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  Company Type Public ( )
  Company Logo
  Slogan Inspire the Next
  Foundation 1910 (incorporated 1920)
  Location Marunouchi -1, Chiyoda , Tokyo , Japan
  Key People Kazuo Furukawa , President
  Num Employees 384,444 (2007 - consolidated)
  Revenue ¥10,248 billion Yen ( 2007 )
  Industry Industrial conglomerates
  Products industrial machinery, power plants, information systems, electronics, materials, financial services


(, ) is a Japan ese global company headquartered in Marunouchi Itchome, Chiyoda , Tokyo , Japan . The company is the parent of the Hitachi Group (Hitachi Gurupu).

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 is one of the leading manufacturers in new technology.


Hitachi Works

Hitachi Works is the oldest member of the 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).


MAIN PRODUCTS & SERVICES

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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 segement.

Information and Telecommunication Systems (21%)








INVESTOR RELATIONS

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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)


RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

Research is conducted in six corporate laboratories and in overseas R&D organizations.

Corporate Laboratories

Central Research Laboratory






Hitachi Europe Ltd.





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