Hitachi facts for kids
Logo since 1992
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Headquarters in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo
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Native name
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株式会社日立製作所
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Romanized name
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Kabushikigaisha Hitachi Seisaku-sho lit. "Share Company Hitachi Manufacturing Plant" |
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| Industry | Conglomerate |
| Founded | 1910 Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan |
| Founder | Namihei Odaira |
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Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
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Japan
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Toshiaki Higashihara (Executive Chairman) Keiji Kojima(businessman) (President and CEO) |
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Financial services |
| Revenue |  ¥10.264 trillion (2021) |
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Operating income
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¥738.2 billion (2021) |
| ¥583.2 billion (2021) |
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| Total assets | ¥13.887 trillion (2021) |
| Total equity | ¥4.341 trillion (2021) |
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Number of employees
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397,732 (total) 29,485 (non-consolidated) 368,247 (consolidated) (as of March 2022) |
Hitachi is a large Japanese manufacturing company. It was founded in 1910 in Tokyo .
Hitachi is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. The company specialises in a diverse range of products, including digital systems, power and renewable energy solutions, railway systems, healthcare products, and financial systems.
Products and services
Automotive systems
- Car Information Systems
- Drive Control
- Electric Powertrain Systems
- Engine Management Systems
Construction machinery
- Hydraulic Excavators
- Forestry Equipment
- Mechanical & Hydraulic Cranes
- Mining Dump Trucks
- Crawler Dump trucks
- Wheel Loaders
Defense systems
- Military vehicles
- Vetronics
- Crisis management
- C4I systems
- Satellite image processing systems
- Social Infrastructure security business (in coordination with Hitachi's Infrastructure Systems Group)
- Electric propulsion technology
- Electro-mechanical systems (including some robotics research & development)
- Advanced Combat Infantry Equipment System [ACIES] (JSDF) - Primary contractor
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JGSDF Type 87 Artillery Support Vehicle
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JGSDF Type 92 Mine Clearance Vehicle
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JGSDF Type 96 120 mm self-propelled mortar
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JGSDF Type 99 Artillery Support Vehicle
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Digital media and consumer products
- Air conditioning equipment - jointly with Johnson Controls
- Hitachi Magic Wand
- Optical disc drives - jointly with optical disc drive division of LG as Hitachi-LG Data Storage
- White goods (refrigerators, washing machines, etc.) - majority stake of ex-Japan business sold to Arcelik.
Electronic systems and equipment
- Test and measurement equipment
- Particle therapy equipment
- Cell culture equipment
Advanced materials
- Specialty steels
- Wires and cables
Information and telecommunication systems
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- ATMs
- Servers
- Disk array subsystems
- Data storage and analytics solutions
- Virtual Storage Platform
- Internet of Things
- Hitachi Lumada
- VOS3 Mainframe computer operating system
- Software
- Outsourcing services
- Telecommunications equipment
Power systems
- Nuclear and hydrogen power generation systems
- Power Grids
- GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
Social infrastructure and industrial systems
- Elevators
- Escalators
- Industrial machinery and plants
- Railway vehicles and systems
Others
- Logistics
- Property management
Subsidiaries
Hitachi Vantara
Hitachi Vantara is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi which provides hardware, software and services to help companies manage their digital data. Its flagship products are the Virtual Storage Platform (for enterprise storage), Hitachi Unified Storage VM for large-sized companies, Hitachi Unified Storage for small and mid-sized companies, Hitachi Content Platform (archiving and cloud architecture), Hitachi Command Suite (for storage management), Hitachi TrueCopy and Hitachi Universal Replicator (for remote replication), and the Hitachi NAS Platform.
Since September 19, 2017, Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has become part of Hitachi Vantara, a new company that unifies the operations of Pentaho, Hitachi Data Systems and Hitachi Insight Group. The company name "Hitachi Data Systems" (HDS) and its logo is no longer used in the market. Hitachi Consulting, the group's international management and technology consulting subsidiary with headquarters in Dallas, Texas, was integrated with Hitachi Vantara in 2019. On November 1, 2023, Hitachi spun off Hitachi Vantara LLC's digital solutions business into a new company, Hitachi Digital Services; Hitachi Vantara now focuses on its storage and hybrid cloud-centric data infrastructure services portfolio.
Hitachi Metals
Among other things, Hitachi Metals supplies materials for aircraft engines and fuselage components (e.g. landing gear), along with finished components for same and other aerospace applications. It also provides materials, components and tools for the automotive and electronics industries. Among the Hitachi Metals facilities is Hitachi Metal Yasugi Works or Tatara Works, one of the oldest furnaces in Japan, famously featured as a main backdrop in Princess Mononoke, a Japanese animation film set in the Muromachi period.
As of September 2020, Hitachi Metals is set to be divested as part of the long-term restructuring plan being executed by the group.
Hitachi Rail
Hitachi is a major rolling stock manufacturer.
Hitachi acquired Italian rolling stock manufacturer AnsaldoBreda in 2015, renaming it Hitachi Rail Italy
Hitachi Astemo
Hitachi Astemo, which stands for "Advanced Sustainable Technologies for Mobility", is a 67-33 joint venture between Hitachi and Honda, which merged their four auto parts affiliates and division, the latter's three keiretsu companies Showa Corporation, Keihin Corporation, and Nissin Kogyo, and the former's wholly owned Hitachi Automotive Systems, to be better equipped for the changing car market environment, frequently represented as CASE, for which they will integrate their assets to accelerate development of new technology and software.
Hitachi Astemo is considered a "mega supplier", as annual sales of the four predecessors combined stood at $17 billion, placing it as the second largest among the compatriot auto suppliers.
Other subsidiaries
The rest of the group companies include:
- Hitachi Building Systems Co., Ltd.
- Hitachi High-tech
- Hitachi Construction Machinery
- Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe)
- GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (co-owned by General Electric)
- Hitachi Global Life Solutions - Selling home appliances except audiovisual products.
- Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning - A/C business majority-owned by Johnson Controls since 2015.
- Hitachi Digital Media Group - Selling electronic products including video projectors under its brand name.
- Hitachi Plant Technologies - Engaging in the design, development, manufacture, sale, servicing, and execution of social and industrial infrastructure machinery, mechatronics, air-conditioning systems, industrial plants, and energy plant equipment in Asia and internationally.
- Hitachi Communication Technologies America - Providing communications products and services for the telecommunications, cable TV, utility, enterprise, industrial and other markets.
- Hitachi Solutions America - A consulting firm and systems integrator focusing primarily on Microsoft Dynamics. Hitachi Solutions America acquired Ignify, a Microsoft Dynamics Solution provider, in December 2015.
- Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems - producing industrial automation systems and equipment.
- Hitachi Transport System - providing one-stop logistics services.
- Hitachi Energy
Philanthropy
In August 2011, it was announced that Hitachi would donate an electron microscope to each of five universities in Indonesia (the University of North Sumatra in Medan, the Indonesian Christian University in Jakarta, Padjadjaran University in Bandung, General Soedirman University in Purwokerto and Muhammadiyah University in Malang).
Images for kids
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Namihei Odaira, the founder
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Hitachi Building Systems is one of the largest elevator manufacturers in the world
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Hitachi Rail has built more than 180 express trains for railway companies throughout the UK since 2007
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Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy specialises in building and maintaining nuclear reactors and their associated systems.
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Hitachi logo, in which visible is the symbol on the left that is still used as its corporate symbol (monshō) and in favicons of some of the group companies like Hitachi Rail and Hitachi Astemo
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See also
In Spanish: Hitachi para niños
