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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:50:00 +0900</pubDate>
		
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI to Transfer Mechatronics System Product Business to MHI-MS:]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, February 3, 2012 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) will transfer its mechatronics system product business of the Transportation System & Advanced Technology Division to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Mechatronics Systems, Ltd. (MHI-MS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of MHI in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, effective April 1, 2012. Today MHI and MHI-MS signed an absorption-type company split agreement. The initiative aims to enhance efficiency of mechatoronics system product business and strengthen the capability to respond to customers by establishing a structure to handle the entire process from installation of equipment to after-sale services by integrating the various functions into MHI-MS.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI to Establish Subsidiary to Handle Industrial Machinery Business]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/1202031497.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, February 3, 2012 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), will establish a new subsidiary to handle the industrial machinery business, including material handling systems and rubber & tire machinery, effective April 1, 2012. The new company, to be wholly-owned by MHI, will be created by integrating the industrial machinery business, currently being operated by the Industrial Machinery Business, Technology & Solutions Division of MHI, and three existing MHI group companies, including MEC Engineering Service Co., Ltd. (MEC). Today, MHI and MEC signed an absorption-type company split agreement, and MEC and two other MHI group companies signed absorption-type merger agreement. Through this initiative, MHI aims to establish an agile and strong business structure capable of responding to severe market environment changes, strengthen business and stabilize revenue bases.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:50:00 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Hitachi and Mitsubishi Corporation]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/120127.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, January 27, 2012 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI:TSE/7011), Hitachi, Ltd. (Hitachi: TSE/6501, NYSE/HIT) and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC: TSE/8058) today announced that they have been jointly selected as contractors for the Smart Community System Demonstration Project in Spain, by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) as the result of a feasibility study which was conducted from March through October 2011 by the three companies. The project, which is aligned with the Malaga Smartcity Project currently under way in Malaga, Spain, will demonstrate and verify various businesses necessary for establishing a next-generation transportation infrastructure enabling considerable reductions in CO2 emissions. The total budget of the demonstration project, to be conducted for a period through March 2016, is expected to be near 5 billon yen.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:50:00 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI to Establish Comprehensive "Engineering Headquarters"]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/1112151483.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, December 15, 2011 -  Effective January 1, 2012 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) will establish a new "Engineering Headquarters" that will comprehensively handle all company EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) operations by integrating related activities currently being undertaken separately by various business headquarters within the company. The move has three aims: to further strengthen the company's accumulated EPC technology and knowhow through integration; to respond swiftly to business opportunities involving large-scale infrastructure projects, which are now increasing in the overseas markets; and to boost profits from EPC operations while also providing support for business expansion of core products. The new business unit is also planned to function as a headquarters overseeing the company's solutions business, including smart community-related matters.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:20:00 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI to Transfer Mechatronics System Product Business to MHI-MS:]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/1111301477.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, November 30, 2011 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has decided to transfer its mechatronics system product business of the Transportation System & Advanced Technology Division, such as the high-level control system and some general machinery, to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Mechatronics Systems, Ltd. (MHI-MS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of MHI in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, effective April 1, 2012. The initiative aims to enhance efficiency of operation and strengthen the capability to respond to customers by establishing a structure to handle the entire process from installation of equipment to after-sale services by integrating the various functions into MHI-MS.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:40:01 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI to Establish Subsidiary to Handle Industrial Machinery Business,]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/1111301476.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, November 30, 2011 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), will establish a new subsidiary to handle the industrial machinery business, including material handling systems and rubber & tire machinery, effective April 1, 2012. The new company, to be wholly-owned by MHI, will be created by integrating the industrial machinery business, currently being operated by the Industrial Machinery Business, Technology & Solutions Division of MHI, and three existing MHI group companies, including MEC Engineering Service Co., Ltd. (MEC). Through this initiative, MHI aims to establish an agile and strong business structure capable of responding to severe market environment changes, strengthen business and stabilize revenue bases.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:40:00 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI Begins Installation of Radioactive Waste Storage Facility Equipment]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/1111141469.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, November 14, 2011 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has begun installation work of the equipment at the site of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc. (TEPCO), to deliver a facility to temporally store radioactive waste (sludge) generated in the processing of radiation-tainted water. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:20:01 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Carbon Capture Technology Successfully Deployed at Coal-fired Power Plant]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/1106141439.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, June 14, 2011 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) announced today the successful launch of operations at a 25 megawatt coal-fired carbon capture facility at Southern Company's Plant Barry, owned and operated by Alabama Power.  
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:00:01 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI Establishes Technology to Produce Biofuel Locally at Low Cost]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/1104211421.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, April 21, 2011 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has successfully established technology to produce ethanol for automobile fuel, satisfying the standards of the Japanese Automotive Standards Organization (JASO), from lignocellulose (soft cellulose) such as rice straw and barley straw. Verification of the technology has been conducted as a joint project involving the government, academia, and the agricultural and industrial sectors in Hyogo Prefecture, supported by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), to study effective utilization of lignocellulose. During the technological verification at a demonstration plant, the estimated fuel cost required for commercial-scale ethanol production was also confirmed to achieve the targeted goal. Going forward MHI will endeavor to develop the results of the project into early commercialization of bio-refinery technology in cooperation with companies and organizations concerned.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:00:01 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI to License Flue Gas Carbon Dioxide Recovery Technology]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/1012211394.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, December 21, 2010 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has signed a license agreement for carbon dioxide (CO2) recovery technology with National Fertilizers Limited (NFL), a state fertilizer company in India. NFL will use the technology to increase urea production at its existing Vijaipur Plant in Guna District, Madhya Pradesh State. The recovery units can capture 450 metric tons of CO2 per day, one of the world's largest capacities. The CO2 recovery plant is slated for completion in June 2012. Mitsubishi Corporation is handling the trade particulars.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:00:01 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI and Sojitz Receive $1 Billion Order from Russian Republic of Tatarstan]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, November 11, 2010 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Sojitz Corporation of Japan, jointly with China National Chemical Engineering Corporation (CNCEC), have received an order from Joint Stock Company Ammoni of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation, for a project to construct a large-scale urea fertilizer plant capable of producing ammonia and methanol concurrently. The contract, which will exceed US$1 billion in total, will be officially signed on November 13. The project will be the first large-scale fertilizer plant construction project in Russia in 20 years.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:00:01 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI Receives FEED Order for CO2 Capture Plant from E.ON UK]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/1008051370.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, August 5, 2010 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), in consortium with Foster Wheeler Energy Limited of the UK, has received an order from E.ON UK plc, to support the  front-end engineering design (FEED) for a post-combustion carbon dioxide (CO2) capture plant proposed as part of E.ON's planned new supercritical coal-fired power station in Kent, England, UK. The order comes on the heels of the earlier pre-FEED phase awarded by E.ON UK in June 2009. It follows the recent announcement by the UK Government's Department of Energy and Climate Change that E.ON has progressed to the next stage of it's competition comprised of a FEED study.  E.ON UK is one of two groups competing in the UK Government's competition to build one of the world's first industrial-scale carbon capture and storage demonstration plants.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:00:01 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI to Produce Gear Cutting Machines in China,]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/1008021369.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, August 2, 2010 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) is planning to launch production of gear cutting machines in China at a facility that will simultaneously serve as a production base for other company business. MHI has determined to build a new plant on the premises of Changshu Ryoju Machinery Co., Ltd. (CRM) in Changshu, Jiangsu Province, an existing local production base for the company's rubber tire machinery; the new facility will serve both for production of gear manufacturing equipment and for expanded production of rubber tire machinery. Adoption of this "shared factory" scheme will enable the company's gear machinery business to launch local production swiftly and cost-effectively. Production of gear cutting machines at the new plant is slated to commence in March 2011. The initiative will mark the implementation of MHI's first shared factory scheme for launching overseas production.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:00:01 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI and Hitachi Agree in Principle to Cooperate in]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/100622en.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, June 22, 2010 -- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT / TSE:6501) today announced that they have entered into a basic agreement to work cooperatively in the field of intra-city railway systems for overseas markets, with the goals of strengthening competitiveness in global markets and expanding business as a result. MHI and Hitachi find overseas intra-city railway systems are the area where the two companies can demonstrate their competitiveness most, thus they decided to work together ranging from marketing to construction, installation and maintenance in the field.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:30:01 +0900</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MHI Licenses Crane and Heavy-duty Material Handling Equipment]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story/1004131345.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, April 13, 2010 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has agreed to license its crane and material handling equipment technology for large-scale ports, including container cranes, to Anupam Industries Limited (ANUPAM), India's largest overhead crane builder. The two companies signed a licensing agreement in India today. Through licensing MHI aims to capture India's rapidly expanding market and also seeks to develop markets in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. With establishment of a joint venture in India also in its sights, MHI looks to accelerate business expansion in these regions in a quest to boost its overall ratio of overseas sales.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:00:01 +0900</pubDate>
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