The history of Mitsubishi Electric is the history of the development of modern Japan. The company was founded in 1921, when from Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co. (today it is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.) the spinning factory located in Kobe, which produced electric motors for ocean vessels, The new company was named Mitsubishi Electric Corporation.

In the same year, having started the production and sale of electric fans, which quickly became the sales leader, the company entered the market of household electric equipment. Over the next 10 years, the company won a number of major contracts, including the creation of electric substations for Japanese railways.

In 1930, Mitsubishi Electric began the creation, installation and maintenance of elevators and escalators, as well as the production of equipment for power plants. The company continued to grow rapidly and actively expand its activities. By 1960, the company was one of the most innovative and diversified in Japan manufacturers of electrical equipment. In the early 60-ies the company began to develop production technologies, the emphasis in which was placed on a careful attitude to the environment. Note that this happened long before the state of ecology turned into a serious problem for mankind.

Over the next two decades, the company's activities went beyond Japan. At the same time, Mitsubishi Electric claimed to be a pioneer in the development of computers, advanced air conditioning systems, automotive electronics, satellites powered by solar panels, and nuclear power plants.

From 1980 to today, Mitsubishi Electric, with staggering speed, has brought to market its advanced technologies and products that contribute to the development of society, industry and end-users. These technologies include the world's first widescreen LED screen placed on sports arenas, the world's largest CRT television screen, the world's first spiral escalator, the world's fastest elevator, the antennas that made it possible to create the world's first commercial Internet access system on board an airplane in the air, and much more.

Today Mitsubishi Electric is an international giant in the production, marketing and sales of electrical and electronic equipment with a turnover of 41.4 billion US dollars (according to the 2014 financial year ending March 31, 2014), 124.3 thousand employees who work in 37 countries of the world .

Since 1969 Mitsubishi Electric has been operating on the European continent - this year the company's representative office in the UK was established in the City of London. Three years later, the expansion of the company's European operations began - its divisions opened in all key business centers in Europe and the Middle East. In 1996, the Dutch company Mitsubishi Electric Europe B. V. was established with headquarters in London, which united all European and part of the Middle Eastern divisions of Mitsubishi Electric.