From the CEO

Making Toshiba an even stronger global contender

As a result of the Great East Japan Earthquake, the business environment in Japan has greatly changed. Toshiba Group considers it our mission to contribute to the recovery of the disaster-stricken areas through our business activities, starting with supporting the restoration of the area's social infrastructure. We will overcome the challenges posed by the world business environment through accelerating the transformation of Toshiba Group's business structure with the aim of speeding up the growth of new and growing businesses and creating new profit bases, as we continue to strive to make Toshiba an even stronger global contender, one with unrivalled global competitiveness in our major business fields and with a robust financial foundation.

Toshiba Group will win over the global competition by developing “first in the world” products and services and achieving strong positions in markets where robust growth is expected, particularly in the emerging economies. We will also provide global markets with products and services that can continue to maintain the No. 1 market share in the world.

We will optimize our business structure to assure strong sustained growth and higher profitability. In the Digital Products and Home Appliances business segments, we will offer new enhanced fusion products and services and will maximize synergies through integrating technologies, sharing sales networks, and developing products that match regional needs. In the Electronic Devices business segment, where further growth is expected in NAND flash memories and power electronics, we will strengthen our products' technological and competitive strengths and accelerate the speed of our development of next-generation products.

In the Social Infrastructure business segment, to contribute to the realization of a low-carbon society, we are accelerating our capabilities and market position in the renewable energy field. In addition to providing renewable energy in power generation fields in which Toshiba already possesses an extensive record of experience such as geothermal power generation equipment, solar photovoltaic systems and hydroelectric power systems, we are expanding into new energy fields such as solar power and wind power. We will also continue to work to accelerate the global development of mainstay power-generation systems such as thermal power. We will go forward in the nuclear business by ascertaining each customer's situation and each country's energy policy trends. We will carry out measures to enhance safety at existing plants in accordance with the safety standards that will be revised based on the results of analyses currently being conducted by each-related organization. At the same time, we are also developing next-generation nuclear reactors that will be extremely safe.

With regard to Smart Community-related businesses, we will nurture these businesses into a new profit base by vertically integrating power control technology fields in which our company has a wealth of accumulated experience, such as power generation, transmission and distribution and Smart Grids. We will strive to become a global leader in the Smart Community field by creating revolutionary new energy-management systems.

By acting with unwavering integrity and continuing to increase our role as one of the world's foremost eco-companies, we will strive to enhance our reputation as a company that is trusted and admired all over the world and to contribute toward the realization of a sustainable future world.

I ask for your continued support and guidance.

Norio Sasaki
Director, President and CEO

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