KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. manufacture and sells monochrome and color printers, multifunctional products, wide format systems, and parts and supplies. It offers managed document services, global services, and business applications. The company was founded in November 1934 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.

United Technologies Corporation provides technology products and services to the building systems and aerospace industries worldwide. Its Otis segment designs and manufactures escalators, moving walkways, and passenger and freight elevators. The company's Carrier segment offers residential, commercial, and industrial HVAC and refrigeration systems and equipment; food service equipment; building automation and controls; and HVAC and refrigeration components, as well as provides retrofit and aftermarket services. Its UTC Fire & Security segment provides fire and special hazard detection and suppression systems, fire fighting equipment, electronic security, monitoring, and rapid response systems and service, as well as offers security personnel services. The company's Pratt & Whitney segment supplies aircraft engines for the commercial, military, business jet, and general aviation markets; industrial gas turbines; space propulsion systems; and spare parts, as well as provides fleet management services, and maintenance, repair, and overhaul services. United Technologies' Hamilton Sundstrand segment offers aerospace products, including power generation, management and distribution systems, flight systems, engine control systems, environmental control systems, fire protection and detection systems, auxiliary power units, propeller systems, and industrial products, such as air compressors, metering pumps, and fluid handling equipment. This segment also provides aftermarket services, such as spare parts, overhaul and repair, engineering and technical support, and fleet maintenance programs. Its Sikorsky segment manufactures military and commercial helicopters, as well as provides aftermarket helicopter and aircraft parts and services. In addition, the company develops geothermal power systems and fuel cell power plants for stationary, transportation, space, and defense applications. United Technologies Corporation was founded in 1934 and is based in Hartford, Connecticut.

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United-Tech, Inc. manufactures environmental solutions. It develops microorganism/enzyme formulas to reduce or eliminate chemical treatment in wastewater, aquaculture, oil and gas, and residential systems. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Tulsa, OK.

Meta is a social technology company that enables people to connect, find communities, and grow businesses. Previously known as Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg announced the company's rebrand to Meta on October 28, 2021, at the company's annual Connect Conference. Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in Menlo Park, California in 2004. With millions of more users, [Friendster] attempted to acquire the company for $10 million in mid-2004. Facebook turned down the offer and subsequently received $12.7 million in funding from [Accel Partners] at a valuation of around $100 million. Facebook continued to grow opening up to high school students in September 2005 and adding a photo-sharing feature the next month. The next spring, Facebook received $25 million in funding from [Greylock Partners] and [Meritech Capital] as well as previous investors [Accel Partners] and [Peter Thiel]. The pre-money valuation for this deal was about $525 million. Facebook subsequently opened up to work networks eventually amassing over 20,000 work networks. Finally, in September 2006, Facebook was opened to anyone with an email address. Facebook continued to receive funding most notably in January 2011 receiving $1.5 billion and valuing the company at $50 billion. A year later in February 2012, Facebook announced that it was filing for its long-anticipated initial public offering. The company went public on May 18, 2012 opening in [NASDAQ] with shares trading at $42.05. Facebook announced positive numbers in February 2012 upon filing for its IPO. As of July 2013, over 1.15 billion users have logged into Facebook every month and 669 million users daily. Mobile users now make up half of Facebook’s user base with 819 million monthly active. Facebook is one of the most trafficked sites in the United States. Additionally, Facebook is the top photo-sharing site with 250 million photos uploaded per day. The company has a strategic partnership with AXA Group to develop marketing and commercial collaboration in the digital, social, and mobile sphere. Meta is currently the owner of many applications and services such as Facebook App, Instagram, Whatsapp, Oculus VR, Pagemodo Pagebuilder, [RSS Graffiti], Huddle, and more. Facebook is the world’s largest social network with over 2.9 billion monthly active users.

Japan Engineering Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Advantest Corp., is a company headquartered in Kawasaki, Japan. The firm manufactures testing equipment for semiconductors. Advantest Corp. acquired Japan Engineering Co., Ltd. on December 16, 2004.

Matsushita Electronics Corp. develops and manufactures electronic products. Its products include plasma TVs, DVD players, and digital cameras. It is a subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. The company is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.

State Grid Sichuan Electric Power Company Yibin Power Supply Company, established on 1993-04-24, Business scope includes electricity production,Sales;power delivery;Demonstration of electric power construction project,survey design,construction,device installation,debugging,bidding,Acceptance management;Unified planning of power grid,the construction,Scheduling and Operations Management;Technical extension services;Design of electrical equipment and accessories,manufacture,processing,Sales and Consulting;road freight transport;Loading and unloading;Warehousing;Professional technical service industry;Technology intermediary service;Undertake(build,try)power facilities;Environmental monitoring;Metrology certification;Power forensic identification;Energy saving service;property management;Car rental,Battery rental;business services;Commodity wholesale and retail;Import and export industry.(Items subject to approval by law,Business activities can only be carried out after approval by relevant departments)

Nanjing Youjia Technology Co., Ltd., established on 2005-07-29, Business scope includes computer and peripheral equipment sales,Technical Service and Repair;software development,Sales,Serve;public safety equipment,Traffic engineering equipment,Building intelligence and municipal engineering,Electrical Equipment,Design of Power Engineering Equipment,Sales,Install,Technical Services;energy saving,Environmental Protection and Industrial Pollution Control,Design of engineering and equipment for waste treatment and comprehensive utilization,Sales,Engineering installation;Artificial environment control equipment,Communication Electronics;microelectronic integrated circuit,office equipment,Instrumentation,Sales of optical, mechanical and electrical integration equipment;Consulting and services for high-tech projects;Self-operated and agent import and export business of various commodities and technologies(Except for commodities and technologies that the state restricts enterprises to operate or prohibits import and export);arts and crafts,Office Supplies,gifts,Souvenirs,Daily necessities,Stationery sales;Multimedia production(Does not include film and television production);All kinds of domestic advertising design,make,acting,release;Power transmission and transformation engineering design,construction,technical consulting;Undertake,undertook,Test power supply equipment(A license or approval is required to operate);Electrical equipment installation,debugging,repair;Electrical equipment and accessories,Sales of building materials;Labor dispatch;drone,R&D of industrial robots,design,Sales,Leasing and technical consultation,Technical Services;Mapping service;Research and development of infrared temperature measurement equipment,Sales and technical service.(Items subject to approval by law,Business activities can only be carried out after approval by relevant departments)

Nipro Corp. engages in the manufacture and sale of medical equipment, pharmaceutical products, and glass products. Its operations are carried out through the following segments: Medical related, Pharmaceutical related, Pharma Packaging, and Others. The Medical related segment provides injection and infusion-related products, artificial organ-related products, functional products, and dialysis and diabetes-related products. The Pharmaceutical related segment involves the manufacture and sale of injections, oral agents, and pharmaceutical kit products. The Pharma Packaging segment provides glass products for bottle tubes, ampoules, thermos-use, and lighting. The Others segment includes real estate leasing. The company was founded on July 8, 1954 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.

Koninklijke Philips NV is a technology company, which engages in the healthcare, lighting, and consumer well-being markets. It operates through the following segments: Diagnosis and Treatment businesses; Connected Care businesses; Personal Health businesses; and Other. The Diagnosis and Treatment businesses segment consists systems, smart devices, software and services, powered by AI-enabled informatics-that support precision diagnoses and minimally invasive procedures in therapeutic areas such as cardiology, peripheral vascular, neurology, surgery, and oncology. The Connected Care businesses segment consists Hospital Patient Monitoring, Emergency Care, Sleep & Respiratory Care and Connected Care Informatics. The Personal Health businesses segment consists of Oral Healthcare, Personal Care,Mother and Child Care. The Other segment reports on the items Innovation & Strategy, IP Royalties, Central costs, and other small items. The company was founded by Anton Frederik Philips and Gerard Leonard Frederik Philips in 1891 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Intel Corp. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of computer products and technologies. It delivers computer, networking, data storage, and communications platforms. The firm operates through the following segments: Client Computing Group (CCG), Data Center and AI (DCAI), Network and Edge (NEX), Mobileye, Accelerated Computing Systems and Graphics (AXG), Intel Foundry Services (IFS), and All Other. The CCG segment consists of platforms designed for notebooks, 2-in-1 systems, desktops, tablets, phones, wireless and wired connectivity products, and mobile communication components. The DCAI segment delivers solutions to cloud service providers and enterprise customers, along with silicon devices for communications service providers and high-performance computing customers. The NEX segment offers computing system solutions from inflexible fixed-function hardware to general-purpose compute, acceleration, and networking devices running cloud native software on programmable hardware. The Mobileye segment develops driving assistance and self-driving solutions. The AXG segment provides products and technologies designed to help customers solve the toughest computational problems. Its products include CPUs for high-performance computing and GPUs targeted for a range of workloads and platforms, from gaming and content creation on client devices to delivering media and gaming in the cloud, and the most demanding high-performance computing and AI workloads on supercomputers. The IFS segment refers to full stack solutions created from the foundry industry ecosystem. The All Other segment represents results from other non-reportable segments and corporate-related charges. The company was founded by Robert Norton Noyce and Gordon Earle Moore on July 18, 1968, and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

SGCC was founded on Dec. 29th, 2002 as a pilot state-owned corporation by the State Council. As a backbone state-owned enterprise that may affect national energy safety and economic lifelines, SGCC's core business is to build and operate power grids and provides secure and reliable power supply for the development of the society. With a registered capital of RMB 200 billion yuan and service area covering 26 provinces,autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the jurisdiction of the Central Government which equals to 88% of the national territory. SGCC carries out the president responsibility system. The president is the legal corporate representative of SGCC. By the end of 2005, SGCC accumulated a total asset of RMB1176.7 billion yuan with a debt-asset ratio of 61.96%, and possessed 195,899 km of 220kV and above transmission lines with a transforming capacity up to 616.64 GVA. SGCC has 1.502 million employees and serves 128 million customers. In 2005, SGCC sold electric power up to 1464.6 TWh and achieved an operation income of RMB 721.4 billion yuan with a net profit of RMB14.4 billion yuan profit & tax of RMB 60.4 billion yuan. SGCC was ranked the 40th in the Fortune Global 500 in 2005.

NEC Corp. engages in the provision of systems, components, services, and integrated solutions for computing and communications applications. It operates through the following segments: Public Business, Enterprise Business, Telecom Carrier Business, System Platform Business, and Others. The Public Business segment provides system integration (system architecture and consulting), support (maintenance), outsourcing and cloud services, and system equipment for public, medical and financial institutions. The Enterprise Business segment offers information technology solutions for manufacturing, retail, and services. The Telecom Carrier Business segment supplies equipment to telecom carriers for network implementation, along with network control platform systems and operating services. The System Platform Business deals with products from business such as from terminals to network and computer equipment, software products, and service platforms. The Others segment includes smart energy solutions, mobile phones, and lighting equipment businesses. The company was founded by Kunihiko Iwadare on July 17, 1899 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Xerox Corporation (/ˈzɪərɒks/; also known as Xerox) is an American global corporation that sells print and digital document products and services in more than 160 countries. Xerox is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut (having moved from Stamford, Connecticut in October 2007), though its largest population of employees is based around Rochester, New York, the area in which the company was founded. The company purchased Affiliated Computer Services for $6.4 billion in early 2010. As a large developed company, it is consistently placed in the list of Fortune 500 companies.

Hitachi Ltd. is engaged in the manufacture and sale of electrical equipment. It operates through the following segments: Information Technology (IT), Energy, Industry, Mobility, Life, Hitachi High Technologies, Hitachi Construction Machinery, Hitachi Metals, Hitachi Chemical and Others. The IT segment handles systems integration, consulting, control systems, cloud services, software, IT products such as storage and servers, and automated teller machines. The Energy segment pertains to power generation systems (nuclear power, renewable energy & thermal power) and power grid systems. The Industry segment covers industrial and distribution systems, water & environment systems, and industrial equipment. The Mobility segment includes building systems like elevators & escalators, and railway systems. The Life segment manages medical equipment; life & ecosystems such as refrigerator, washing machine, room & commercial air conditioner; automotive systems including powertrain system, chassis systems and advanced driving support systems. The Hitachi High Technologies segment covers medical & life science products, analytical equipment, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, manufacturing & inspection equipment, and advanced industrial materials. The Hitachi Construction Machinery segment handles hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, mining machines, maintenance services, civil engineering solutions, and mine operation management systems. The Hitachi Metals segment manages special steel products, base material products, magnetic materials, power electronics, and wire materials. The Hitachi Chemical segment covers functional materials (electronic materials, wiring board materials & electronic components), advanced components and systems (mobility materials, power storage devices & life science related products). The Others segment provides optical disc drives and real estate management services. The company was founded by Namihei Odaira in 1910 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Jiangsu Electric Power Co. is a state-owned electric company that is mainly engaged in the constructions, management, sales & maintenance of pwer grids. The company also handles the construction, building, research, management & power-related design of electric companies within Jiangsu Province. The company was founded in December, 1988 and is headquartered in Jiangsu, CN.

China Baowu Steel Group Corp. Ltd. engages in state-owned capital investment and operation. It focuses on steel production, green development, intelligent manufacturing, and service transformation. The company was founded on January 1, 1992 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

JFE Steel Corp. engages in the manufacture and sale of steel products. Its products include steel plates for ships and bridges, steel sheet for automobiles, home electrical appliances, and wall and roof construction, special steel, structural steel, stainless steel, steel rods for construction, and steel-pipe. The company was founded on April 1, 2003and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan

The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), led by President Chubachi, is a public research institution funded by the Japanese government to a large extent. The present AIST is a rather new research organization established in 2001. However, AIST and its predecessor organizations have been contributing to society through continuous advancement in technologies and support to Japanese industries since 1882. Headquarters of AIST are located in Tsukuba and Tokyo. AIST has over 40 autonomous research units in various innovative research fields, and the units are located at ten research bases and several sites (smaller than research bases) of AIST all over Japan. About 2300 researchers (about 2000 with tenure: about 80 from abroad) and a few thousands of visiting scientists, post-doctoral fellows, and students from home and abroad are working at AIST. About 650 permanent administrative personnel and many temporary staff support research works of AIST.