Hitachi, Ltd.

is a Japan Japan

is an island country [i] in East Asia [i]. ...

ese global company headquartered in Marunouchi Itchome, Chiyoda Chiyoda, Tokyo

Chiyoda is one of the 23 special wards [i] in central Tokyo [i], Japan [i]. ...

, Tokyo Tokyo

listen is one of the 47 prefectures [i] of Japan [i] and is the location of its capital [i] ...

, Japan Japan

is an island country [i] in East Asia [i]. ...

. The company forms Hitachi Group.

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is a Japan Japan

is an island country [i] in East Asia [i]. ...

ese global company headquartered in Marunouchi Itchome, Chiyoda Chiyoda, Tokyo

Chiyoda is one of the 23 special wards [i] in central Tokyo [i], Japan [i]. ...

, Tokyo Tokyo

listen is one of the 47 prefectures [i] of Japan [i] and is the location of its capital [i] ...

, Japan Japan

is an island country [i] in East Asia [i]. ...

. The company forms Hitachi Group.

History

Hitachi was founded in 1910 as an electrical repair shop.

Hitachi is a member of The Open Group.

Products

Air conditioners Air conditioning

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Batteries
Camcorder Camcorder

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Computers Computer

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Computer display Computer display

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Digital Storage Computer storage

Computer storage, computer memory, and often casually memory refer to computer [i] component ...
Mainframe computer Mainframe computer

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Heavy equipment Engineering vehicle

Engineering vehicles, or construction [i] equipment [i], are heavy-duty vehicles, specially designed for ...
Automotive Products
High definition television High-definition television

High-definition television is a television [i] broadcasting [i] system with a significantly higher than...

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Mobile phone Mobile phone

A mobile or cell phone [i] is a long-range, portable electronic device [i] for per...

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Digital audio player Digital audio player

A digital audio player is a device that stores, organizes and plays digital music file [i] ...

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Television Television

Television is a telecommunication [i] system for

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Hard Disk Hard disk

A hard disk drive is a digitally encoded non-volatile storage [i] device which stores data on the magnetic [i] ...

s and Hard Disk Recorders
Elevator Elevator

An elevator is a transport [i] device used to move goods or people vertically. ...

s/Escalator Escalator

An escalator is a conveyor transport [i] device for transport [i]ing people, consisting of a staircase [i] ...

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Appliances
Power tools
Railroad Rail transport

Rail transport is the transport [i] of passenger [i]s and goods [i] along railways or ...

vehicles
Financing/Credit Finance

Finance studies and addresses the ways in which individuals, businesses [i] and organizations raise, all ...
Business Consulting Services

As well as consumer products, Hitachi provides products for other manufactures such as integrated circuit Integrated circuit

A monolithic integrated circuit is a miniaturized electronic circuit [i] which has been manufactured i ...

s and other semiconductor Semiconductor

A semiconductor is a material with electrical conductivity [i] that is intermediate between that of an ...

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Investor relations

The stock is traded on the following exchanges:

Luxembourg, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Paris, New York New York Stock Exchange

The New York Stock Exchange , nicknamed the "Big Board," is a New York City [i]-based stock exchange [i] ...

, Tokyo , Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo stock exchanges

Shareholders

NATS CUMCO 8.55%
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. 5.50%
Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. 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 The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company

is the second largest life insurer [i] in Japan [i]. ...

2.24%
Trust & Custody Services Bank, Ltd. 1.93%
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company

is a Japanese [i] life insurance company. ...

1.46%

Research

The Hitachi Research Laboratory is involved in research in several hot fields. Currently they are working on:

Fuel cells Fuel cell

A fuel cell is an electrochemical energy conversion device....

through the use of nanotechnology
Hybrid Hybrid vehicle

A hybrid vehicle is a vehicle using an on-board rechargeable energy storage system [i] and a fuelled pow...

battery cars
High strength nano-glass substrates
Nano-grain encapsulation and self-assembly
High-performance power supplies