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Top  About Hitachi |
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Founded: 1910
Net sales: US$ 80.9 billion
Net sales by category:
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Information Systems and Telecommunications
Systems: 21% |
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Electronic Devices: 12% |
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Power and Industrial Systems: 25% |
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Digital Media and Consumer products:
12% |
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High Functional Materials and Components:
15% |
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Logistics Services and Others: 4% |
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Financial Services: 5% |
Global Fortune 500: Ranked 23rd largest
company in the world (2004)
Number of employees: 355,879
Major Achievements:
1910: Succeeded in first domestic manufacture
of three 5hp (3.6775 kW) electric motors as the company's first products
1924: Completed first large-scale DC electric locomotives to be manufactured
in Japan
1932: Completed Hitachi's first electric refrigerator
1958: Electron microscopes awarded the grand prix at the World Exposition
in Brussels
1970: Developed computer-aided traffic control system for the Shinkansen
(Bullet Train)
1974: Released the first series of general-purpose computers
1984: Started mass production of 256-kilobit DRAMs
1985: Developed CAD/CAE systems with high-definition colour displays
1991: Developed highly sensitive image pickup tubes
1995: Developed Super TFT LCD module featuring ultra-wide viewing
angles
1998: Developed 128-megabit single-electron memory
2000: Developed world’s first 4.7 GB DVD-RAM standard compliant
DVD Camcorder
2001: Developed Notary and Certificate Authority systems for e-government
2003: Developed worlds smallest 0.3-mm² non contact IC chip
2004: Developed high temperature lead-free solder paste
Research and Development:
R&D Spend: US$
3,462 million - 4.3% of revenue |
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Hitachi
in Europe (Consolidated Basis) |
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Net sales: US$ 6,397m
Number of employees: 5,354
Number of Group Companies: 88
Number of manufacturing facilities:
3
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Hitachi Computer Products (Europe)
S.A.S. - Magnetic disk drives |
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Hitachi Automotive Products (Europe)
Ltd - Automotive parts |
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Hitachi Air Conditioning Products Europe
S.A. - Air conditioning units |
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