今日，三菱电机宣布其在老挝境内开设新公司，名为MELCO Elevator Lao Sole Co., Ltd. （简称为MLAO），以巩固“极有前途的”湄公河流域的电梯业务。三菱电机设立该公司是为了加强当地的电梯和自动扶梯销售业务。从上一个财政年度开始，老挝的年度销售额将提高50%。新公司将在7月1日起开始营运。三菱电梯（泰国）公司原本通过老挝当地一家名为Souvanny Home Center Public Co. 的公司进行电梯和自动扶梯的分销业务。现在，在泰国顺利完成了几个项目以后，三菱电梯（泰国）公司已经和新公司MLAO收购整合了该分销公司的电梯和自动扶梯业务。

　　　MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC LAUNCHES NEW COMPANY IN LAOS

　　Mitsubishi Electric Corp. announced that it has established a new company called MELCO Elevator Lao Sole Co., Ltd. (MLAO) to increase its elevator business in the Mekong regional market, which it calls “highly promising.” It is expected to strengthen Mitsubishi Electric’s sales of elevators and escalators. Annual sales in Laos are expected to rise 50% from the prior fiscal year. The new company will begin operations July 1. Mitsubishi Elevator (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (MET) has been distributing elevators and escalators in Laos through a local agent, Souvanny Home Center Public Co. (SVN). MET purchased and integrated SVN’s elevator and escalator business with MLAO after completing a number of successful projects in Thailand.