Indeed, many did not realize this.

China's Haier Group acquired the refrigerator and washing machine operations of Sanyo Electric Co., which was a Panasonic unit. Lenovo Group purchased the personal computer operations of Japanese electronics makers NEC and Fujitsu. Hisense Group of China acquired Toshiba's Regza brand TV business. The rest of Toshiba was taken over by Midea. In fact, many Chinese electrical appliances from Midea, Haier. Hisense have been rebadged to European products. The core components are identical except the cosmetic external.