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Toshiba Group aims to become an even stronger global contender by unleashing our powers of imagination to
anticipate, ahead of others, and capitalize on the coming trends in the world business environment. Toward this
end, we are shifting our business portfolio further toward B to B. Concretely, the purpose is to help solve some
of the key issues that present society is faced with, such as the securing of highly e cient and stable electric
power, enhancing medical services in emerging economies and for the elderly everywhere, and managing Big
Data and data security. Then, we will expand these businesses by means of Total Energy Innovation and Total
Storage Innovation. In realizing these objectives, in addition to strengthening such focus businesses as
“integrated storage solutions,” “Smart Community,” “renewable energy,” “power electronics and electric vehicles,”
“healthcare” and “fused digital products and services.” we will also strengthen “home solutions” to promote
energy saving and cut electricity costs through visualization and greater efficiency and “retail solutions” by
providing applications/systems for Big Data. In order to o er these wide ranges of solutions to such business
challenges, in addition to pursuing technology development, it is important to carry out timely M&A
investments and establish new business alliances.
For this purpose, we are prepared to respond in a timely fashion to the rapidly changing business
environment by making a  exibly shifting frame within R&D investment, facility investments, and investment
and loan plans in the three years from FY2012 to FY2014. Also, we are thinking of utilizing a portion of our
accumulated capital from the continued improvement of earnings as funds to drive future growth. All together,
this shifting funds frame, which can be utilized  exibly and expeditiously, will be at the level of ¥700 billion
among our total planned investment and R&D expenditure of approximately ¥3 trillion during the three years.
In addition, we will further speed up the pace of innovation by nurturing the buds for next-generation
business development and creating exciting new values through the introduction of World’s First and
expansion of World’s No. 1 products and services in the global market.
With the need to assure a stable supply of energy and electric power and the necessity to prevent global
warming by controlling the amount of CO2 emissions becoming increasingly urgent issues, o ering the best
mix of energy, including renewable energy, has become essential.
Among renewable sources of energy, hydro power generation and geothermal power generation can
play an essential supporting role as a source of electricity, and it is also important from the viewpoint of
energy security. Toshiba has the world’s top-level technology in the field of hydro power generation with our
pumped-storage power generation system, and we have a record of so far delivering 2,000 units of hydro
power generation equipment with a combined power generation capacity of 54GW to more than 40
countries around the world. With regard to geothermal power generation, we received seven orders in
FY2011, and as a world-leading geothermal company, we are firmly holding the No. 1 global market share. In
addition to supplying about the equivalent of 25% of the world’s geothermal power generation capacity
In what ways will you go about transforming Toshiba’s business structure?
Q2
What are your ideas about Total Energy Innovation?
Q3
An Interview with the President
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