the headquarters building of mitsubishi electric in tokyo . 1 native name type public company traded as tyo 6503 lse mel industry electrical equipment electronics founded january 15 1921 ; 95 years ago 1921 01 15 tokyo japan headquarters tokyo building 2 7 3 marunouchi chiyoda tokyo japan key people setsuhiro shimomura chairman masaki sakuyama president & ceo products energy and electric systems electronic devices industrial automation systems home appliances information and communication systems and space systems revenue 4 054.4 billion 2014 2 operating income 235.0 billion 2014 2 profit 153.5 billion 2014 2 total assets 3 612.9 billion 2014 2 total equity 1 600 billion 2014 2 number of employees 120 958 2013 3 parent mitsubishi website www.mitsubishielectric.com mitsubishi electric corporation mitsubishi denki kabushiki gaisha is a japanese multinational electronics and electrical equipment manufacturing company headquartered in tokyo japan . it is one of the core companies of mitsubishi . mitsubishi electric manufactures electric and architectural equipment and is a major worldwide producer of photovoltaic panels . 4 the corporation was established on 15 january 1921 . in the united states products are manufactured and sold by mitsubishi electric united states headquartered in cypress california . 5 contents 1 operations 1.1 principal geographic subsidiaries 1.2 principal divisions and business units 2 products 3 slogan 4 see also 5 references 6 external links operations edit principal geographic subsidiaries edit mitsubishi electric global 6 mitsubishi electric north america canada 7 mitsubishi electric united states 8 mitsubishi electric asia pacific 9 australia new zealand china hong kong india taiwan vietnam japan 10 there are 11 facilities and 2 laboratories for example kobe amagasaki and kamakura . malaysia singapore south korea 11 thailand mitsubishi electric saudi ltd. melsa saudi arabia 12 mitsubishi electric europe 13 benelux france germany ireland italy portugal russia spain sweden denmark finland norway united kingdom turkey principal divisions and business units edit the mitsubishi electric owned solae test tower in inazawa city japan is the world s tallest elevator testing tower . 14 building systems air conditioning systems elevators & escalators high speed hand dryers marketed as mitsubishi jet towel 15 communication systems communication systems information security space systems industrial automation automation systems industrial automation machinery medical systems particle beam treatment system power systems solar power semiconductors & devices contact image sensors electronic devices tft lcds transportation automotive equipment intelligent transport systems transportation systems visual information systems high definition televisions 16 large scale led displays multimedia projectors nihon kentetsu citation needed products edit an antenna manufactured by mitsubishi electric for the atacama large millimeter array . the company makes active electronically scanned array radar systems for the mitsubishi f 2 fighter . televisions the company s most notable products in the united states come from the large screen hdtv division . competitors in this market are sony pioneer panasonic jvc samsung akai daewoo lg zenith and apex digital . the company manufactured direct view crt televisions until 2001 . the last notable size in this field was a 40 diagonal tube size . mitsubishi manufactured lcd tvs until 2008 . mitsubishi manufactured dlp high definition tvs until december 2012 . the company is now focusing on professional and home theater dlp projection applications and is no longer manufacturing televisions for the consumer market . automotive parts original equipment mfg factory automation equipment robots elevators and escalators 17 the company held the record for the fastest elevator in the world in the 70 story yokohama landmark tower from 1993 until 2005 . air conditioners ecocute heat pump water heaters dehumidifiers uninterruptible power supply ups systems mobile phones from 1999 to 2008 . created for ntt docomo . mitsubishi quit the mobile phone business in apr 2008 after decrease in shipments . they estimated a temporary loss of 17 billion yen in income before income taxes . 18 photovoltaic panels scopo . the corporation claims as cited in references to have achieved the world s first transmission at 10 gbit s between relay equipment boards set at a distance of 500 mm apart . mitsubishi also previously made video cassette recorders known as the mitsubishi black diamond vcr . saffron type system an anti aliased text rendering engine developed by mitsubishi electric research laboratories merl slogan edit with you today and tomorrow 1962 1968 in japan only advanced and ever advancing mitsubishi electric 1968 1985 in japan 1968 2001 outside japan socio tech enhancing lifestyles through technology socio tech 1985 2001 in japan . the blue mitsubishi logo was introduced for use in japan . changes for the better since 2001 19 see also edit companies portal list of elevator manufacturers references edit mitsubishi electric locations . a b c d e annual report fy13 pdf . mitsubishi electric about us at a glance . retrieved 2014 01 02 . mitsubishi electric introduces new ud5 series of photovoltaic modules archived october 10 2007 at the wayback machine . mitsubishi electric us holdings inc. . mitsubishielectric.com . mitsubishielectric.com . 2011 07 20 . retrieved 2013 09 30 . mitsubishielectric.ca . mitsubishielectric.ca . retrieved 2013 09 30 . mitsubishielectric usa.com . mitsubishielectric usa.com . retrieved 2013 09 30 . mitsubishielectric.asia . mitsubishielectric.asia . 2013 08 21 . retrieved 2013 09 30 . mitsubishielectric.co.jp . mitsubishielectric.co.jp . retrieved 2013 09 30 . mitsubishi electric korea . melsa.com.sa . melsa.com.sa . retrieved 2013 09 30 . mitsubishielectric.eu . mitsubishielectric.eu . retrieved 2013 09 30 . mitsubishi electric products . 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