Mitsubishi Electric United States
The principal United States subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, serving North American customers across industrial, infrastructure, building, automotive, electronics, and visual-systems markets.
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Overview
Mitsubishi Electric United States, Inc. is the principal United States subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. Incorporated in 2002 and headquartered in Cypress, California, it coordinates a broad portfolio of Mitsubishi Electric activities in the United States and, through affiliated operations, across North America. The organization is not limited to a single consumer category: its activities span engineering, manufacturing, sales, distribution, installation, and after-service for industrial and infrastructure equipment, electronic components, building systems, transportation technologies, and visual communications products. The United States organization operates through Mitsubishi Electric US Holdings and affiliated companies that include Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Mitsubishi Electric US, Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America, Mitsubishi Electric Automation, and Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories. Together, these businesses have approximately 31 locations throughout North America and roughly 5,000 employees, according to the referenced company description. The group’s United States presence therefore combines commercial representation with locally based research, manufacturing, engineering, and service capabilities. Within Mitsubishi Electric US, five principal divisions are identified: Semiconductors and Devices; Elevators and Escalators; Mitsubishi Electric Heating & Air Conditioning; International Purchasing; and Visual and Imaging Systems. The wider United States organization also supports automotive electrical components, factory-automation equipment, robotics, building-automation systems, commercial hand dryers, photovoltaic-related activities historically, imaging and thermal printers, display walls, digital signage, stadium and arena displays, satellite and space-sensing systems, railway systems, uninterruptible power supplies, generators, and power-transmission and distribution equipment. The subsidiary’s development reflects Mitsubishi Electric’s changing priorities in the American market. During the late 1990s, the corporation restructured its United States activities, closing Astronet and a cellular mobile telephone operation while concentrating more heavily on digital television, computer hardware, and building systems. In 2000, Mitsubishi Electric and NEC combined their United States monitor manufacturing and marketing activities in a 50:50 venture. During the 2000s and 2010s, the company expanded its local industrial and power-equipment footprint, including a power-products headquarters and manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania and a major transformer plant in Tennessee. The business also shifted away from some consumer-electronics activities. In 2011, Mitsubishi Electric announced that it would leave the United States market for consumer televisions measuring 65 inches and smaller, while establishing a California-based company focused on large-screen visual systems. The Visual and Imaging Systems Division was subsequently formed in 2014 to market and support display walls and imaging products. Mitsubishi Electric US later ceased selling photovoltaic modules in the United States in 2017. More recent portfolio changes emphasized semiconductors, power electronics, and climate-control solutions. In 2018, the company acquired the power-device distribution business of Powerex and incorporated it into a semiconductor organization renamed the Semiconductors and Devices Division. The same year, Mitsubishi Electric announced a proposed 50:50 joint venture with Ingersoll Rand to market, distribute, and support zoned-comfort and variable-refrigerant-flow systems in the United States and selected Latin American countries. Mitsubishi Electric United States consequently represents a diversified business platform rather than a standalone product label, linking Mitsubishi Electric’s global technologies with regional customers, partners, facilities, and service networks.
History
Mitsubishi Electric’s United States business developed from a collection of product and operating activities into a coordinated subsidiary and affiliate network serving industrial, infrastructure, commercial, and selected consumer markets. The principal subsidiary, Mitsubishi Electric United States, Inc., was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Cypress, California. Its role is to represent and operate Mitsubishi Electric businesses in the United States while supporting activities across North America through a network of affiliated companies and locations. A significant strategic reorientation occurred in October 1998, when Mitsubishi Electric announced a restructuring of its United States activities. The plan included closing Astronet Corporation and the company’s cellular mobile telephone unit. It also placed greater emphasis on digital television, computer hardware, and building systems. This move illustrates the company’s effort to concentrate resources on businesses it considered more strategically important in the United States rather than maintaining every prior communications and consumer-electronics activity. In June 2000, Mitsubishi Electric and NEC announced that they would combine their United States monitor manufacturing and marketing operations in a new 50:50 company named NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America. The arrangement gave the two Japanese electronics groups a shared platform for display products during a period when computer monitors and flat-panel technologies were becoming increasingly important. Mitsubishi Electric later continued to adjust its visual-products portfolio, eventually emphasizing large-scale professional display systems rather than the full range of smaller consumer televisions. Local manufacturing and infrastructure investment became another important part of the United States strategy. In May 2003, Mitsubishi Electric Power Products opened a new headquarters and manufacturing facility in Warrendale, Pennsylvania. A decade later, in April 2013, the affiliate opened a 350,000-square-foot power-transformer factory in Memphis, Tennessee. The facility represented a major expansion of Mitsubishi Electric’s domestic power-equipment capabilities and shipped its first transformer in December 2014. In December 2019, Hyosung Heavy Industries announced an agreement to purchase the Memphis transformer factory, marking a subsequent change in ownership of that manufacturing asset. The company’s consumer-television strategy changed in 2011. Mitsubishi Electric announced that it would exit the United States market for consumer televisions measuring 65 inches and smaller. At the same time, it planned a new company based in Irvine, California, to concentrate on large-screen visual systems. In April 2014, Mitsubishi Electric created its Visual and Imaging Systems Division to market and support display walls and imaging products. The resulting portfolio included display walls, digital signage, large-scale video displays, stadium and arena systems, and imaging products rather than a broad mass-market television lineup. Mitsubishi Electric US also ceased selling photovoltaic modules in the United States in 2017. In January 2018, the company acquired Powerex’s power-device distribution business. Powerex was described as a joint venture involving Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and General Electric. The acquired distribution operation was folded into Mitsubishi Electric’s semiconductor organization, which was renamed the Semiconductors and Devices Division. This strengthened the United States platform for power semiconductors and related electronic components. That same month, Mitsubishi Electric announced an agreement with Ingersoll Rand to create a 50:50 joint venture for zoned-comfort solutions and variable-refrigerant-flow systems. The proposed venture was intended to market, distribute, and support climate-control products in the United States and selected Latin American countries. It reflected Mitsubishi Electric’s emphasis on energy-efficient heating and cooling systems and on partnerships that could broaden regional distribution and service capabilities. Mitsubishi Electric United States now encompasses a wide range of affiliated activities. These include power products, automotive electronics, industrial automation, research, semiconductors, building systems, heating and air conditioning, visual technologies, transportation systems, and space- and sensing-related products. Its principal subsidiary and affiliates are described as having approximately 31 locations throughout North America and about 5,000 employees. The organization therefore functions as a regional industrial and technology platform, combining local engineering, manufacturing, sales, and after-service with the broader resources of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation.
- 2019
Hyosung announces purchase of Memphis transformer factory
[1]Hyosung Heavy Industries announced that it would purchase Mitsubishi’s Memphis transformer factory.
- 2018
Powerex distribution business is acquired
[1]The power-device distribution business of Powerex was acquired and integrated into the renamed Semiconductors and Devices Division.
- 2018
Ingersoll Rand climate-control joint venture is announced
[1]Mitsubishi Electric announced a proposed 50:50 venture with Ingersoll Rand for zoned-comfort and variable-refrigerant-flow systems.
- 2017
Photovoltaic-module sales end in the United States
[1]Mitsubishi Electric US ceased selling photovoltaic modules in the United States.
- 2014
Visual and Imaging Systems Division is formed
[1]A dedicated division was established to market and support display walls and imaging products.
- 2013
Memphis transformer plant opens
[1]Mitsubishi Electric Power Products opened a 350,000-square-foot transformer factory in Memphis, Tennessee.
- 2011
Smaller consumer televisions are discontinued in the United States
[1]The company announced its exit from United States consumer-television categories at 65 inches and below and a shift toward large-screen visual systems.
- 2003
Pennsylvania power-products facility opens
[1]Mitsubishi Electric Power Products opened a headquarters and manufacturing facility in Warrendale, Pennsylvania.
- 2002
Mitsubishi Electric United States is incorporated
[1]Mitsubishi Electric United States, Inc. was incorporated as the principal United States subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation.
- 2000
NEC-Mitsubishi display joint venture announced
[1]Mitsubishi Electric and NEC announced a 50:50 venture combining their United States monitor manufacturing and marketing operations.
Products and positioning
A diversified industrial, infrastructure, electronics, and building-systems supplier serving United States and North American markets through Mitsubishi Electric operating companies and affiliates.
Semiconductors and power electronics
Semiconductors and Devices
The Semiconductors and Devices Division covers semiconductor devices and power-electronics components used in industrial, infrastructure, automotive, and other electronic applications. In 2018, Mitsubishi Electric incorporated the acquired Powerex power-device distribution business into this organization and renamed the division to reflect its broader scope.
HVAC
Heating and Air Conditioning
Mitsubishi Electric’s United States climate-control activities include heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning products, including variable-refrigerant-flow and zoned-comfort solutions. The business serves residential, commercial, and institutional applications and has been supported through regional distribution, marketing, and service activities.
Building systems
Elevators and Escalators
The elevators and escalators business provides vertical-transportation systems for buildings and infrastructure projects. It forms part of the United States organization’s building-systems portfolio alongside building automation and related equipment.
Industrial automation
Factory Automation and Robotics
Factory-automation products include industrial control and automation equipment and robotics for manufacturing and process environments. These offerings support Mitsubishi Electric’s industrial technology position and are marketed alongside engineering, integration, and service capabilities.
Professional visual systems · 2014
Display Walls and Large-Scale Visual Systems
The Visual and Imaging Systems Division markets display walls, digital signage, large-scale video displays, and systems for stadiums and arenas. The portfolio emerged from Mitsubishi Electric’s shift away from smaller consumer televisions toward professional and large-format visual applications.
Imaging equipment
Imaging and Thermal Printers
Mitsubishi Electric’s imaging portfolio includes photographic printers and thermal printers, together with related imaging products supported by the Visual and Imaging Systems organization.
Electrical infrastructure
Power Transmission and Distribution Equipment
Power-products affiliates supply equipment for power generation, transmission, and distribution, including large transformers and related systems. The United States manufacturing footprint historically included facilities in Pennsylvania and Tennessee.
Automotive electronics
Automotive Electrical Components
Automotive activities include electrical and electronic components supplied through Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America and related United States operations.
Transportation systems
Rail Transit Systems
Rail-transit offerings form part of the organization’s transportation portfolio and include equipment and systems for railway applications.
Aerospace and sensing technology
Space and Sensing Systems
The United States organization is also associated with satellite and space-sensing systems, extending its activities into specialized aerospace and sensing applications.
Brand decisions
2019
Sell Memphis transformer factoryM&ABackground
Mitsubishi Electric’s United States power-products manufacturing portfolio changed after the company’s large transformer facility in Memphis was put into a transaction process.
Action taken
Hyosung Heavy Industries announced that it would purchase the Memphis transformer factory.
Aftermath
The announcement indicated a change in ownership of an important United States transformer manufacturing asset.
Announced purchase price. USD 46.5 million (2019 announcement)
2018
Integrate Powerex power-device distributionM&ABackground
Mitsubishi Electric sought to strengthen the organization supporting power semiconductors and related electronic devices in the United States.
Action taken
The company acquired Powerex’s power-device distribution business and incorporated it into its semiconductor operation, which was renamed the Semiconductors and Devices Division.
Aftermath
The transaction expanded the scope of Mitsubishi Electric’s United States semiconductor and power-device distribution activities.
2018
Announce Ingersoll Rand climate-control joint ventureM&ABackground
Mitsubishi Electric and Ingersoll Rand planned to broaden the availability and support of zoned-comfort and variable-refrigerant-flow climate-control solutions.
Action taken
The companies announced an agreement for a 50:50 joint venture serving the United States and selected Latin American markets.
Aftermath
The proposed partnership reflected a strategy of combining Mitsubishi Electric’s variable-refrigerant-flow technology with Ingersoll Rand’s regional market and distribution capabilities.
2017
End photovoltaic-module sales in the United StatesStrategyBackground
Mitsubishi Electric continued to refine the scope of its United States product portfolio.
Action taken
Mitsubishi Electric US ceased selling photovoltaic modules in the United States.
Aftermath
The business concentrated more heavily on industrial, infrastructure, building, electronics, and visual-system activities.
2011
Exit smaller consumer-television categoriesStrategyBackground
Mitsubishi Electric revised its consumer-television strategy in the United States and sought to focus visual-systems resources on larger professional applications.
Action taken
The company announced that it would stop participating in the United States market for consumer televisions measuring 65 inches and smaller and form a California-based company focused on large-screen visual systems.
Aftermath
The United States visual portfolio moved toward display walls, digital signage, stadium displays, and other large-format systems.
2000
Create a joint display venture with NECM&ABackground
Mitsubishi Electric and NEC sought to combine their United States monitor manufacturing and marketing activities.
Action taken
The companies announced a new 50:50 joint venture, NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America.
Aftermath
The venture consolidated the two companies’ United States display operations during a period of rapid change in monitor technology.
1998
Restructure United States activitiesStrategyBackground
Mitsubishi Electric reviewed its United States portfolio and identified a need to concentrate on selected digital, computing, and building-related activities.
Action taken
The company announced the closure of Astronet and its cellular mobile telephone unit and refocused its United States activities on digital television, computer hardware, and building systems.
Aftermath
The restructuring preceded further consolidation and repositioning of Mitsubishi Electric’s American electronics and building-systems businesses.
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