OUR HISTORY

1967

• A representative office of Mitsubishi Electric was opened in Sydney (Australia Square)

1971

• Supply of Electrical Components for Rolling Stock started

1972

• Tumut 3 Power Station, Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme. Generators supplied by Mitsubishi Electric. 6 x 250 MW.

1974

• MELCO AUSTRALIA PTY LTD was incorporated, 100% subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan.

1975

• AWA-Thorn started importing and selling colour TV made for AWA-Thorn by Mitsubishi Electric of Japan

1978

• Awarded contract to supply electrical equipment for 10 off 85 class electric locomotives

1979

• Supply of Electrical Systems to A. Goninan & Co for the K-Set train contract

1980

• MELCO acquired AWA-Thorn

1982

• Changed name from MELCO AUSTRALIA PTY LTD to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (MEAUST)
• MEAUST awarded contract to supply electrical equipment for 50 x 86 class electric locomotives
• MEAUST Installed Diamond Vision screen at MCG, the first full-colour video replay scoreboard in Australia and the third such scoreboard in the world
• MEAUST purchases 51% of Meltron NZ. Melco NZ (BDT) is established.

1983

• First started selling Refrigerators in 1983 and until 1986
• Started selling Window/Wall & Split System Air Conditioners (AV models)
• Oct 1983 ~ 1986 MEAUST built 8 major city earth stations for the AUSSAT project, one of the first national communications satellite systems in the world.

1984

• MEAUST awarded contract to supply chopper equipment for suburban and intercity cars
• Supplied 2 x 250 MW generators to Wivenhoe Hydro Power Station

1985

• MEAUST established Cellular Mobile Telephone factory in Rydalmere, NSW.

1986

• MEAUST awarded contract to supply electrical equipment for Tangara train sets. At the time Tangara was one of the largest train contracts in the world (450 cars).
• MEAUST renamed "AWA-Thorn" to "Mitsubishi Electric AWA Pty Ltd"

1988

• Started selling Mr Slim Air Conditioners (AG models)
• Installed Diamond Vision screen at Sydney Football Stadium
• MEAUST officially opened Railway Factory at North Ryde

1996

• First Dead Tank Gas Circuit Breaker (DTGCB) in Australia sold to Hydro Tasmania

1997

• MEAUST installed MCG LED Diamond Vision screen
• Resumed selling Refrigerators in the Australian market

2000

• Installed Diamond Vision screen at Westpac Trust Stadium in New Zealand
  
• MEAUST sells 51% interest in Melco NZ/BDT

2003

• Optus C1 Satellite, designed and developed by Mitsubishi Electric, launched.
  
• MEAUST awarded contract to supply electrical equipment for OSCar train sets to UGL
• 2003 ~ 2005 - Energex order 5 x Gas Insulated Switchgear substations
• Major Sponsor of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs NRL football club

2006

• Blanket DTGCB supply contract secured with SPAusNet
  

2009

• Supplies 1 x 210 MW generators to Tamar Valley Hydro Power Station, Tasmania.

2010

• Energy Australia order 5 x 60MVA Gas Insulated Transformers for City South substation
• Blanket DTGCB supply contract secured with Powerlink

2011

• Satellite ST-2 launched for SingTel. Project managed by Optus.
• Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) video wall installed
• MEAUST total company sales exceed $300M for the first time.

2012

• MEAUST awarded contract to supply Passenger Information System equipment for Bucharest Metro
• MEAUST awarded contract to supply electrical equipment for Auckland Metro Rail
  

2013

• MEAUST installed Diamond Vision LED screen at Parramatta Stadium, home ground of the Western Sydney Wanderers A-League soccer team.
  
  
• MEAUST announced Western Sydney Wanderers FC Sponsorship

2014

• Australia’s first indoor skydiving facility iFly Downunder opened and powered by Mitsubishi Electric automation products such as Four FR-F700 variable speed drive (VSD) inverters, industry leading Q-Series Modular programmable logic controller(PLC), and CC-Link – Mitsubishi Electric’s proprietary industrial communication network.
  
• First BMS project for MEAUST installed for the Sutherland Shire Regional Art Gallery.

2015

• Installed Australia’s Highest Resolution Outdoor LED Display at Caulfield Racecourse.
• Extends partnership with Western Sydney Wanderers FC through until the end of the 2018/19 season.

2016

• Started supply of Starter Motors to Kenworth Australia
• Awarded contract for the Tangara Technology Upgrade (TTU) (425 cars)

2017

• Canberra Data Centre - 1st major chiller project

2018

• Supplied HVAC for the Commonwealth Games Athletes Village on the Gold Coast
• Established Robot business in Australia

2019

• Mitsubishi Electric Corporation acquired ICONICS. MEAUST became the distributor in Australia.
• Provided air conditioning for the 90 floor Brisbane Skytower, the tallest building in Brisbane.

2020

• Provided air conditioning for the 100 floor Australia 108 building, the tallest in Melbourne.

2021

• Added Western Sydney Wanderers Women's A League team to ongoing sponsorship.
• Brimbank City Council achieved the first indoor Aquatic Centre to achieve a Six-Star Green Star Design, with all electric pool heating using Chillers and City Multi heat recovery units.

2022

• Awarded contract to upgrade the OSCar Comms, Surveillance and TOS systems (220 cars)

2023

• Signed Collaboration Agreement with Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG)
• CHOICE Best Brand - Fridges - three years in a row.