Mitsubishi Electric : to Build Elevator Training Center at Inazawa Works in Japan
November 31, 2017 at 10:11 pm EDT
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New installation-education system expected to enhance safety, peace
of mind, and comfort
Mitsubishi
Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that it will
strengthen its education system for installation technicians, including
by constructing an elevator training center at the Inazawa Works, the
company’s mother factory for the manufacture of elevators and
escalators. In light of the increasing global demand for elevators, the
company plans to use the facility to enhance the quality of its elevator
installations and deliver higher levels of safety, peace of mind and
comfort. The training center is scheduled to begin operation in October
2018. The aim is to raise the number of new-installation technicians in
Japan to 1,000 and installation supervisors outside Japan to 350 by the
fiscal year ending in March 2020.
Details of New Training Center
Location
1 Hishi-machi, Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
(premises of Mitsubishi Electric Corp.’s Inazawa Works)
Building perimeter
411m2 (floor area: 2,182m2)
Start of operation
October 2018
Structure
Steel construction (6 stories)
Investment
990 million yen
Main Facilities
・Eleven shafts for hands-on installation training
・Eight elevators for hands-on training
・Hazard simulators
Background and Aims
Mitsubishi Electric has been providing practical training in elevator
installations at the training facilities of associated companies in
Japan and overseas. Due to the increasing scale of the global markets
for elevators and escalators, the company is facing a shortage of
installation technicians, so it urgently needs to expand the scale and
expertise of its installation workforce.
The new facility will be part of a highly practical and effective new
training system. The new curricula will include working in realistic
mock installation sites and safety awareness will be enhanced through
training incorporating virtual-reality (VR) and augmented-reality (AR)
technologies. As a result, the company expects to realize accelerated
education focusing on user and technician safety and installation
quality.
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Net sales break down geographically as follows: Japan (52.1%), Asia (24.9%), Europe (11.1%), North America (10.3%) and other (1.6%).
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