 In 2008, all models of electric shavers from the Panasonic factory were called Panasonic shavers, and they dropped Matsushita and National from their name, regardless of worldwide or Japanese markets.In late 2006 Matsushita (Panasonic) began talks with Kenwood Corporation to sell and spin off JVC.As of October 1, 2008 JVC and Kenwood merged to create the JVCKenwood Corporation.