In September 2014, four teams of employees from Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. Polish Branch entered the annual "Poland Business Run," a well-known charitable event held in five cities across Poland.
In total, around 20,000 runners took to the streets for the 5-leg relay race, which covers a total distance of around 20km. The event helps to raise funds for selected people with disabilities in each local area. For the race held in Krakow, Mitsubishi Electric entered 4 teams (ME Japan, ME Poland, ME Czech Republic, and ME Hungary) with the highest-placing team coming in at 74th place out of 600 teams.
In addition to their efforts during the race, Mitsubishi Electric also provided 4,000 bottles of water to support the runners. The Poland Branch President and Team Captain Hitoshi Namba commented, "While registering for the event we had the opportunity to meet a lady who would receive a new artificial leg from funds raised by the event. It was a good incentive to meet one of the people we would be supporting, and she was able to offer her thanks to us before the race."
