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Mitsubishi Electric IoT Communication Gateway Wins “Best of the Best”
Red Dot Design Award
Mitsubishi Electric earns additional three product awards; fourth straight year to win one or more awards
TOKYO, July 9, 2018 – Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that its Mitsubishi
Communication Gateway XS-5R/XS-5T, an environment-resistant IoT communication gateway, has been
selected as “Best of the Best” in the Product Design category of the Red Dot Design Award. This was
Mitsubishi Electric’s first Best of the Best award for international design and the company’s fourth straightyear to be presented one or more Red Dot Design Awards.
Three other Mitsubishi Electric products also won international Product Design 2018 awards: the MSZ-AP
series room air conditioner, the MLZ-KP/MLZ-RX/MLZ-GX/MLZ-HX unidirectional ceiling-mounted
cassette-type air conditioner series, and the Ecodan PUHZ-AA series air-to-water heat pump outdoor unit.

Mitsubishi Communication Gateway XS-5R/XS-5T
environment-resistant IoT communication gateway

The Mitsubishi Communication Gateway XS-5R/XS-5T is a gateway device for remote monitoring, failure
prediction, integrated management of multiple sites and other IoT solutions. In addition to applications infactories and buildings, it is used for infrastructure-safety and security functions such as remote monitoring ofsea and river water levels and failure prediction for solar and wind power generation equipment and facilities.

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The following points were rated highly by the judging panel:
1)

Simple design expressing a high level of performance and dependability
The product has a simple and sturdy form based on powerful square motifs to expression its high-levelsecurity performance based on sophisticated encryption technology and dependability for safe
connections via the cloud and other such use. Its strong appeal was enhanced by the symbolic treatment
and central placement of the brand logo to add an element of tension.

2)

Interface design created from the user's perspective
The indicator portion protrudes in a prism shape with a triangular cross-section so that operation status
can be checked in a variety of installation situations, including mounting on walls (see rendering 1), suchas inside a control panel next to other equipment (see rendering 2) or horizontally on a rack (see rendering3). The displays on the indicator portion are pictograms illuminated by backlighting (see rendering 4) foreasy reading from various angles and for intuitive grasping of the operating status even in dark locations
where printed characters are not readable.

3)

Water-resistant and dust-resistant structure for versatile usage
A water-resistant and dust-resistant construction rated for IP53* compliance enables use in a variety ofenvironments, including dusty equipment rooms and plants, around exposure to industrial water, and soon. While water-resistant and dust-resistant construction often requires complicated designing, drastic
reconsideration of this and other factors resulted in a simple design.

* IP rating for water resistance and dust resistance defined by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).
The first digit is the dust-resistance rating and the second digit is the water-resistance rating

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Rendering 1: wall-mounted installation

Rendering 2: installation inside control panel
next to other equipment

Rendering 3: horizontal mounting on a rack

Rendering 4: Backlit pictogram display

Three Air Conditioning Products Awarded Product Design Awards

MSZ-AP seriesroom air conditioner

MLZ-KP/MLZ-RX/MLZ-GX/MLZ-HX
unidirectional ceiling-mounted cassette-type
air conditioner series

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Ecodan PUHZ-AA series
air-to-water heat pump outdoor unitAbout Red Dot Design Award
This international design competition is organized by Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Germany.
Founded in 1955, it is considered to be one of the world’s three major design awards, alongside the iF DesignAwards and the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA). Awards are presented in three categories:
Product Design, Communication Design, and Design Concept. Product Design covers products
commercialized worldwide within the past two years. Entries are judged by nine criteria, including degree ofinnovation, functionality, formal quality, ergonomics, durability. The 2018 awards attracted more than 6,300
applications from corporations and designers in 59 countries.
Other Recent Red Dot Design Awards in the Product Design Category Received By Mitsubishi Electric2017

2016

Elevator NEXIEZ-S
CCTV Camera MELOOK Series (NC-7000/NC-7020 fixed cameras and NC-7600/NC-7620
dome cameras)
Programmable Controller MELSEC iQ-R Series
Room Air Conditioner Kirigamine Zen MSZ-EF VE2 Series

2015
Destination Oriented Allocation System (Elevator Control Panel)

MSZ, MLZ, MELOOK, MELSEC and MELSEC iQ-R are registered trademarks of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation inJapan and other countries.

###About Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
With nearly 100 years of experience in providing reliable, high-quality products, Mitsubishi Electric
Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) is a recognized world leader in the manufacture, marketing and sales of electricaland electronic equipment used in information processing and communications, space development and satellite
communications, consumer electronics, industrial technology, energy, transportation and building equipment.
Embracing the spirit of its corporate statement, Changes for the Better, and its environmental statement, EcoChanges, Mitsubishi Electric endeavors to be a global, leading green company, enriching society withtechnology. The company recorded consolidated group sales of 4,431.1 billion yen (US$ 41.8 billion*) in thefiscal year ended March 31, 2018. For more information visit:
www.MitsubishiElectric.com*At an exchange rate of 106 yen to the US dollar, the rate given by the Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market on
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