Strong competitiveness in its core factory automation and power generation businesses Strong resilience against a weak earnings environment, thanks to structural business reform Likely improvement in key profit and financial indicators Conservative financial policy and stable financing base Orders recovery from automobile and industrial machinery sectors may take time Low profit margins for a company rated in the 'A' category Potential support risk to equity method affiliate Renesas Electronics Corp. Mitsubishi Electric Corp. suffered a material decline in its profitability due to the economic slowdown caused by the financial crisis in the fall of 2008. However, the company achieved a substantial increase in operating profits in fiscal 2009 (ended March 31, 2010), despite a decrease in revenues, as a result
