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2011, A Unique Concert for A Special Year: MEU-France celebrates the 90th anniversary of Mitsubishi Electric

On the 20th October 2011, Mitsubishi Electric's French branch organised a musical event to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Mitsubishi Electric.

Two award-winning musicians Véra Tsybakov and Sébastien van Kuijk, who were introduced by Mitsubishi Electric and Intrada - an independent music label, interpreted musical pieces in their own individual style by mixing classicism and ingenuity.

Now in its fifth year this artistic partnership which promotes the discovery and showcasing of young artistic talent, helps to reinforce Mitsubishi Electric's brand values and philanthropic philosophy. The event also offered an opportunity to meet up with customers and partners who joined in by helping celebrate the milestone year, ahead of the company's centenary in ten years time.

The unforgettable evening was also honoured by the attendance of Madame Giscard d'Estaing who is President of the"Fondation pour ‘Enfance". The mission of this children's foundation, which is sponsored by MEU-France, is to raise awareness and promote the support of children living in difficult circumstances and to ensure the application of the UN's International Convention of Children's rights.

Mitsubishi Electric Works with Sonrisas de Bombay to provide schooling in India

Mitsubishi Electric is pleased to support the organisation Sonrisas de Bombay (Bombay Smiles) in providing schooling and education for some of the poorest people in India. Through financial and collaborative support Mitsubishi Electric's Spanish branch office have helped to ensure the quality of teachers in schools, the transport of children to school and promoted confidence in the students in their future.

For more information see http://www.mitsubishielectric.es/aire-acondicionado/sonrisas_bombay/

Mitsubishi Electric Supports Historical Royal Palaces

Mitsubishi Electric Europe are pleased to announce ongoing support of the Historical Royal Palaces Education Programme.

Historic Royal Palaces is an independent charity that looks after the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, the Banqueting House, Kensington Palace and Kew Palace. The funds provided by Mitsubishi Electric will go towards developing interactive learning at the palaces to allow schools and other organisations to learn about the history of the palaces. For more information visit www.hrp.org.uk

UK - Japan Young Scientists Workshop

In August 2010 for the third consecutive year Mitsubishi Electric supported the ‘UK - Japan Young Scientists Workshop' organised by Clifton Science Trust and held in association with the Babraham Institute and the Kaetsu Centre, at Cambridge University.

The workshop, which this year brought 55 post-16 senior high school students together from schools across Britain and Japan to live together for a week allowed the students to interact during research on a diverse range of topics ranging from "the synthesis & manipulation of gold nanoparticles" to "Bioinformatics", the results of which were presented by the participants on the final day.

The student's presentations were attended by Dr Richard Pike, Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Chemistry and also Lord Rees of Ludlow, President of The Royal Society, Master of Trinity College and Astronomer Royal, who gave a closing statement to the proceedings.

For more information about the UK-Japan Young Scientists Programme visit;
http://www.clifton-scientific.org/uk-japan.html

Mitsubishi Electric‘s Mountain Bike Team Race in aid of "Friedensdorf International"

On 10th September 2010 the children's charity 'Friedensdorf International' received a donation of €3000 from Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. The amount handed over by employees of the German Branch was raised by the mountain bike team of Mitsubishi Electric who worked very hard to complete the 24-hour mountain bike race in Duisburg on 7th and 8th August 2010.

This year the mountain bike team raced not only for fun, but also for a good cause. Each member of the team was sponsored an amount per lap to raise funds for the charity "Friedensdorf International". Alongside with the donations of employees, divisions and the management of Mitsubishi Electric the generous amount of €3.000 was collected and handed over to the charity which uses its funds to aid children in areas of war and crisis.

Mitsubishi Electric supports Noh performance in Europe

In December 2009 Mitsubishi Electric sponsored a production of Noh by The Oshima Noh Theatre of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, and Theatre Nohgaku, based in Tokyo and New York. The production included a rare and unique international production featuring an extract from the 15th century classical warrior play KIYOTSUNE and the world premiere of PAGODA, a new English-language Noh play written by Jannette CHEONG with music and direction by Richard EMMERT; the first time for a strictly English-language noh play to be written by a British playwright as a fully realised noh performance. The production also included "Getting to Noh": a programme of public workshops, lectures and educational activities to introduce the history, structure, dance, music, costumes and masks of noh. After the performance in London the following tour included performances in Paris, Dublin and Oxford.

Mitsubishi Electric Supports Primer Palau Festival

For several years Mitsubishi Electric Europe, B.V. (Spanish Branch) in Barcelona has been supporting promising young musicians through sponsorship of the annual Primer Palau Festival, an event that gives up-and-coming musicians a chance to demonstrate their talents at the prestigious Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, one of the world's leading concert halls and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Students compete in preliminary concerts and winners perform at a final concert and receive cash prizes. In actuality, all participants are winners, because simply competing in Primer Palau is recognized as a major step towards a professional career in music.

Mitsubishi Electric Contributes Hardware to Technical Universities

Back in June 2008, Mitsubishi Electric designed and created a set of practical demonstration kits that could be used for practical teaching purposes in universities. Each kit contained hardware worth €2000.

Since then, 14 technical universities have received hardware from Mitsubishi Electric, while 28 technical departments throughout Poland have installed teaching kits into their laboratories for students to access.

The aim of the education kits program is to make Mitsubishi Electric hardware accessible to students in order to broaden their knowledge and practical skills in the configuration and programming of the hardware.

Mitsubishi Electric supports local "Kinderschutzbund"

Environmental engagement and social responsibility are central elements in Mitsubishi Electric’s corporate philosophy. The company's German Branch funded the renovation of the Ratingen-West Family Center in Germany.

Providing a valuable meeting point for families and children since 1987, the center in Ratingen has been in urgent need of renovation for some time. As a company located in Ratingen-West, Mitsubishi Electric is pleased to support the local community, and that the facility is now in optimal condition, making the work of the organization easier.

The center serves many families as an important meeting place and advice center, and the staff-members of the Kinderschutzbund make an essential contribution to the integration of children with a migration background. The cooperation between the Kinderschutzbund and Mitsubishi Electric will continue in the future.

* Kinderschutzbund: Organization for the prevention of cruelty to children.

Climate Change Conference Milano

On March 30th 2009, Mitsubishi Electric Italian branch supported a conference on the effects of climate change organised by, and held at the prestigious “National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo Da Vinci” in Milan. The conference was attended by renowned scholars, government representatives and environmental experts, and generated a great deal of press and public attention.

The conference aimed to stimulate debate on recent findings related to climate change, in particular the ethical, scientific and socio-economic aspects which resulted in a heated debate about whether the recent increase in global temperature was not caused by human-induced activity, but by natural phenomena such as solar activity.

In supporting the event contributors from Mitsubishi Electric were able to highlight the company's Environmental Vision 2021 and it's green technologies such as photovoltaic systems and air to water heat pumps to aid CO2 reduction.

Mitsubishi Electric donates Photovoltaic Education Kits to the Japanese International School in Düsseldorf

Mitsubishi Electric has recently donated three photovoltaic education kits, which demonstrate how solar energy is generated, to the Japanese International School in Düsseldorf. The aim is that by experimenting with these working models the pupils will understand more about how solar power is created by using photovoltaic cells.As part of its ‘Environmental Vision 2021' which marks the 100th anniversary of the company's founding, Mitsubishi Electric has set its own targets to help develop a sustainable society. These long-term initiatives include measures to help prevent global warming and to establish recycling in our society. The philosophy of this vision "making contributions to the Earth and its people though technology and action" is reinforced through social responsibility, and by educating future generations.

Mitsubishi Electric who are an international high-tech company, understand that renewable energies are an important part of the research and development required to achieve this vision. "It is important that we teach our children as soon as possible how to take care of the precious resources of our earth" says Noriaki Himi, President of Mitsubishi Electric's German branch, based in Ratingen. "These education kits have been provided to demonstrate to the pupils in a practical way how to generate solar energy".

Mitsubishi Electric has supported the Japanese International School, founded in 1971 in Düsseldorf-Niederkassel, for many years. In 2005 the company installed a comprehensive alarm security system.