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The world's tallest building towers over a next-generation
metropolis that rests atop a remarkable on-line infrastructure.
Cradling the population and industry is a verdant
rain forest that is home to spectacular biodiversity.
Here is the future.
Here is traditional culture.
Here are vast natural resources.
Here is a sweeping cross-section of Mitsubishi
companies.
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Nippon
Oil's exploration subsidiary in Malaysia (right)
occupies quarters inside the tallest building on earth, the
Petronas Twin Towers (above). The company finds and develops
Malaysian reserves of oil and natural gas.
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Mitsubishi
Corporation also occupies offices in the twin towers,
the construction of which it helped coordinate. The company's
activities in Malaysia include reforestation . It has planted
hundreds of thousands of trees of nearly 100 species.
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Mitsubishi
Materials is the most active of the Mitsubishi companies
in Malaysia. Its Malaysian operations include four companies that
manufacture powdered metallurgical products, stepping motors,
thermistors, chip resistors and other items. The company coordinates
its operations throughout Southeast Asia at an office in Kuala
Lumpur.
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"The corporate culture
here very much emphasizes quality in manufacturing. People's
commitment to business allows work to be done verbally even
when there is no documentation. Training is always available
for employees as necessary."
Seah
Leong San
Sales
Manager
Diamet Klang (a Mitsubishi Materials subsidiary)
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Tokio
Marine's Kuala Lumpur-based subsidiary, Tokio Marine
Insurans (Malaysia) Bhd., is expanding its branch network through
the acquisition of another Malaysian insurer (photo).
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi operates
a Kuala Lumpur-based subsidiary and also has a branch in Labuan
and a marketing office in the capital.
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Mitsubishi
Shindoh makes copper products for semiconductor devices
and other electronic equipment at a Malaysian subsidiary (below).
A Malaysian subsidiary of Toyo Engineering
Works (right) engineers air-conditioning systems.
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Asahi
Glass is a partner in a multinationally owned joint
venture, MCIS Safety Glass Sdn. Bhd., in Seremban, and also
in Bintulu Silica Industries (photo), in Sarawak. MCIS
supplies car windows to the national automaker, Proton, and
to other automakers that operate in Malaysia. Proton, meanwhile,
has relied heavily over the years on technology from Mitsubishi
Motors.
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NYK
Line is a familiar presence in Malaysian waters and
supports customers through a Malaysian subsidiary. Mitsubishi
Logistics also provides forwarding services for customers
in Malaysia.
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Mitsubishi
Electric and its subsidiaries in Malaysia manufacture
video cassette recorders (photo) and digital video recorders,
sell consumer electronic equipment and devices, and market elevators,
escalators, air-conditioning systems and other building equipment.
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Mitsubishi
Heavy Industries has completed several infrastructure
projects in Malaysia, including this plant (photo) for
producing methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) and propylene.
Mitsubishi Plastics makes
heat-shrink tube and other plastic products in Malaysia. Nikon
markets cameras, microscopes, measuring instruments, binoculars
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