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Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corporation
From development through to manufacture, installation,
adjustment and maintenance, Toshiba Elevator and
Building Systems Corporation delivers a one-stop service
for elevators and escalators that incorporate advanced
safety features and cutting-edge technology.
In Japan, demand for new construction remained slow
in FY2011 but stable demand in overseas markets,
particularly the Chinese market, allowed us to secure an
increase in sales. We managed to maintain operating pro t
at almost the same level as in the previous year.
The company supplied the elevators in the TOKYO
SKYTREE®, which was completed in May 22, 2012. We installed
four elevators that can whisk visitors from the ground  oor
up 350 meters to the  rst viewing platform in approximately
50 seconds, plus two service elevators that are the longest
in Japan*.
* As of May 2012
©TOKYO-SKYTREE®
View of TOKYO SKYTREE® and its 40 passenger
elevator – the fastest large-capacity elevator in
Japan, with a top speed of approx. 600 meters
a minute
In the photovoltaic power generation systems
business we hold a 46.6% share for equipment supplied to
the mega solar power generation plants operated by
Japanese utility companies (the No. 1 share as of January
2012, based on in-house research). We will leverage this
track record to continue to expand the business.
In overseas business we are drawing on the strengths
of Italy’s Ansaldo T&D SpA (Ansaldo), which we acquired
last year, and continue to win orders for mega solar plants.
Ansaldo won a contract to supply a smart grid system for
an Italian public utility company, ACEA SpA, that integrates
solar photovoltaic power generation systems and the smart
meters, that L+G was selected to provide for the system.
In Japan, photovoltaic power systems for home use
continue to perform well and at the end of FY2011 we had
won orders to supply units to some 20,000 homes.
Our SCiB™ rechargeable batteries have been adopted
for use in electric vehicles and will be installed in the
“i-MiEV” manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors Co., Ltd., and
in the “Fit EV” manufactured by Honda Motor Co., Ltd.,
primarily for the North American market.
Power electronics, most notably inverters, control
power conversion. In June 2011 we constructed a mass
production line for inverters for hybrid vehicles
manufactured by Ford Motor Company of the United States.
We plan to expand the social infrastructure business
by steadily absorbing the growing demand that is coming
from emerging markets and by bringing our strengths in
T&D and power electronics technologies to deeper
cooperation with related departments and group
SCiB™ 20Ah cell for use in electric
vehicles
Landis+Gyr AG’s smart meter
companies. Beyond this, with a strong emphasis on smart
communities, we will continue to reinforce our total
solutions businesses.
Business Review / Social Infrastructure Segment
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