THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
Hideaki Omiya, president of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., left, and Hiroaki Nakanishi, president of Hitachi Ltd., in Tokyo on Nov. 29 after reaching a basic agreement on a tie-up in thermal power generation systems (Nobuhiro Shirai)
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and Hitachi Ltd. said Nov. 29 they will merge their thermal power businesses as part of a push to be ranked among the world's "Big Three" leaders in the industry.