- Headquarters
- Tokyo, Japan · East Asia
- Value chain
- Hardware & devices(Products); also Components & subsystems
- What that means
- Makes physical products under its own name: computers, robots, vehicles, aircraft, drones, satellites, batteries, solar modules, reactors and medical devices.
- Founded
- 1921
- Staff
- 150,000 (2024)
- Ownership
- Listed
- Listing
- TSE:6503 on Google Finance
- Website
- mitsubishielectric.com
- Relevance
- High at its strongest, in Compound & Power Semiconductors
Tokyo, JapanIn 5 capabilities
Each capability the company is listed in, most relevant first: how experts in the field see its global relevance there, why it is listed and the source.
Semiconductors & Advanced Computing · Manufacture · listed #5 of 50
Leading supplier of IGBT and SiC power modules for rail, industrial and EV use, and of GaN/GaAs high-frequency devices; it is building an 8-inch SiC fab in Kumamoto.
Relevance: Leading IGBT and SiC module supplier
Space Technologies · Manufacture · listed #12 of 50
Japan's leading satellite prime, building DS2000-bus communications satellites, the Michibiki QZSS navigation constellation and Himawari weather satellites, and it is a top patent applicant in this field.
Relevance: Japan's leading satellite prime with DS2000 bus
- Radar & Radiofrequency SensingModerate
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Design · listed #16 of 50
Japan's leading defence radar maker, building the J/FPS-5 missile-defence radar, the F-2's J/APG-1 AESA and FCS-3 naval radar, plus automotive radar.
Relevance: Japan's leading defence radar maker
Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies · Research · listed #30 of 50
Leading Japanese patent applicant in this field and builder of defence and satellite communication systems including the Kirameki X-band satellites.
Relevance: Patent activity but limited global reach here
Energy Technologies · Design · listed #38 of 50
Develops high-power microwave and solid-state laser sources and power electronics for Japanese directed energy programmes.
Relevance: Japanese HPM and laser source developer.