E-ffiliates welcomes Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) to advance innovations across industries
Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) has joined the E-ffiliates program to develop research-driven approaches for accelerating the uptake of new innovations, including clean energy and other environmental technologies.
Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) is a U.S. subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation, a leading investment and trading company that operates businesses across a variety of industries, including minerals, materials, energy, transportation, and food. While the company continues to grow its investments, it is also working to transform its portfolio to feature more sustainable technologies that boost the economic, societal, and environmental value of its business operations.
As an E-ffiliates member, the company will be able to connect with a network of researchers at Princeton working to better understand the opportunities and challenges facing deployment of new energy and environmental technologies. The company is also interested in engaging with Princeton’s ecosystem of energy and environmental startups.
“With the rapid development of myriad new technologies, it can be challenging to decipher which ones hold real potential,” noted Ryo Tateishi, from the business development team at Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas). “Through our company’s extensive global network and multi-industry expertise, we can apply these innovative concepts across a wide range of businesses, helping us identify those with the greatest potential for success.”
Chris Greig, the associate director for external partnerships at the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, said he is excited to welcome Mitsubishi as a company with a perspective that spans many industries critical to the global economy. Such a high-level view, he said, will empower researchers to identify and address the most pressing issues for achieving secure, sustainable, and affordable supplies of energy and materials.
“Our partnership with Mitsubishi will yield benefits in both directions,” said Greig, who is also the Theodora D. ’78 & William H. Walton III ’74 Senior Research Scientist in the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment. “Together, we will be able to lean into each other’s expertise to unlock insights across industries — each with their own unique characteristics and challenges — to enhance the speed and scale of clean innovation and push the needle toward a more sustainable future.”