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Mitsubishi Electric to Distribute Tablets to Employees
for More Efficient and Flexible Work Styles
TOKYO, May 31, 2018 – Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that it would
distribute approximately 20,000 tablets to all employees in Japan who currently use desktop personal
computers under a plan to facilitate more efficient and flexible work styles in the company’s domestic
workforce by March 2019. The initiative will create a mobile work-style environment for all 30,000 employees
who use PCs, which is expected to help reduce work time by seven hours per person per month on average, as
well as reduce paper-printing costs by 20 percent through increased paperless work and lower travel expenses
by 10 percent through increased online meetings and web conferences.

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The digitization of meetings will reduce both printing and record-keeping burdens, as well as the overall timerequired to hold meetings thanks to accelerated decision-making. Remote meetings can be held anytime andinclude people based anywhere, thereby eliminating the need for participants to spend time and money
traveling just to meet. Thin, lightweight 2-in-1 tablet PCs can be used not only as laptops but also as tablets toperform tasks such as touch-panel operations or recording memos with an electronic pen.
Since April 2016, Mitsubishi Electric has been promoting work-style innovations as a top priority to help
employees achieve better work-life balance and maintain their mental and physical health. One of the key
initiatives has been to improve business efficiency by shortening meeting agendas, lowering the frequency ofmeetings and reducing the volume of materials required for meetings. Such initiatives have been carried out
with four basic objectives in mind: improve productivity through more streamlined work; raise both
performance and efficiency; enhance both work and life; and strengthen intra-workplace communication.

###About Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
With nearly 100 years of experience in providing reliable, high-quality products, Mitsubishi ElectricCorporation (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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