In 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic drastically changed our lifestyles. Wearing face masks has become an everyday practice, and working from home is no longer a novelty. What will 2021 bring with it? To start the year, i-PRO, Japan’s top manufacturer of security cameras, is looking at the developments that will shape the company’s future.

The world of intelligent surveillance is becoming more and more important as social unrest spreads due to political changes and the new COVID-19 virus. What is the current state of the market, and what is i-PRO's overseas strategy? We asked Norio Hitsuishi, executive officer in charge of overseas sales in the i-PRO security business division, who has long experience in Panasonic's overseas sales companies and is committed to growth in the global market.

Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions Co., Ltd. has long been the top manufacturer of security camera systems in Japan. The team of Japan Intelligent Surveillance Division oversees the company's business operations in the Japan market. Jun Asahina, the head of this business division, played a major role in launching i-PRO's IP network camera business. We talked with him about the current situation and future prospects for i-PRO's security camera business in Japan.

With the increasing importance of sensing devices worldwide, Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions set sail on a new ocean in October 2019. Representative director, president, and COO Shohei Ozaki took the helm of the company with a management sense he cultivated through diverse experience gained in various gemba (scenes). Here we talk about the "evolution" that Ozaki is aiming for as an organization, the "strategy" that it should be pursuing both in Japan and overseas, and the "future" beyond i-PRO.

Masato Nakao the representative director, chairman, and CEO of Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions is a professional executive who previously served as a management consultant and was involved in numerous business reorganizations and corporate transformations, with a focus on manufacturing. As i-PRO embarks on a new departure, having become independent from Panasonic in October 2019, from what perspective will Mr. Nakao capture its strengths as a new organization and demonstrate his capabilities?