Hitachi, Ltd 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.

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.

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.

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%)

System integration
Outsourcing services
Software
Hard disk drives
Disk array subsystems
Servers
Mainframe computers
Personal computers
Telecommunications equipment
ATMs
Electronic Devices (11%)

LCDs
Semiconductor manufacturing equipment
Power tools
Test and measurement equipment
Medical electronics equipment
Semiconductor devices
Power & Industrial Systems (26%)

Nuclear, thermal and hydroelectric power plants
Industrial machinery and plants
Automotive products
Construction machinery
Elevators
Escalators
Railway vehicles (see Hitachi Rail)
Digital Media & Consumer Products (13%)

Optical disk drives
Plasma and LCD Televisions
LCD projectors
Mobile phones
Room air conditioners
Refrigerators
MP3 players
Washing machines
Bread machines
Vibrators
Information storage media
Batteries
Air conditioning equipment
High Functional Materials & Components (15%)

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%)

Leasing
Loan Guarantees
Insurance Services

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The former Hitachi office building is in Chiyoda, TokyoHitachi stock is traded on the following exchanges:

New York (HIT - American Depositary Receipt), Tokyo (6501), Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo stock exchanges

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

[edit] 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

 

About West Coast Engineering

For over 23 years, West Coast Engineering (WCE) has been supplying electronics to OEMs, CEMs and distributors worldwide. Located in Hawthorne California, near the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), West Coast Engineering has established itself as a premier independent distributor specializing in providing electronic components for the military, aeronautical, medical, automotive and commercial manufacturing industries. Hitachi, Ltd is one of the hundreds of manufacturers that WCE carries on its linecard.

WCE has the techology and resources to handle any size transaction, no matter how big or small.

Quick Facts

• Founded: 1984
• Headquarters: Hawthorne, CA
• Other Locations: Futain, Shenzhen ▪ China PRC ▪ Brazil

West Coast Engineering is committed to providing the highest quality service to customers with its large diverse inventory stocked in its ISO9001:2000 and ESD compliant 70,000 sq. ft. warehouse. Year after year, West Coast Engineering has been considered a top independent distributor because of its principled reputation built on longstanding relationships with a dedicated customer base.

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