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History by Year
1989
- Final year of Panasonic Bicycle sales in North America
1980
- Began to export bicycles to T.I. Raleigh (U.S.A.)
- Japanese Olympic Bicycle Team adopted Panasonic racing bicycles for the 1980 Moscow Olympics
1979
- Began to export frames and bicycles to Europe.
- Began to export frames and bicycles to Canada.
- Began to export frames and bicycles to Australia.
- Organized Panasonic/Shimano Racing Team in U.S.A.
1976
- Japanese Olympic Bicycle Team adopted our bicycles for the Montreal Olympics.
- Racing and 10 Speed bicycles were selected as up-to-date bicycles among the world bicycling manufacturers and demonstrated at Benjamin Franklin Institute in Philadelphia
1974
- Wheel Assembly Factory Established
1973
- Reward received for quality control from Osaka division of M.I.T.I.
1972
- Japanese Olympic Bicycle Team adopted our racing bicycles for Munich Olympics.
1971
- Panasonic Bicycles exported to the USA
1967
- Japanese National Team uses Panasonic/National Bicycles
1965
- National Bicycle factory established in Osaka
1962
- JIS License Granted For Complete Bicycles
1958
1956
- Sport type bicycle production begins
1952
- Production of a roadster-model bicycle by C.K.D. National Tire Company established
1951
- Bicycle frame production begins 1923 Battery powered bicycle headlamp was developed
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