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In industrial systems, we are involved in the
manufacture of high-e ciency industrial motors in Vietnam,
and we are working to expand sales into new markets,
including emerging markets.
In automation systems, in May 2013 we were awarded
an about 3.6 billion yen contract for a completely integrated
postal automation system from Singapore Post.
In radar systems, in September 2013 we won an order
in collaboration with Sumitomo Corporation, NEC
Corporation, and other companies, for airport and aviation
security infrastructure in Myanmar. While improving aviation
safety at Myanmar’s major airports, the project is also
expected to enhance Myanmar's airports' capacity to handle
the burgeoning air tra c in the region by establishing more
e cient air routes.
Going forward, we will continue to promote our total
solutions business, both in Japan and overseas, in a variety
of technology areas, including power electronics
technologies and state-of-the-art transmission and
distribution technologies.
In the solar photovoltaic power generation systems
business, the residential market in Japan performed very
strongly. In overseas business, we have partnered with
GAGFAH, Germany’s largest real estate company, and initiate
a retail power business utilizing solar power systems in
rental apartments owned by GAGFAH in the towns of
Villingen-Schwenningen and Ost ldern.
In rechargeable battery systems, in November 2013 we
won an order to supply what will be the battery system with
the world’s largest output (based on Toshiba in-house
research), 40,000 kW(kilowatts), for the “Demonstration
Project on Battery Storage Systems for Dealing With
Frequency Fluctuations at Nishi Sendai Transformer
Substation," which is being implemented by Tohoku Electric
Power Co., Ltd. (Tohoku Electric). The system will be installed
at Tohoku Electric’s Nishi Sendai Substation and equipped
with Toshiba’s SCiBTM lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. It
will be used in a new initiative to tackle frequency variations
in solar and wind power generation resulting from changes
in the weather.
In power electronics, the invertors and other devices
used to control power conversion, we won an order in
November 2013, in collaboration with Marubeni Corporation
and the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), for the supply
of a railway system and maintenance services for the Purple
Line, a passenger railway in Bangkok, Thailand. This will be
the first time a Japanese consortium including a railway
operating company has participated in an overseas
maintenance project.
Tohoku Electric Power, Nishi Sendai Substation, Battery Storage System
Passenger Railway in Bangkok, Thailand
Strengthening cooperation with major Indian corporations
At a February 2014 briefing in New Delhi, India,
we explained how we are strengthening our social
infrastructure business in India, and held a
technology seminar for our partner companies. In
addition to T&D and power systems, the core of
our thermal and hydro-power businesses, we are
also focusing on areas such as building solutions,
including elevators. Toward strengthening
cooperation with major local companies, we plan
to invest approximately 50 billion yen over the  ve
years from 2013 to 2017, and aim to generate 300
billion yen in net sales in FY2017 by expanding
personnel and facilities, and promoting local
production, sales and export.
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