The Mitsubishi companies have far too many operations in the United States to even begin to summarize in a single listing. This very cursory account outlines the companies' presence in the eastern half of the United States. An overview of their activities "Out West" will appear in the February/March 2004 issue of the Monitor.

Mitsubishi Motors makes cars at a big plant in Illinois (right) and markets vehicles through a nationwide network of independent dealers. A New Jersey office coordinates U.S. sales and service for Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus. Mitsubishi Steel makes automotive suspension components at a Kentucky joint venture and supports its U.S. operations through a Michigan office. Also serving the U.S. automobile industry is a big glass plant operated by Asahi Glass in Kentucky (below).

Mitsubishi Electric's U.S. presence east of the Mississippi includes Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America (below) in Ohio, Mitsubishi Electric Power Products in Pennsylvania (right), Mitsubishi Electric Automation in Illinois and Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories in Massachusetts.











"The team atmosphere at Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America promotes quality in our products and makes this a great place to come to work each day! When I'm out in public and people see the emblem on my work shirt, they say, ‘Oh, you work at Mitsubishi Electric. I hear that is a really nice place to work.' I smile and say, ‘Yes, it is!'"

Debbie Wiedenheft
Starter Assembly
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America

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A New York-based subsidiary coordinates the U.S. operations of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. In the east, those operations include companies in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and North Carolina. The photo is of employees at Mitsubishi Power Systems Inc., in Florida.

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Mitsubishi Corporation's wholly owned subsidiary Mitsubishi International Corporation is a knowledge-intensive company based in New York City. Established in 1954, it provides a vast range of services to add value and create global business opportunities.

Nikon manages its operations in the Americas through a New York headquarters that has a quintessentially American address: Walt Whitman Road. Mitsubishi Rayon also maintains its U.S. headquarters in New York, and it makes plastic film in Indiana.

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Two Mitsubishi Materials subsidiaries (photos) manufacture powder metallurgical products and electronic resistive components in Indiana. Another subsidiary produces polycrystalline silicon in Alabama. Mitsubishi Materials has eastern U.S. offices in New York, Illinois and Michigan and a sales company for electronic components in Illinois. Another Mitsubishi Materials-affiliated company, Mitsubishi Aluminum, makes extruded aluminum components in Alabama.

A New York-based subsidiary of Mitsubishi Estate manages real estate investments in the United States and in the United Kingdom. Mitsubishi Logistics and Mitsubishi Paper Mills have New York offices, too, as does Nippon Oil, which also maintains an office in Chicago. Mitsubishi Plastics (photo) and Mitsubishi Cable Industries have U.S. subsidiaries in nearby New Jersey, and Mitsubishi Cable also has a Michigan subsidiary, which markets automotive components.

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The financial services firms among the Mitsubishi companies have built the most extensive networks in the eastern United States. More than one-half of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi's more than 70 U.S. branches and subsidiaries are there. Tokio Marine maintains offices in New York, Atlanta and Chicago. Diamond Lease, Meiji Life, Mitsubishi Trust and Tokyo-Mitsubishi Securities all have footholds in the Big Apple.