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January-March

March 19, 2009
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sets Review Schedule for Comanche Peak Expansion Application
March 12, 2009
MHI Completes Development of the J-series Gas Turbine Featuring the World's Largest 320 MW Power Generation Capacity and Enabling Over 60% Thermal Efficiency in GTCC Applications -- Delivery of Commercial Units to Begin in 2011 --
February 24, 2009
MHI Completes Delivery of 2 Replacement Steam Generators To California's Largest Electric Utility -- One of World's Largest SGs: 7-meter Diameter, 580-metric ton Weight --
February 23, 2009
U.S. Subsidiary of MHI Acquires Special Membership in American
Trade Group In Nuclear Plant Designer Category
- First feat of its kind for wholly-owned subsidiary of Japanese company -
February 18, 2009
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), AREVA, Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (MMC) and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) create a Joint Venture of Full-fledged Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Business
February 17, 2009
MHI Enhances Multipurpose Gasoline Engine Lineup,
Launching 4 New High-Power Models Conforming to All Emission Controls
-- Largest Model in TLE Series and 3 Large Models for GB Series --
February 13, 2009
MHI Receives Order for Two 800 MW Supercritical-Pressure Steam Turbines
For Andhra Pradesh Power Development Company Limited of India
February 12, 2009
MHI Develops One of World's Most Efficient Gas Engine "MACH II-SI," A 66.1% Efficiency of Power Generation Plus Energy Recovery from Steam
-- Spark Plug Ignition System Adopted to Eliminate Auxiliary Pilot Fuel --
February 05, 2009
"3Q Financial Results for FY2008" has been updated.
February 05, 2009
Notice Regarding Issue of Stock Options for Stock-linked Compensation.
February 05, 2009
Revision of FY2008 Consolidated Financial Results Estimates.
February 04, 2009
MHI Signs 9th Technology License Agreement To Capture Carbon Dioxide from Flue Gas And Increase Urea Production at Fertilizer Plant in Vietnam
February 03, 2009
MHI to Market "PD23" Compact Cylindrical Grinding Machine Enabling Easier Operation of Palm-size Workpiece Processing
February 02, 2009
Luminant & Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Establish Nuclear Plant Development Joint Venture
January 30, 2009
MHI Signs MOU with GE to Start Studying
Joint Development of New Steam Turbine for GTCC
January 26, 2009
MHI Receives Large-scale Natural Gas-fired GTCC Power Plant Order From PT PLN (Persero), Indonesia's State-owned Electricity Provider
January 22, 2009
MHI Develops "ZI20A" High-precision Gear Grinding Machine For High-speed Processing of Internally Toothed Ring Gears, Achieving Low-cost Processing of Gears for Low-noise Operation - Gear Grinding Tool Life Significantly Extended -
January 21, 2009
MHI Receives Order for 800 MW GTCC Power Generation System From ENMAX of Canada
January 20, 2009
MHI to Participate in Development of "Trent XWB,"
Rolls-Royce Aero-engine for Airbus A350 XWB
January 19, 2009
MHI to Tie Up with NIBE Industrier AB of Sweden
And Enter European Air-to-Water Heat Pump Market
Joint Development of Energy Saving, High-Performance Products
And Mutual OEM Supply Planned
January 12, 2009
MHI Receives Order for Launch Services of Korea Multipurpose Satellite-3
-- First Satellite Launch Order Placed by Overseas Customer to MHI --
January 08, 2009
MHI and COMEX NUCLEAIRE Consortium Receives Order from EDF
For the supply of Six Replacement Steam Generators
For Nuclear Power Plants in France

October-December

December 24, 2008
MHI Successfully Completes Public Tender Offer for Rocla, A Finnish Electric Warehouse Truck Manufacturer To Strengthen Material Handling Equipment Business in Europe
December 22, 2008
MHI, AREVA, MMC and MC Jointly Establish A Full-fledged Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Business in Japan
December 22, 2008
MHI Announces Shipbuilding Results in 2008
December 04, 2008
COL Application for US-APWR Nuclear Power Plants Designed by MHI Accepted for Docketing by U.S. NRC
November 27, 2008
MHI and MC Jointly Receive Order for 9 Centrifugal Chillers for District Cooling System Serving Marina Bay, Singapore
– Total Cooling Capacity of 25,600 Refrigeration Tons –
November 26, 2008
MHI to Establish Forklift Truck Manufacture Company in China to Realize Globally Optimized Production and Procurement Structure in Response to New Business Environment
November 17, 2008
MHI to Sponsor IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens 2009 in Dubai,
One of the World's Largest Sporting Events.
November 12, 2008
MHI Receives Order for Two Sets of 150 MW Gas Turbine and Generator
For Manifa Oil/Gas Production and Processing Project of Saudi Aramco
October 31, 2008
“2Q Financial Results for FY2008” has been updated.
October 23, 2008
MHI to Acquire Rocla, a Finnish Electric Warehouse Truck Manufacturer,
To Strengthen its Material Handling Equipment Business in Europe
-- Public Tender Offer to be Made by MCFE, its Subsidiary --
October 22, 2008
About FY2008 First-half Consolidated Financial Results
October 20, 2008
MHI to Unveil 2 High-speed, Fully "Dry-cut" Gear Cutting Machines: "SE15A" Gear Shaping Machine for Small-size Workpiece Processing and "GE25A" 40 Sec. Cycle-time Gear Hobbing Machine with Chamfering Device
October 16, 2008
MHI to Market "Super Dry III" Hob, A Precision Dry Cutting Tool Adopting Newly Developed Thin –film Coating Technology Doubled Tool Life at Ultra-high Speed Cutting for Greater Cost Reduction and Enhanced Productivity
October 02, 2008
MHI to Market New Commercial Web
Offset Press: "DIAMOND 16 MAX+"
-- Enhanced Productivity and Print Quality, Plus Easy Operation --
October 02, 2008
MHI Receives 2nd Order for Automated People Mover
At Miami International Airport, following Initial Order Placed in 1999
-- 4th APM Order from the U.S. --

July-September

September 29, 2008
MHI Receives Full-turnkey Order for GTCC Power Generation Systems from Endesa of Spain
September 25, 2008
MHI to Exhibit at "Japan Aerospace 2008"
Under Theme of "Explore the Technology Frontier"
-- Focus on H-IIB Rocket, MRJ and Lunar Surface Utilization Plan --
September 19, 2008
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Luminant Agree to Joint Venture
For Development of New Nuclear Generating Units
September 19, 2008
MHI and MC to Contribute to Iceland's Clean Energy Policy
September 16, 2008
MHI Receives Order for 2 Steam-turbine Power Generation Systems from West Delta Electricity Production Company, Egypt
-- For 1,300 MW Thermal Power Generation Plant near Alexandria --
September 08, 2008
MHI and Wärtsilä to Jointly Develop Small-size Marine Diesel Engines with 350 mm and 400 mm Cylinder Bores
August 20, 2008
MHI Receives Front End Engineering and Design Order for CO2 Recovery Facility at Gas Fired Power Generation Plant in Norway
-- One of the World's Largest Recovery Capacities, 3,000 Tons/Day --
August 18, 2008
MHI Completes First "UEC45LSE," 450 mm Bore 2-stroke Marine Diesel
-- Engine Achieves World's Highest Efficiency in its Class --
August 07, 2008
MHI's Wind Power Generation Business Gets Underway in Bulgaria
-- Project to Contribute to Japan’s Acquisition of Emission Credits --
July 31, 2008
"1Q Financial Results for FY2008" has been updated.
July 31, 2008
Notice Regarding Issue of Stock Options for Stock-linked Compensation
July 10, 2008
Cumulative Gas Turbine Orders from Middle East Reach 80 Unit
-- Major Contributor to Improvement of Local Infrastructure --
8 Units for Large-scale Power Generation and Desalination Plant in Qatar, 1 Unit for Cogeneration System at Gas Facility of Saudi Aramco
July 03, 2008
MHI and E.ON Energie of Germany to Verify CO2 Recovery Technology for Coal-fired Power Generation Plants
-- 100 Tons/Day Facility to Start Operation in 2010 --
July 02, 2008
MHI Delivers 300th Ship to Mitsui O.S.K. Lines at Nagasaki Shipyard
-- Largest Container Ship Built by MHI --
Transportation Efficiency Improved through adoption of 47 kgf/mm2 Higher Tensile Strength Steel
July 01, 2008
MHI to License Flue Gas Carbon Dioxide Recovery Technology to Chemical Company in Pakistan
-- Recovery Capacity of 340 Tons/Day --

April-June

June 19, 2008
MHI Receives Consecutive Orders for 150 MW and 284 MW BFG-fired
GTCC Power Plants from Shougang Group, China, and POSCO Power, Korea
June 10, 2008
MHI Wins Order from Iceland For Five Geothermal Power Generation Plants, 225 MW in Total
-- Cumulative Worldwide Orders to MHI Now Exceed 100 Units --
June 05, 2008
MHI Receives Successive M701F Natural Gas-fired Gas Turbine Orders For Power Generation Plants in Turkey and Ukraine
May 29, 2008
World's First 3-Stage RO Desalination Plant, Built by MHI, Begins Supply of Highly Pure Water to Oil-Refining and Petrochemical Plant In Rabigh, Saudi Arabia
May 28, 2008
Group Headed by MHI, ROHM, Toppan Printing and Mitsui & Co., Establish Joint Venture to Assess Business Viability Of Lighting-use Organic EL Panel
May 26, 2008
MHI and Wärtsilä Join Forces in Designing Further New Marine Engines
May 20, 2008
MHI Receives First Russian Order for M701F Gas Turbine Core Component to Support High-efficiency GTCC Power Generation
April 23, 2008
MHI Receives Order for Large-scale Fertilizer Complex in Algeria
-- Joint Project with Daewoo Engineering & Construction of Korea --
April 11, 2008
AREVA and MHI Enlarge Their Cooperation To the Nuclear Fuel Business
- Joint business organization contemplated -
April 08, 2008
MHI to License Flue Gas Carbon Dioxide Recovery Technology To Indian Fertilizer Company
-- World-class Recovery Capacity of 450 Tons/Day --
April 07, 2008
Coagulation and Magnetic Separation Technology “Hitachi Ballast Water Purification System” Obtained Basic Approval from IMO and Will Start Shipboard Testing
April 04, 2008
MHI Licenses Technologies for Nuclear Turbines and Auxiliaries To China’s Harbin Group
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