Corporate History

Professional surveillance camera developed at the Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Central Research Laboratory

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)

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.

The i-PRO Series surveillance camera system was released by PSS.

Upon the launch of Panasonic System Networks Co., Ltd. (PSN), formed through the merger of PSS and PCC, the surveillance camera business was restructured to establish the Security Systems Business Division.

Panasonic's in-car recording system business for North American police and SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.’s surveillance camera system business merged into PSN’s Security Systems Business Division.

Acquired US-based video management software vendor Video Insight, Inc.

PSN's Security Systems Business Division was transferred to Panasonic Corporation through a company split.

Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions Co., Ltd., was established as a new company, independent entity from Panasonic’s Security Systems Business Division, with co-investment from Polaris Capital Group Co., Ltd.,

i-PRO EMEA B.V. was established in Amsterdam.

The company name was 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 China.​​
i-PRO APAC Pte. Ltd. was established in Singapore.