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title: "MHI CEO Ito urges new hires to drive innovation via groupwide “ITO” optimization strategy"
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description: "Mitsubishi Heavy Industries CEO Eisaku Ito urged over 1,100 new hires to focus on fundamentals as energy security and AI reshape demand. He emphasized the \"Innovative Total Optimization\" strategy to enhance productivity and profitability through collaboration. Fiscal 2026 is framed as the final year of the 2024 Business Plan, aiming for a cycle of higher profitability and reinvestment. Ito encouraged recruits to pursue challenges linking personal goals to social issues. The welcoming event included families of new hires online, marking a new format for MHI's annual ceremony."
datetime: "2026-04-01T04:32:35.000Z"
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# MHI CEO Ito urges new hires to drive innovation via groupwide “ITO” optimization strategy

-   Mitsubishi Heavy Industries President and CEO Eisaku Ito urged more than 1,100 new employees in fiscal 2026 to focus on company fundamentals as energy security, strategic supply chains, labor shortages, aging infrastructure, and AI reshape industrial demand. \* Ito positioned “Innovative Total Optimization” as core to raising productivity and profitability through group-wide optimization, scope expansion, and tighter collaboration across businesses. \* Management framed fiscal 2026 as final year of 2024 Business Plan, targeting a virtuous cycle of higher profitability and reinvestment to support growth. \* Ito told recruits to actively pursue challenge opportunities, linking personal goals to social issues and organizational priorities to accelerate development. \* Families of some new hires joined ceremony online, marking a new format for MHI’s annual welcoming event. Disclaimer: This news brief was created by Public Technologies (PUBT) using generative artificial intelligence. While PUBT strives to provide accurate and timely information, this AI-generated content is for informational purposes only and should not be interpreted as financial, investment, or legal advice. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. published the original content used to generate this news brief on April 01, 2026, and is solely responsible for the information contained therein. © Copyright 2026 - Public Technologies (PUBT) Original Document: here

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