Panasonic & GAMBA Osaka Held an Event to Set a New “Guinness World Record™”, “Most People Shaving with an Electric Shaver” at One Time

OSAKA, Japan - Saturday, November 5th 2011 [ME NewsWire]

Panasonic Corporation(NYSE:PC) (TOKYO:6752) ("Panasonic") in Japan and GAMBA OSAKA Co., Ltd, (one of the teams of the Japanese national football league known as J-League) jointly held an event to set a new Guinness World Record™, the “Most People Shaving with an Electric Shaver” using Panasonic’s 5 Blade Wet and Dry Shaver “LAMDASH,” on November 3, 2011.

This event aimed to offer more people the opportunity to experience the very close, smooth shave of the 5 Blade Wet and Dry Shaver “LAMDASH.” The event involved 1,981 participants in 18 venues in 9 cities, such as the main venue, Expo 70’s Commemorative Stadium, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Osaka, Seoul, Hong Kong, and Taipei. The results drastically exceeded the previous record of 1,379 (September 26, 2009). In this challenge, Panasonic and GAMBA Osaka set a new Guinness World Record™, the “Most People Shaving with an Electric Shaver at multiple venues” and at the same time broke the current record, the “Most People Shaving with an Electric Shaver at one venue.”

The participants who took part in this challenge answered in the questionnaire that they were satisfied with the very close and smooth shave of the 5 Blade Wet and Dry Shaver “LAMDASH.”

Guinness World Records™

Ａ：“Most People Shaving with an Electric Shaver at multiple sites” - 1,981 participants in 18 venues, 9 countries across the world.

Ｂ：“Most People Shaving with an Electric Shaver at one venue” - 1,421 participants at the Expo 70’s Commemorative Stadium.

The results of the questionnaire about the very close, smooth shave offered by “LAMDASH”

Q1.


The 5 Blade “LAMDASH” shaved well


97％

Q2.


Satisfied with the smooth shave


96％

Q3.


Satisfied with the close shave


96％

Q4.


Satisfied with 5 Blade Wet and Dry Shaver “LAMDASH”


96％

The dates and venues

From 12:00pm on November 3 at the Expo 70’s Commemorative Stadium and a total of 18 venues

Related Links

LAMDASH: Challenge the Guinness Worlds Records™ Special Site - English- Chinese- Cantonese
LAMDASH Special Site
LAMDASH YouTube
Panasonic News Portal

About Panasonic

Panasonic Corporation is a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of electronic products for a wide range of consumer, business, and industrial needs. Based in Osaka, Japan, the company recorded consolidated net sales of 8.69 trillion yen (US$105 billion) for the year ended March 31, 2011. The company's shares are listed on the Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and New York (NYSE:PC) stock exchanges. For more information on the company and the Panasonic brand, visit the company's website at http://panasonic.net/

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