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EMEA
E.ON (Europe)
British Gas (UK)
ERDF (France)
ACEA (Italy)
City Power Johannesburg
(South Africa)
etc.
R&D Center
Mass production Factory
Assembly Factory
Sales Oce
North America
Landis+Gyr’s Business Locations and Major Customers
Oncor (U.S.)
AEP (U.S.)
PSE (U.S.)
Hydro Quebec (Canada)
etc.
South America
Rede Group (Brazil)
AMPLA (Brazil)
LIGHT (Brazil)
Copel (Brazil)
etc.
Asia and Oceania
SP Ausnet (Australia)
Ausgrid (Australia)
MGVCL (India)
State Grid Corporation
of China (China)
etc.
Globalization initiatives
Rather than working alone, Toshiba recognizes that it is important to form strategic partnerships in every part of the world, as
a means to promote locally based business strategies. This is particularly true in the Social Infrastructure segment, where we
look to strengthen our business by seeking out M&A opportunities and alliances that generate synergies, such as accelerating
global expansion and capturing new markets. In recent major M&A activities, we completed the acquisition of Landis+Gyr AG,
and in driving forward alliances with overseas corporations we entered into a sales and marketing agreement with GE on
combined cycle generating systems, and formed tie-ups with IBM and Hewlett-Packard in cloud services for the Smart
Community business.
October 2006: Acquired Westinghouse Group
October 2009: Acquired HDD business from Fujitsu Ltd.
June 2011: U.S.: Acquired Vital Images Inc. ; Malaysia: Acquired TopRank Corporation Sdn Bhd (manufacturer and retailer of power
distribution systems and related equipment)
July 2011: Switzerland: Acquired Landis+Gyr AG
April 2012: Toshiba TEC acquired IBM’s Retail Store Point-of-Sale Solutions Business
May 2012: Acquired part of Western Digital Corporation’s 3.5-inch HDD business
Recent major M&A activities
Accelerated globalization following the acquisition of Landis+Gyr AG
Newly established production facilities
Expanded and integrated production facilities
Digital Products Egypt (TVs)
Electronic Devices Yokkaichi, Oita, Kaga, Himeji (semiconductors), Philippines (HDDs)
Social Infrastructure
India (turbines, EPC); Vietnam (motors); Brazil & Malaysia (T&D); China,
Dalian (CT); China, Hangzhou (hydraulic turbines); Russia (T&D), etc.
Home Appliances Indonesia (white goods); China (LEDs, industrial-use air-conditioners)
Over 30 countries worldwide with
more than 8,000 corporate customers
Promote smart grids systems
to current customers
Japan High value added
production
Overseas
Local production for
local consumption
Commodities
Since acquiring Landis+Gyr AG, a leading manufacturer
of smart meters for measuring domestic power usage,
we have accelerated the global expansion of our
Smart Community business through Landis+Gyr’s
worldwide network of business bases.
In October 2011 Toshiba Group
exhibited for the  rst time at the
“Metering Europe” conference held in
Amsterdam in the Netherlands, where
we introduced initiatives we are
promoting in our Smart Community
business.
Enhancing productivity and adding
value through site consolidation
Accelerating expansion focused on
Social Infrastructure
Utilizing intra regional FTAs, developing
local- t products
Prioritizing costs, utilizing ODMs
We are putting in place a global production system, building new overseas factories that realize the concept of “local
production for local consumption.” These factories will manufacture consumer products such as white goods and TVs, and
products for the Social Infrastructure segment, such as power generation systems and transmission and distribution systems
(T&D). In Japan we are consolidating our semiconductor production facilities and promoting high value added production.
1 Strengthening business through M&A activities and alliances
2 Constructing a global production system
Special Feature: Proactive Management to Make Toshiba an Even Stronger Global Contender
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