Global Spotlight focuses on employees from the Mitsubishi Companies, who are excelling in their respective fields around the world. In each issue we will get to know different employees, who will tell us about their hometowns, businesses, culture, and pastimes.
Spain is a nation full of contrasts, warm, friendly and multicultural. We are located in the South of Europe and we have spectacular weather, cuisine and landscapes that attract millions of visitors every year.
     Mitsubishi Materials España (MME) is located in Valencia, in the village of Museros; a stone’s throw away from the beautiful Levante coast, famous for its bright blue waters, so characteristic of the Mediterranean Sea.
     Close to the city of Valencia, our factory is the only manufacturer of cutting carbide tools from the Mitsubishi group on the European continent. Our goal is to meet the needs of this market.
     Currently, we have a staff of 132 employees and we emphasize that our manufacturing processes cover all product lines (inserts, drills, solid end mills and coating). At this moment, we are able to manufacture any tool that our present and future customers may need.
     We regularly make investments to maintain our high level of technology. We strongly believe in ongoing, in-company training for our employees and consider a good working environment and the welfare of our workforce to be essential. We want to be the best and that’s why we work hard to achieve excellence in all our activities.



I've been working in the company for more than thirty years and am a member of the MME Management Council. We are a very dynamic team and enjoy a friendly and relaxed relationship. My role is to manage the Human Resources Department and General Affairs.
     I mainly spend my free time enjoying two hobbies: choir singing and hiking. In 2011, I walked, with some friends,
part of the famous “Camino de Santiago,” a route of about 120 km, in Northern Spain thoroughly enjoying the scenery, full of history, the unique architecture and the beautiful landscapes.
     The routes between the mountains of the provinces of Valencia, Alicante and Castellón are also worthy of a visit. Understanding the nature and walk along these routes is a unique experience that I recommend to everyone.
     We invite you to visit Valencia. You will enjoy our beaches and our trails and you can taste one of the jewels of Spanish cuisine, the well-known “Paella”.
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Vietnam borders China in the North, Laos and Cambodia in the West, and the Pacific Ocean in the East, and stretches approximately 1,600 kilometers from north to south, but is only about 40 kilometers wide at its narrowest point near the country's center. With its unique geography, it looks like a dragon standing on its head.
     With such geographic features, the climate tends to vary considerably from region to region. Temperature ranges vary less in the southern plains around Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta, averaging between 21 and 28 °C over the course of the year. Seasonal variations in the mountains and plateaus and in the north are much more dramatic, with temperatures varying from 5 °C in December and January to 37 °C in July and August.
     In terms of history and economy, Vietnam has faced some difficult times in the past. However, (pronounced[ ]), the economic reforms first initiated by Vietnam in 1986 with the goal of creating a “socialist-oriented market economy,” has played a decisive role, and contributed to the establishment of diplomatic relations with Western countries, including the U.S. from 2005, and with East Asian countries in the 1990s.
     Although economic growth stalled for a short time due to the Asian financial crisis in the late ’90s, and the world financial crisis in 2008, Vietnam has maintained stable growth to become one of the

Ho Chi Minh City
leading emerging economies in the world. This is thanks chiefly to the positive effect of Doi Moi policies for openness toward foreign investment, participation in the WTO in 2007, the “China plus 1” trend of multinational companies diversifying their operations beyond China, and the efforts of the robust Vietnamese work force.
To further strengthen its focus on this high potential market, in July 2011 Mitsubishi Electric established Mitsubishi Electric Vietnam Company Limited (MEVN). Located in the downtown area of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam, and with a representative office in Hanoi, the capital, MEVN strives to enhance the Mitsubishi Electric brand and provide high-quality products and services in this market.
     Thanks to the cooperation of MEVN’s long-term customers since the era of Mitsubishi Electric’s previous
representative office, and the efforts of experienced people and other Mitsubishi Electric group companies in Vietnam, such as Melco Elevator Vietnam Co., Ltd., an installation and maintenance services provider of Mitsubishi Electric brand elevators/escalators, and Oriental Electric Industry Company, Vietnam Ltd., a manufacturer of watt-hour meters, we have steadily built the Mitsubishi Electric brand and trust in our products.
     Among initiatives taken to grow the company since its establishment, MEVN has expanded the Air Conditioning and Home Appliances business and has also put the Factory Automation business on a fullscale footing from this April. We are confident that our manufacturing technologies can contribute to the development of industrialized modern manufacturing technologies in Vietnam.
Main FA products: from the left, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), AC Servo Systems and Motion Controllers, Variable Frequency Drives (VFD) and Power Distribution and Control Equipment.
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