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C king with Chinese partners to develop the tremendous
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Nanjing
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Mitsubishi
Materials produces cement in China at companies in Hainan
and Yantai (left). It manufactures carbide tools and magnets
at two operations in Tianjin, markets electronic components
through a pair of Hong Kong-based companies, and maintains
an office in Beijing. A closely related company, Mitsubishi
Aluminum, monitors market trends in China through an office
in Shanghai. |
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"This
job lets me put into practice what I learned in college
about production control for high-efficiency cement manufacturing.
I look forward to helping this company grow in ways that
will help people here enjoy better lives."
Hu Zhong
Wei Director,
Control Department
Yantai Mitsubishi Cement Co., Ltd. |
"I
am proud to have participated in this project from the planning
stage. We are using the advanced information resources of
the Mitsubishi companies to maximize our economic and social
contribution."
Zou Jian Kun
Director, General Affairs Department
Yantai Mitsubishi Cement Co., Ltd. |
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"I
want this company to be a place where lots of young people
can make the most of their potential. World-class expertise
from Japan and other nations is helping us fulfill that
goal by increasing our creative and productive capabilities."
Zhao Jun Ling
Director, Financing Department
Yantai Mitsubishi Cement Co., Ltd. |
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Mitsubishi
Plastics' plant in Shanghai (photo) molds bodies for TVs
and computer monitors. Mitsubishi Chemical coordinates sales
and purchasing in China through a Hong Kong subsidiary.
Mitsubishi Rayon produces textiles in Qingdao and high-grade
esters in Suzhou and has an office in Hong Kong. |
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This plant in Suzhou, which produces high-grade esters,
is one of two Mitsubishi Rayon plants in China. |
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Transporting
products and raw materials between China, Japan, and other
regions is the work of two Mitsubishi leaders in transport
services: NYK Line and Mitsubishi Logistics. NYK Line operates
in China through two ship agents in Shanghai and Hong Kong
and through two overland logistics companies, also in Shanghai
and Hong Kong. Mitsubishi Logistics operates in China through
a warehousing company and transport company in Shanghai,
a forwarding company in Hong Kong, and representative offices
in Beijing and Shanghai. |
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NYK
Line's container ships and other vessels are familiar
sights at ports up and down the Chinese coast. |
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Mitsubishi
Logistics supports customers in China through a modern
network of warehouses and transport nodes. |
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The
Mitsubishi financial institutions are especially active
in China. Tokio Marine operates in China through a subsidiary
in Hong Kong, a branch in Shanghai (photo), and offices
in seven other cities. Meiji Life maintains a subsidiary
in Hong Kong and an office in Beijing and is negotiating
to purchase an equity stake in a Chinese life insurer. Bank
of Tokyo-Mitsubishi has a Hong Kong subsidiary, too, and
a branch network that spans seven Chinese cities. Mitsubishi
Trust does business in China through a banking subsidiary
in Hong Kong and a leasing company in Bejing and maintains
offices in Beijing and Shanghai. |
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Dai Nippon Toryo, a Mitsubishi company that manufactures paint
and special coatings, also has invested in Chinese manufacturing.
It makes and sells paint in China through a Kunshan-based
affiliate. |
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Corporation operates in China through numerous operations.
It coordinates flows of trade and financing through its
subsidiaries and offices throughout China. The company also
invests in resources development and manufacturing at a
large and growing range of Chinese project sites.
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This
Mitsubishi Corporation venture in China cultivates
and markets flowers. |
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And
this Chinese operation of the big trading house produces
denim apparel. |
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| Mitsubishi
Electric is the biggest Mitsubishi employer in China, by
far. It conducts manufacturing, marketing, and other activities
through more than a score of companies in the Middle Kingdom.
Products manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric in China include
semiconductor devices, other electronic components, home
appliances, office machines, air conditioners, elevators
and escalators, and equipment for power supply systems,
among others. |
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Mitsubishi
Electric opened this semiconductor plant in Beijing
in 1998. |
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| Mitsubishi
Cable Industries manufactures and markets high-frequency
coaxial communications cables at a joint venture in Chengdu.
It also coordinates sales of cable and other products through
anoffice in Hong Kong. And it provides customer support
and related services at an office in Shanghai. |
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Mitsubishi
Cable supplied these cellular phone antennas in Sichuan. |
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Kirin
Beeris another Mitsubishi company that has multiple footholds
in the Chinese market. A Kirin operation in Zhuhai produces
beer for local tipplers. And Kirin markets pharmaceutical
products through a company based in Shanghai (photo). |
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Mitsubishi
Motors has joined hands with partners in Shenyang and Harbin
to manufacture automotive gasoline engines and other automotive
components. Yet another company manufactures vehicles with
Mitsubishi Motors technology in Leng Shuitan (photo). |
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| China
has become a big production center for Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries' air conditioner operations. The company makes
industrial air conditioners in Qingdao (bottom) and residential
air conditioners in Jiangmen (top). It also engineers equipment
for steel manufacturing in China and makes steel outfittings
for ships there. The company provides customer support and
conducts other activities through subsidiaries and offices
in Shanghai, Beijing, and Hong Kong. |

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Mitsubishi company that manufactures products in China is
Nippon Mitsubishi Oil. That company produces lubricating
oil at a joint venture with a local partner in Tianjin. |
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