Everything about Hitachi Ltd totally explained
() 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.
On the 2007
Forbes Global 2000 list, Hitachi is ranked number 371.
History
Hitachi was founded in 1910 as an electrical repair shop. Today, it's 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.
Spin-off entities from Hitachi Works include
Hitachi Cable (1956) and
Hitachi Canadian Industries (1988).
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 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.
Information and Telecommunication Systems (21%)
Investor relations
Hitachi stock is traded on the following exchanges:
New York (HIT -
American Depositary Receipt),
Tokyo (6501),
Osaka,
Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo stock exchanges
Shareholders
(Data as of February 2006)
NATS CUMCO 8.55%
The Master Trust Bank of Japan 5.50%
Japan Trustee Services Bank 5.06%
State Street Bank and Trust Company 4.72%
The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. London 3.84%
Nippon Life Insurance Company 2.91%
Hitachi Employees Shareholding Association 2.78%
The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company 2.24%
Trust & Custody Services Bank 1.93%
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company 1.46%
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
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
is a famous monkey pod tree at Moanalua Gardens, Oahu, Hawaii, shown on Hitachi's TV commercials in Japan.(External Link
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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. (External Link)Further Information
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