company. Or so said the company's president, Kazuhiro Tsuga, during an opening keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Tuesday.

Indeed, Tsuga and TV journalist Lisa Ling, who joined him on stage, spent the good part of an hour highlighting the many facets of Panasonics varied business. From green technology and battery technology that helps power smart grids and electric cars to cutting edge avionics technology to creating new cutting edge business-class tablets. And of course, there was talk of the successful TV business.

At the heart of the discussion was Panasonic's commitment to delivering new and innovative technologies to its customers.

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