NEC Asia Pacific’s Regional Retail Business Support Center Launched
Gala Dinner & NEC Solutions Showcase in Malaysia
(From left to right) Mr. Toshiya Matsuki, CEO NEC Asia Pacific; Mr. Manabu Kinoshita, Senior Vice-President, NEC
Corporation; Mr. Shigeru Nakamura, Ambassador of Japan, His Excellency; Datuk Dr. Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria, Secretary
General of the Ministry of International Trade & Industry (MITI); Mr. Andrew Lee, Managing Director, NEC Corporation of Malaysia Sdn Bhd; and Mr. Chikara Ishii,
Associate Senior Vice-President, NEC Corporation during the Sake Drum Breaking ceremony at The Gardens Hotel Ballroom in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
KUALA LUMPUR, May 20, 2013 – NEC Asia Pacific Pte Ltd (NEC APAC), the Asia Pacific regional headquarters of NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE 6701),
established a “Regional Retail Business Support Center” (RBSC) in Malaysia in March 2013. To mark its launch, NEC
Malaysia hosted a gala dinner and NEC solutions showcase at The Gardens Hotel Ballroom on 16 May 2013.
The RBSC dinner took place in conjunction with an NEC solutions showcase and a Sake Drum Breaking ceremony. The event
was attended by the Ambassador of Japan, His Excellency, Shigeru Nakamura, Secretary General of the Ministry of
International Trade & Industry (MITI), Datuk Dr. Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria as well as executives from NEC Corporation, including Senior
Vice-President, Mr. Manabu Kinoshita, Associate Senior Vice-Presidents, Mr. Chikara Ishii and Mr. Toshiya Matsuki, who
is also the CEO of NEC Asia Pacific.
The NEC solutions showcase featured some of NEC’s retail and business solutions through the set-up of booths
demonstrating a restaurant, boutique, meeting room, server room and smart energy room.
NEC is now seeking to standardize retail solutions to promote its expertise in system planning, development, operation
and maintenance on a global scale through the RBSC.
The RBSC will also help to formulate regional strategy and support sales, technological issues and human resource
development, while working in cooperation with with NEC’s Southeast Asian affiliates, including those in Malaysia,
Indonesia and Thailand, in order to expand NEC’s services throughout a wide range of retail businesses.
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