Big in Japan

Japan is traditionally a tough market for international players to crack, thanks to a sense of pride in its own technological capabilities and a strong preference for locally made electronics. Huawei, nonetheless, has seen plenty of success, as explains Takaharu Mori, General Manager at Marubeni Techno-Systems Renewable Energy Businesss Division, a Japanese company with experience up and down the solar supply chain, which has partnered with Huawei since 2016 on multiple PV projects.

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pv magazine

02 Aug 2018

First, please can you explain how the division Marubeni Techno-Systems differs from what we generally know about Marubeni?Marubeni is famous as an IPP player in solar. While we as Marubeni Techno-Systems focus just on the trading. So for Huawei, we are a distributor of their products. Our USP is our background in the machinery industry.This …

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