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News 2009FY

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2009FY News Release

January-March

March 31, 2010: First M701F4 Gas Turbine Begins Trial Operation in Sendai No.4, Japan

March 30, 2010: MHI Completes First Unit of "STG System" -- Most Recent Type of "MERS" A High-efficiency Waste Energy Recovery Power Generation System, Utilizing Exhaust Gas from Marine Engines

February 23, 2010: VINASHIN Completes First Mitsubishi-UE Marine Diesel under License -- Progressive Production Expansion Slated --

February 22, 2010: MHI Licenses Mitsubishi-UE Low-Speed Marine Diesel Engine Technology To Zhejiang Yungpu Heavy Machinery -- Third Chinese Company Licensed the Technology --

January 29, 2010: MHI supplies DIASYS Netmation for the Launch Control System of the H-IIB launch vehicle to Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

January 12, 2010: MHI Receives Order for Two Supercritical-Pressure Boiler/Steam Turbine Sets From Jaiprakash Power Ventures Limited of India, Jointly with L&T

October-December

December 22, 2009: MHI Licensee in China Completes First Marine Deck Crane
-- Strategic Development to Spur MHI's Entry into Chinese Market --

November 30, 2009: Delivery of No. 3 Power Plant to Chile's Electrica Guacolda S.A. is Completed

November 30, 2009: Delivery Complete of SDA Pitch-Fired Power Plant to Asahi Kasei Chemicals Mizushima Works

November 30, 2009: SDA Pitch-Firing Reconstruction Work on No. 3 Boiler for Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation's Mizushima Plant Complete

November 30, 2009: MHI Continuously Receives 5 Orders for GTCC Power Plants under LTSAs

November 30, 2009: MHI to Establish Joint Venture in Thailand with EGAT For Maintenance Services of High-temperature Components of Gas Turbines

November 19, 2009: MHI Receives Order for Two Sets of Gas Turbines and Generators For GTCC Power Generation Plant in Ontario

November 18, 2009: MHI Receives Order for GTCC Power Generation System For Cogeneration Power Plant in Uzbekistan

October 14, 2009: MHI Concludes 5 Long Term Service Agreements For GTCC Power Plants in 4 Countries

October 13, 2009: MHI to Establish Joint Venture in Thailand with EGAT For Maintenance Services of High-temperature Components of Gas Turbines

October 01, 2009: MHI Achieves 3,000-Hour Operation, Unprecedented in Japan, Of SOFC-MGT Combined-Cycle Power Generation System

July-September

September 30, 2009: Completion of Fuel Conversion Alteration Work on the No. 1 and 5 Boilers at Kashima-Kita Electric Power Corporation

September 30, 2009: Supplying State-of-the-Art Blast Furnace Ventilators

September 24, 2009: MHI to Build Gas Turbine Combustor Manufacturing Plant in Georgia, Aiming to Expand GTCC Power Generation System Sales Through Enhancement of Manufacturing/Service Base in the U.S.

August 26, 2009: MHI to Enter Lithium-ion Secondary Battery Business With Launch of Commercial Production Verification Plant by Fall 2010
-- Companywide Initiative to Contribute to Realization of Energy-saving Society --

July 13, 2009: MHI to Ship 500th Gas Turbine from Takasago Machinery Works
-- Delivery Headed to Power Generation & Desalination Project in Qatar --
-- Mark Achieved 46 Years after First Delivery in 1963 --

April-June

June 23, 2009: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and GE Energy Sign Final Agreements To Co-Develop World's Most Advanced New Steam Turbine For Combined-Cycle Power Plants Technology to Help Meet Increasing Efficiency and Performance Requirements

May 29, 2009: Clean Coal Power R&D Co., Ltd. Wins the “Prime Minister Prize” of the Japan Industrial Technology Grand Prize with its IGCC Demonstration plant

May 29, 2009: Tokyo Electric Power Kawasaki Thermal Power Station Group 1 is Completed

May 29, 2009: Kansai Electric Power Sakaiko Power Station New Unit No.1 Starts Commercial Operation

May 29, 2009: Chugoku Electric Power Mizushima Power Station Unit No.1 Starts Commercial Operation

April 16, 2009: MHI, Wartsila and CSIC Joint Venture in China Completes Construction of Large Low-speed Marine Diesel Engine Plant

April 06, 2009: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group Acquires Maintenance Partners NV of Belgium