In a way, Sanyo returns "home", because it was started by the brother-in-law of Panasonic's founder. Now, Sanyo may not be a well known name for us consumers, but it is a major player in many areas of the "underlying" electronic components, such as stepmotors, semiconductors and batteries, like the Eneloop brand. It will surelly effect Panasonic's imaging division too, because it will now have almost complete control of the production chain since most of the little bits and pieces that make up electronic devices will be manufactured in-house.  Read more from Yahoo: