Tokyo, February 22, 2012 – Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that the Mitsubishi Electric SOCIO-ROOTS Fund, a charitable fund for which the company matches employee donations, will celebrate its 20th anniversary this April. To date, some 900 million yen, including the value of donated goods, has been gifted to some 1,500 social welfare facilities and programs.

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Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that Mitsubishi Elevator Asia Co., Ltd., its elevator/escalator manufacturing operation in Thailand, recently surpassed an historic milestone with the production of its 100,000th elevator/escalator unit. The company, which produces and distributes elevators and escalators to 80 countries worldwide, plays a leading role in Mitsubishi Electric’s global production system.

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Tokyo, February 3, 2012 – Mitsubishi Electric (TOKYO: 6503) received notice today from The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) that the company has been suspended effective immediately from participating in further bidding for a period of between one and 18 months, until full details of the company’s improper charging of expenses to the NICT are revealed and remedial measures are put in place by the company.

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Tokyo, February 3, 2011 – Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today its new suite of technologies that enable ultra-high-speed elevators to travel faster than 1,000 meters per minute, or 60 kph, with enhanced efficiency, comfort and safety. The technologies will be incorporated in the world's fastest elevators, including those developed by Mitsubishi Electric for the 632 meter Shanghai Tower under construction in Shanghai, China.

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Tokyo, February 2, 2012 –Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that it has reported tax costs of 32.0 billion yen as income taxes in its consolidated profit and loss statement for the first 9 months of fiscal 2012 ending December 31, 2011, of the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2012 (fiscal 2012).

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