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Hitachi, Ltd
Type Public (TYO: 6501 NYSEHIT)
Founded 1910
Headquarters Marunouchi-1, Chiyoda, Tokyo,
Flag of Japan Japan
Key people Namihei Odaira, Founder
Kazuo Furukawa, President
Industry Industrial conglomerates
Products industrial machinery, power plants, information systems, electronics, materials, financial services
Revenue ¥10,248 billion ($94.998 billion USD (2007)
Employees 384,444 (2007 consolidated)
Website www.hitachi.com

Hitachi, Ltd (株式会社日立製作所 Kabushiki-kaisha Hitachi Seisakusho?) (TYO: 6501, NYSEHIT) is a multinational corporation specializing in high-technology and services headquartered in Marunouchi Itchome, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company is the parent of the Hitachi Group (Hitachi Gurūpu) as part of the larger DKB Group companies. The Tokyo Stock Exchange ), or TSE, is one of the largest stock exchange markets in the world by monetary volume located in Tokyo, Japan, second only to the New York Stock Exchange. ... The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Board, is a New York City-based stock exchange. ... Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... In front of the Marunouchi gate of Tokyo Station The Marunouchi gate of Tokyo Station Skyline of Marunouchi district, viewed from Imperial Palace gardens Marunouchi (丸の内) is a commercial district of Tokyo located in Chiyoda between Tokyo Station and the Imperial Palace. ... National Diet Building, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Yasukuni Shrine, Kudan Kita 3-1-1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Otemon, the Great Gate of Edo Castle (Kokyo) Chiyoda (千代田区; -ku) is a special ward in central Tokyo, Japan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... For the tax agency in Ireland of the same name, see Revenue Commissioners. ... Yen redirects here. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... This article is about work. ... A website (alternatively, web site or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or more web servers, usually accessible via the Internet. ... The Tokyo Stock Exchange ), or TSE, is one of the largest stock exchange markets in the world by monetary volume located in Tokyo, Japan, second only to the New York Stock Exchange. ... The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Board, is a New York City-based stock exchange. ... multinational corporation (or transnational corporation) (MNC/TNC) is a corporation or enterprise that manages production establishments or delivers services in at least two countries. ... National Diet Building, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Yasukuni Shrine, Kudan Kita 3-1-1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Otemon, the Great Gate of Edo Castle (Kokyo) Chiyoda (千代田区; -ku) is a special ward in central Tokyo, Japan. ... For other uses, see Tokyo (disambiguation). ... The DKB Group ) or the Dai-Ichi Kangyo Group is the largest Japanese keiretsu. ...


On the 2007 Forbes Global 2000 list, Hitachi is ranked number 371. The Forbes Global 2000 - is an annual ranking of the top 2000 corporations in the world by Forbes magazine. ...

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History

Hitachi was founded in 1910 as an electrical repair shop. Today, it is one of the leading manufacturers in new technology.


Hitachi Works

Hitachi Works is the oldest member of the Hitachi Group and consists of three factories: Kaigan, Yamatte, and Rinkai Works. Yamatte Works, the oldest of the three factories, was founded in 1910 by Namihei Odaira as an electrical equipment repair and manufacturing facility. This facility was named Hitachi, and is regarded as the ancestral home of Hitachi, Ltd.


Many management trainees intern at Hitachi Works before being permanently assigned to other Hitachi divisions. Senior management personnel are often participants in rotations at Hitachi Works for a few years as their career develops towards eventual head office stature. As a result, many of the senior managers of Hitachi Ltd have passed through Hitachi Works. In leadership development, an approach to management development is job rotation where an individual is moved through a schedule of assignments designed to give him or her a breadth of exposure to the entire operation. ...


Spin-off entities from Hitachi Works include Hitachi Cable (1956) and Hitachi Canadian Industries (1988). A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ... Hitachi Cable, Ltd. ... Hitachi Canadian Industries Ltd. ...


In 2007, Hitachi won the Investment in People Award, Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards from Enterprise Asia, a regional NGO based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for their continued efforts in building human talents.


Main products and services

Hitachi pavilion at Expo 2005 in Nagakute, Aichi, featuring an artificial waterfall cut through the building and facade
Hitachi pavilion at Expo 2005 in Nagakute, Aichi, featuring an artificial waterfall cut through the building and facade

Hitachi divides its operations into seven industry segments. These segments are listed below with the main products and services offered by each. The figure in parentheses shown with each segment is the percentage of total revenue (for the fiscal year ended March 2007) derived from that segment. A part of the Global Loop at Expo 2005 Expo with the Corporate Pavilions in the background Wonder Circus, the Electric Power Pavilion Expo 2005 was the Worlds Fair held in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, east of the city of Nagoya. ... Nagakute (長久手町; -cho) is a town located in Aichi District, Aichi, Japan. ...


Information and Telecommunication Systems (21%)

Electronic Devices (11%) System integration is the bringing together of the component subsystems into one system and ensuring that the subsystems function together as a system. ... Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of a computer for some purpose. ... A hard disk drive (HDD), commonly referred to as a hard drive, hard disk or fixed disk drive,[1] is a non-volatile storage device which stores digitally encoded data on rapidly rotating platters with magnetic surfaces. ... In information technology, a server is an application or device that performs services for connected clients as part of a client-server architecture. ... For other uses, see Mainframe. ... Cash machine redirects here. ...

Power & Industrial Systems (26%) LCD redirects here. ... A power tool is a tool with a motor. ... Semiconductor devices are electronic components that exploit the electronic properties of semiconductor materials, principally silicon, germanium, and gallium arsenide. ...

Digital Media & Consumer Products (13%) For other uses, see Elevator (disambiguation). ... Escalators at Canary Wharf, London. ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ...

High Functional Materials & Components (15%) An example of a plasma display A plasma display panel (PDP) is a type of flat panel display now commonly used for large TV displays (typically above 37-inch or 940 mm). ... LCD redirects here. ... An American family watching television in the 1950s. ... An LCD projector is a type of video projector for displaying video, images or computer data on a screen or other flat surface. ... A stylised representation of a mobile phone A mobile phone is a device which behaves as a normal telephone whilst being able to move over a wide area ( cordless phone which acts as a telephone only within a limited range). ... Fridge redirects here. ... A digital audio player (DAP) is a device that stores, organizes and plays digital music files. ... Front-loading washing machine. ... A bread machine, or bread maker A bread machine (more usually known in Australian and British English as a bread maker or breadmaker) is a home appliance for baking bread. ... For other uses, see Battery. ...

  • Wires and cables
  • Copper products
  • Semiconductor materials
  • Circuit boards and materials
  • Organic and inorganic chemical products
  • Synthetic resin products
  • Display-related materials
  • Specialty steels
  • Magnetic materials and components
  • High grade casting components and materials

Logistics, Services & Others (10%)

  • General trading
  • Logistics
  • Property management

Financial Services (4%)

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Investor relations

The former Hitachi office building is in Chiyoda, Tokyo
The former Hitachi office building is in Chiyoda, Tokyo

Hitachi stock is traded on the following exchanges: ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x1500, 559 KB) Summary An office building of Hitachi Seisakusho. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x1500, 559 KB) Summary An office building of Hitachi Seisakusho. ... National Diet Building, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Yasukuni Shrine, Kudan Kita 3-1-1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Otemon, the Great Gate of Edo Castle (Kokyo) Chiyoda (千代田区; -ku) is a special ward in central Tokyo, Japan. ...


New York (HIT - American Depositary Receipt), Tokyo (6501), Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo stock exchanges New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is one of the largest stock exchanges in the world. ... An American Depositary Receipt (or ADR) represents ownership in the shares of a foreign company trading on US financial markets. ... The Tokyo Stock Exchange ), or TSE, is one of the largest stock exchange markets in the world by monetary volume located in Tokyo, Japan, second only to the New York Stock Exchange. ... In demonology Ose is a Great President of Hell, ruling three legions of demons (thirty to other authors, and Pseudomonarchia Daemonum gives no number of legions). ... NSE may be: Nagoya Stock Exchange (Japan) National Stock Exchange (Chicago) National Stock Exchange of India Network SouthEast a former sector of British Rail. ...


Research and development

Research is conducted in six corporate laboratories and in overseas R&D organizations.


Corporate laboratories

Central Research Laboratory

  • Information & Communications
  • Solution LSIs
  • Advanced Devices
  • Life Science
  • Storage
  • Embedded Systems

Advanced Research Laboratory

  • Human & Information
  • Medical & Bio
  • Environment & Energy
  • Materials & Nanotechnology

Hitachi Research Laboratory

  • Fuel cells through the use of nanotechnology
  • Hybrid battery cars
  • High strength nano-glass substrates
  • Nano-grain encapsulation and self-assembly
  • High-performance power supplies

Systems Development Laboratory A fuel cell is an electrochemical device similar to a battery, but differing from the latter in that it is designed for continuous replenishment of the reactants consumed; i. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Hybrid vehicle. ... Self-assembly is the fundamental principle which generates structural organization on all scales from molecules to galaxies. ...

  • Information Systems
  • Security
  • Ubiquitous Storage
  • Service Solutions

Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory

  • Mechatronics Application Systems

Production Engineering Research Laboratory

  • Management Systems
  • Production Engineering

Overseas facilities

Hitachi Europe Ltd.

  • Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory - Spintronics, Quantum Communications, Organic Electronics
  • Hitachi Dublin Laboratory - Numerical Analysis
  • Hitachi Sophia Antipolis Laboratory - Next generation networks, Security, Mobile Communications
  • Automotive Research and Development Laboratory - Automotive Systems

Hitachi America, Ltd.

  • Automotive Products Research Laboratory - Engine Control Systems, Car Navigation Systems, Production Process Technologies
  • Wireless Systems Research Laboratory - Advanced Broadband Wireless Systems
  • SAN Solutions Laboratory - Next-generation Storage Solutions, Life-cycle Data Management Architecture

Hitachi (China) Research & Development Corporation

  • IP Network System Laboratory - Next-generation Mobile IP Network Systems & Applications
  • Open System Software Laboratory - Open Source Software Development Tools, Engineering for Offshore Development
  • Ubiquitous Platform Development Laboratory (Beijing branch) - Digital Appliances, Image & Storage Media
  • Ubiquitous Platform Development Laboratory - Digital Television Systems
  • Innovative Systems & Materials Laboratory - Automotive Components & Materials, Innovative Software, Future TV System Technology
  • Digital Appliances Development Center - Digital Television Software Development, Market & Technology Survey
  • Development Center for Home Appliances - Air-conditioning System Design

Hitachi Asia Ltd.

  • Hitachi Storage Mechanics Laboratory - Hard Disk Drives

Trivia

  • Hitachi no ki (ja:日立の樹? lit. "Hitachi tree") is a famous monkey pod tree at Moanalua Gardens, Oahu, Hawaii, shown on Hitachi's TV commercials in Japan.[1]
  • In cartoon sitcom The Simpsons, Lisa had to do a presentation on one of her ancestors. She invented a family including a fake Native American tribe to impress everyone for the diversity project at school. She named the Native American tribe "Hitachi Tribe", getting the name from the microwave in the kitchen of her home. [2]

Binomial name Samanea saman (Jacq. ... Image of Oahu from space taken by NASA. O‘ahu is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous island in the state of Hawai‘i. ...

References

See also

The Hitachi Foundation is an independent, nonprofit philanthropic organization founded in 1985 with an endowment from Hitachi, Ltd. ... The Euclid company of Euclid, OH, was synomymous with earthmoving in the 1950s. ... Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV is a subsidiary of Hitachi Construction Machinery Group. ... Image:Tsutenkaku. ... Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS) is a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. ... Hitachi-LG Data Storage is a joint venture between Hitachi and the LG group to make optical data storage devices such as CD and DVD drives. ... LG can refer to a number of things: LG Group, a South Korean electronics and petrochemicals conglomerate. ...

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