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Transmission Distribution &
Industrial Systems Company
Social Infrastructure Systems Company
The company provides power transmission and
distribution systems, transportation systems and
industrial systems in Japan and the world market.
In FY2008, higher sales and profit from
strong performances in the transmission and
distribution (T&D) and the transportation systems
businesses, in Japan and overseas, compensated
for lower demand in the industrial systems
business due to yen appreciation and the
recession.
The T&D business promoted globalization
by acquiring a Brazilian switchgear company and
establishing a protection relays manufacturing
and marketing operation in Vietnam. The
industrial systems business, anticipating demand
expansion, established a manufacturing and
marketing company for high-efficiency industrial
motors in Vietnam.
In enhancing its environmental businesses,
the company is promoting the SCiB™, an
innovative rechargeable battery, and will boost
production with a second factory to complement
the current Saku Operations. A dedicated division,
established in January 2009, now controls all
aspects of the photovoltaic systems business,
drawing on the company’s expertise in power
electronics, power control systems, and system
engineering.
The company will boost demand in Japan,
strengthen overseas business and promote and
expand new ventures.
The company delivers essential social
infrastructure, and facilities management systems
for buildings, airports, roads and rivers. It also
provides water and sewer services and
environmental systems, broadcasting and
network systems, radio application systems, and
security and automation systems.
FY2008 saw lower sales and profits in a
tough environment for broadcasting and
network systems, despite steady progress in the
infrastructure systems business.
Moving forward, the company will promote
its facility solutions business, which delivers total
systems supporting energy saving and high-level
functionality. Expansion in the environmental
systems business includes reinforcing
remediation technology for the purification of
PCB-contaminated soil and a Clean Development
Mechanism (CDM) business in Vietnam for
emission trading.
We will contribute to society with high-quality
infrastructure and diverse solutions and develop
new growth businesses that increase profit.
We develop, produce and maintain highly
efficient, safe, state-of-the-art elevators and
escalators, offer upgrades to replace installed
equipment, and deliver integrated building
management services.
FY2008 saw steady progress in the
maintenance and renewal businesses in Japan,
with operating income at approximately the
same level as in the previous fiscal year, but
overall sales decreased on fewer new building
starts in Japan and slower sales growth in the
Toshiba Elevator and
Building Systems Corporation