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Calsonic Kansei Corporation (President & CEO: Hiroshi Moriya; Headquarters: Kita-ku,Saitama-city) announces its President & CEO, Hiroshi Moriya, will call on Governor Kiyoshi Ueda of Saitama Prefecture to report on the results and contributions to the region by Calsonic Kansei through its various activities.

Ever since Calsonic Kansei established its R&D Center in Saitama-city in 2008, together with the shifting of its headquarters from Tokyo's Nakano-ku, Saitama has been Calsonic Kansei's nucleus for its global expansion reaching out to 78 sites around the world.Calsonic Kansei achieved consolidated sales of 669.4 billion yen in FY2008, the first year of its shift. This increased to 965.6 billion yen in FY2014, and is expected to exceed one
trillion yen for the first time in FY2015.

Together with its global expansion, Calsonic Kansei works to be a corporation recognized and trusted by the local community in Saitama Prefecture, carrying out various activities such as the implementation of workplace charging and opening the use of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to the public; clean-up activities of the surroundings; securing water sources through provision of drinking water during times of disaster; organizing of Environmental Communication discussions involving the local communities; and contributing to the development of talents for the prefecture's corporations through collaborations with the prefecture's Department of Industry and Labor, and efectural technical professional schools.

Calsonic Kansei will continue to carry out such initiatives, as it works towards cooperation and co-existence with the local community.

Details of visit

Date and time: March 10, 2016, 9:30 a.m. to 9:40 a.m.
Venue: Governor's Office, Saitama Prefectural Office

Note: Workplace charging
Charging stations are installed at a company's office buildings and plants so that employees and visitors can charge electric vehicles (EV) while working or carrying out business. This initiative aims to make the usage of EV even more pleasant and convenient, and at the same time conserve the surrounding
environment through reducing emission gases.