The company's distinctive three diamonds originate from the three oak leaves of the Tosa crest and the three-stacked diamonds of the Iwasaki family crest. Mitsubishi, literally translated, means 'three diamonds.' Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America is a direct subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation of Japan; a separate company capitalized and traded on the Tokyo exchange. Mitsubishi invented the first rear-projection television and the first complete high definition TV system sold in the United States. In 1997 Mitsubishi opened a 400,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in North America. Using the latest in manufacturing science and technology, the facility is capable of producing more than 1,000 projection televisions in a single day. MDEA is primarily an American company with more than 99 percent of its employees based in North America. People from many cultures design and engineer the company s projection televisions at its headquarters in Irvine, Calif.
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