Mitsubishi's most recognizable U.S. motto is "A NEW POWER SOURCE FOR THE AMERICAS, IN THE AMERICAS". On March 14, 2002, Mitsubishi inaugurated its newly completed 120,000 square foot component repair and component manufacturing facility. The dedication ceremony demonstrates Mitsubishi's deep financial commitment to U.S. and Western Hemisphere customers to be a long term "local hub" of service capability bringing the quality and discipline that the symbol of the three diamonds signifies.

This state-of-the-art turbine service and component manufacturing center located in Central Florida provides comprehensive repair, manufacturing and engineering services for Mitsubishi's installed fleet of gas and steam turbines in the western hemisphere and western Europe.

In addition to component repair and manufacturing, the Orlando Service Center provides a broad menu of customer support activities including combustion turbine and steam turbine outage planning and management, support for long term service contracts, combustion turbine parts inventory, remote monitoring and expert diagnostics and operator training, as well as performance upgrades to aging steam turbines.

Over 300 of Mitsubishi's customers, partners and the media attended the celebration, which included presentations, facility tours and a unique dining experience. Several dignitaries officially opened the event including Ray Gilley, President and CEO, Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission; O. Wakazono, Member, Board of Directors and Deputy General Manager, Mitsubishi Power Systems Headquarters; N. Fuseya, President and CEO; H. Ponce, Executive Vice President and D. Walsh, Vice President, Service & Manufacturing for Mitsubishi Power Systems. During his speech, Mr. H. Ponce stated, "With more than 30,000MW of combustion and steam turbine installed generating capacity in the Americas, we are well positioned to support the existing and expanding fleet with a broad scope of service technologies".

In addition to the dedication ceremonies, Mitsubishi's Service Center has recently hosted the inaugural Steam Turbine Users Association meetings. Held the second week in May, the Steam Turbine Users group was organized to facilitate operating fleet shared experiences and lessons learned and identified new technologies available that improve both reliability and performance of installed steam turbines in North America.

Mitsubishi Power Systems Orlando Service Center is the local service presence of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in the Western Hemisphere. MHI is a Fortune Global 150 company with more than $25 billion in annual revenues employing more than 40,000 people worldwide. Combining the best of multiple cultures, conservative design engineering traditions and a commitment to move at the speed of her customers, the Orlando Service Center is best positioned to bring maximum satisfaction to partners and customers in the Americas and Western Europe.