Outline of Hitachi 2015-2016

Hitachi, Ltd.
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 Accelerating our Social Innovation Business
through Collaborative Creation

We would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude for your interest in our company.
Throughout our 100-plus year history, we have been engaged in developing social infrastructure that
provides the foundation for nearly every aspect of modern life. Along the way, we have earned domestic
and global recognition for our experience and proven track record in a variety of critical fields. These
include energy and water treatment systems essential to daily life, transportation systems that ensure
safe and comfortable travel and a healthcare business that helps people enjoy a healthy life, covering
the entire care cycle from diagnosis and prevention to treatment and recuperation.
Through our Social Innovation Business, which combines advanced IT with infrastructure technologies
developed over many years, we are delivering solutions to the challenges facing customers and
communities throughout the world.
Of crucial importance to the global operation of this business is that we engage in close dialogue with
customers everywhere in order to understand the challenges they face and work with them on finding
solutions through “collaborative creation.” In adopting this approach, our goal is to mobilize the
collective efforts of the Hitachi Group to deliver innovations that can solve these challenges and lead
the way by making a positive impact on our changing world.
Underlying all of our activities is our Mission - contributing to society through the development of
superior, original technology and products. By utilizing teamwork and our extensive experience in global
markets, all of us at Hitachi intend to play our part in building a vibrant society.
We appreciate your interest in Hitachi and your confidence in our ability to achieve our goals.

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 Striving Today,
for an Easier Life Tomorrow
For example, the electricity and water that we can't do without
in everyday life, or the transportation systems that keep people
moving to work, to school, or for travel.
Through the work it has done up to now building social infrastructure
systems, Hitachi has been involved in building a world that is
more safe and secure, more comfortable and convenient.
By combining the infrastructure system technology it has developed
over many years with cutting-edge IT in this way, Hitachi's
Social Innovation Business is striving to tackle the variety of
issues society faces in this age.
Hitachi intends to continue working to meet the expectations of
the world by driving innovation that will make life easier tomorrow.

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 ENERGY To Look into the Future of Energy is to See the Future of
People and the Earth

Without supplies of energy, our society and way of life would not exist.
When looking toward the future, the problem of how to obtain energy efficiently and without placing a load on the environment
is a critical challenge. To overcome challenges like this, Hitachi is working from various angles to achieve the reliable supply
of electric power, more efficient energy use, and lower CO 2 emissions. This includes building electric power infrastructure
throughout the world based on renewable energy, electric power transmission and distribution systems, and nuclear power generation.
Hitachi also utilizes advanced IT to supply total energy solutions, including active involvement in such fields as energy storage
systems and smart grids that ensure optimal control of the balance of supply and demand for electric power.

Japan-U.S. Island Grid Project in Maui, Hawaii (Referred to as: JUMPSmartMaui)* Energy Storage System Photovoltaic Power Generation System Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition/Energy Management System
Maui, Hawaii is installing renewable energy (RE) with the objective of it providing 40% This all-in-one energy storage system package combines Hitachi know-how from fields Hitachi has extensive experience with photovoltaic power generation systems for The Central Load Dispatching Center works to maintain a stable power supply by
of the total power generation capacity on the island by 2030. Hitachi is working on such as telecommunications, control technology, power electronics, and batteries. It power company and industrial use, including having received an order for Japan's monitoring electric power demand, and controlling the power supply, 24 hours a day/365
ensuring that RE is used efficiently and resolving the problems associated with its provides functions including balancing supply and demand, maintaining frequency and largest-class* megasolar power plant (82 MW). It can handle the complete range of days a year. It is configured for mutual backup with the Bulk Power System Control Center,
introduction, such as frequency fluctuations. voltage stability, and providing spare power capacity, which are required for the reliable work associated with large megasolar power generation systems, from design to enabling operations to continue and business to resume in an emergency, without
* A demonstration project supported by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the New Energy and operation of wind, photovoltaic, and other forms of renewable power generation. procurement, manufacturing, installation, and commissioning. operators having to move.
Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).
Oita Solar Power Plant of Oita Solar Power Corporation (82 MW) Central Load Dispatching Center of The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
*Based on the start of operation as of September 2015.

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 W AT E R Only When Water Shortages Become a Thing of the Past
will we Truly Live on a “Water Planet”

Water is abundant. In keeping with its description as a “water planet,” roughly 1.39 billion km3 of water covers the Earth’s surface.
However, almost all of that is seawater, with freshwater lakes and rivers suitable for human use making up no more than 0.01%* of
the total resource. Meanwhile, the world is facing severe water shortages, with many people still lacking access to safe drinking
water due to factors such as rapid population growth in emerging nations. In response to this challenge, Hitachi is actively working
on the development of seawater desalination technology while also participating in government-run programs supporting leading-edge
research and development. Hitachi is also a global supplier of a variety of water infrastructure, including systems that perform integrated
treatment of water, sewage, and industrial waste water to improve the efficiency of urban water use.

* : S ou rce : Wa te r R e sou rce s i n Ja p a n , M i n i stry of L a n d , In fra s t r u c t u r e, Tra n s p o r t a n d To u r is m

Water and Sewage Business in the Republic of the Maldives PFI Project at Asaka and Misono Water Purification Plant of Tokyo Business of Recycling Waste Water in Dubai, UAE Information and Control Systems for Efficient Management of Water Infrastructure
Hitachi is participating in a business that operates water and sewage services with the aims of Metropolitan Government Having experienced a boom in urban development, the Emirate of Dubai faced problems These systems handle a variety of different information in realtime, including the operational
delivering these services reliably and with greater operational efficiency. Hitachi supplied Asaka Misono Utility Services Co., Ltd. (Tokyo) was established as a special-purpose company with deteriorating water quality due to domestic waste water. In response, Hitachi installed status of water supply, sewage, and reclaimed water in each facilities or the water flow treated in
approximately 200 seawater desalination units, and installed the pipe network management under a private finance initiative (PFI) in September 2001 to install and operate power a recycling waste water system based on membrane technology. The project strives for each process. This information can then be used to perform optimum control to maximize the
system on the Malé island, the capital of the Maldives. Hitachi is also working actively on the generation equipment at the Asaka and Misono water purification plants. PFIs seek to deliver harmony with the local environment, using the treated water from the facility for a fountain operational efficiency of the entire water distribution system.
introduction of an intelligent water system to help rationalize the operation of the business. efficient public services through the application of private investment, know-how, and in a nearby artificial pond.
technical capabilities to the construction, management, and operation of public facilities.

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 TRANS- Trouble-free Railway Systems with a Light Load on the Environment
Advances in Railway Systems Make Travel More Pleasant

PORTATION
Whether inter-city or international, railways have developed into a safer and more comfortable means of travel. Recent years have seen
growing interest in railways as a transportation system that imposes a light load on the environment. As the only company in Japan
with the capabilities to handle all aspects of railway systems integration, Hitachi responds to this demand by supplying a wide range of
products from rolling stock to traffic management systems. This ability has been recognized in the UK, the birthplace of the railway
industry, where Hitachi is taking responsibility for not only the development and manufacture of its Class 800/801 high-speed rolling
stock for the UK’s IEP, but also their maintenance. Hitachi intends to continue supplying solutions that make travel a more pleasant
experience, including initiatives such as monorails and a traffic management system for the Shinkansen.
IEP: Intercity Express Programme

Class 800/801 High-speed Rolling Stock for IEP Class 395 High-speed Rolling Stock for UK Monorail System for Daegu, South Korea Kyushu Shinkansen Management System
Hitachi developed these trains as part of a project to replace the aging rolling stock Developed based on the A-train concept by adapting its light-weight and high-speed Because this Hitachi monorail system uses an elevated structure with a smart and simple (SIRIUS: Super Intelligent Resource and Innovated Utility for Shinkansen Management)
used on the East Coast Main Line and Great Western Main Line that link London to the technology to UK standards, the high-speed rolling stock of the Class 395 can operate track beam design, it not only blends harmoniously into the urban environment, Highly reliable real-time control systems, including the real-time automatic control of
other major cities in the UK. Because the trains also run on non-electrified sections of services that include both conventional lines and High Speed 1 (the UK’s first dedicated it also features lower construction costs and provides a system that is environmentally signalers/points and the assistance of rescheduling through the forecast of train
track, they are fitted with removable diesel generators. high-speed railway line). conscious, thanks to its use of recyclable aluminum car bodies. diagrams, support the high-speed, high-density, accurate, and stable transportation of
shinkansen trains.

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 H E A LT H C A R E Exploring New Possibilities for Satisfying
the Universal Desire for a Healthy Life

The healthcare sector is going through major changes that include the aging population, the growing prevalence of lifestyle-related diseases, and
the rising cost of public healthcare. Given these developments, Hitachi believes that healthcare is an essential part of the infrastructure of
21st-century society. The use of networked information platforms to collate healthcare data from medical and other facilities, for example, can be
expected to improve people’s quality of life by enabling the delivery of more efficient healthcare services that are better tailored to the individual.
By utilizing IT and medical technology to deliver innovative solutions for the diverse needs that arise at different points in the care cycle, which
encompasses prevention & checkup, screening & diagnosis, therapy & treatment, and prognosis & elderly care, Hitachi intends to continue
working toward the creation of a society in which everyone can live a healthy and secure life.

Proton Beam Therapy Center of Hokkaido University Hospital Tokyo Women's Medical University Photo of the press conference after
Automatic Clinical Analyzers Particle Beam Therapy System Intraoperative MRI System Demonstration Project for IT-based Healthcare Services the project signing ceremony.
The practice of science-based medicine is predicated on the prompt availability of accurate The therapeutic use of particle beams (proton and heavy ion beams) has attracted attention Hitachi’s open MRI systems provide a large space for the examinee. This ease-of- Operated jointly by NHS England (Greater Manchester) and Hitachi, the main aims of
test data on the clinical side. Hitachi’s automatic clinical analyzers meet this need. By testing because of its ability to provide patients with accurately targeted radiotherapy that has access combined with low magnetic field leakage has led to their clinical use as an the project are to improve healthcare services and reduce costs. It draws on Hitachi’s
samples such as blood or urine to obtain measurements of things like neutral lipids, minimal impact on healthy cells. Hitachi has developed a proton beam therapy system that intraoperative MRI system. During a brain tumor removal operation, the intraoperative know-how in lifestyle-related disease solutions, along with its other technologies, to
cholesterol, and uric acid, these analyzers are assisting with the early identification and utilizes spot scanning, a technique for precisely targeting the beam to match the shape of MRI system can provide realtime imaging of the tumor location and help ensure its establish a program for dealing with lifestyle-related diseases that uses IT to assist
diagnosis of illness, and the assessment of treatment effectiveness and recovery progress. the tumor being treated. Hitachi is also working on the research and development of further accurate removal, thereby helping provide patients with a favorable prognosis and with prevention.
Along with qualitative improvements in healthcare, these devices are also helping improve performance enhancements. better five-year survival rates.
service by shortening patient waiting times. MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging NHS: National Health Service

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 Information & Telecommunication Systems
Hitachi Group is active in a wide range of business sectors.
From this technology and experience built up over
many years come the synergies that feed new innovation.
Working with Customers on Collaborative Innovation
through Advanced IT
I nfo r mat io n & Telec o mmunication Systems

Advanced IT plays a vital role in the global operations of Hitachi’s

Social Innovation Business. Whatever the business, IT has become
Po wer Systems crucial to providing more advanced products and services.
Enterprise Storage System
A new challenge for the IT industry that has emerged in recent “Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform”
［Information & Telecommunication Systems Company, Hitachi, Ltd.］
years is how to manage and analyze big data and extract new value
from it. This big data encompasses not only business data but also
So c ial Infrastructure & Industrial Sy stems information from objects (what is commonly known as the IoT) and
the vast amounts of data generated by people on social media and
other online services. It is an issue that is intimately related to the
fostering of innovation in both business and other areas of society.
E l e c t ro nic Sys t em s & Eq uipment Hitachi supplies highly reliable cloud services that free customers
from the burden of system administration and ensure the continuous
availability of the latest information system infrastructure. Hitachi
also supplies platform solutions that provide secure operation and
C o ns t r uction Machinery
management of big data based around storage products that boast
a large share of the global market and include technologies such as
Hitachi’s own advanced virtualization functions, even in mid-range
models. Another Hitachi service is the data analysis service for
H ig h Func t io nal Materials & Components
working with customers to extract new value from big data.
Utilizing a team-based approach that combines meisters (experts)
knowledgeable in mathematical analysis, IT, and business with other
“Hitachi Unified Compute Platform”
A utomotive Sy stems specialists, including data analytics engineers and system consultants, ［Information & Telecommunication Systems Company, Hitachi, Ltd.］

the service supports the utilization of big data based on a thorough

understanding of the customer’s business and vision.
Furthermore, Hitachi helps enhance the customer’s corporate value
S m a r t Life & Ec o fr iend ly Systems by supplying solutions; including ensuring information security,
assisting with compliance, and formulating a business continuity Cash Recycling ATM Equipped with Finger Vein Authentication Device
［Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions, Corp.］
plan (BCP); for dealing with the threats and various other issues
surrounding information systems.
Ot hers (L ogistics and Other services) In India, where rapid economic growth is driving an urgent need to
provide banking and payment system infrastructure, Hitachi is
supplying payment services based on ATM and POS systems. Hitachi
is also actively engaged in the global deployment of banking
Financ ial Ser v ic es solutions, including the supply of ATM and mobile banking systems
in places such as China and Southeast Asia.

Payment Service in India

[Hitachi Payment Services Pvt. Ltd.]

IT: Information Technology IoT: Internet of Things BCP: Business Continuity Plan ATM: Automated Teller Machine POS: Point of Sale

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 Social Infrastructure & Industrial Systems

Both Urban Development and Manufacturing Underpinned

by Environmentally Conscious Technology

A wide range of social infrastructure is required to create a Hitachi also supplies a variety of industrial equipment such as
society in which everyone can enjoy a safe, secure, and motors (a product that dates back to Hitachi’s origins),
comfortable way of life. What are also required when building pumps, inverters, and transformers. Transformers are essential
or refurbishing social infrastructure are reductions in CO 2 for electric power distribution networks. For this market,
emissions and the creation of a low-carbon society. Hitachi Hitachi has developed amorphous transformers that provide Amorphous Transformer
[Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.]
places a high priority on these considerations, taking an significant CO 2 emission reductions as well as achieve
environmentally conscious approach to urban development, industry-leading levels of energy efficiency. Hitachi is also
not only in railway systems but also in other infrastructure achieving higher efficiencies and greater energy savings in its
Hankyu 1000 Series Rolling Stock Based on A-train Concept
systems for things like water and energy. As the only company (Supplied to Hankyu Corporation) UPSs that provide protection from power outages to the
[Rail Systems Company, Hitachi, Ltd.]
in Japan with the capabilities to handle all aspects of railway information systems, electrical equipment, and other systems
systems integration, Hitachi has demonstrated a reliable track that underpin businesses and other parts of society, thereby
record in the field of railway systems that extend from rolling delivering significant savings on electric power costs and
stock to traffic management, signaling systems, power supply reductions in CO 2 emissions. These highly competitive
systems, and information services. These also include products industrial equipment products are recognized as playing a key
that are highly regarded for their consciousness of the role in Hitachi’s Social Innovation Business and Hitachi plans
environment, such as aluminum car bodies that are easy to to continue supplying them throughout the world.
recycle or hybrid drive systems for trains*. This success has Comprehensive measures by Hitachi for achieving energy S-SBR Manufacturing Plant at Asahi Kasei Synthetic Rubber
Singapore Pte. Ltd.
also been recognized outside Japan, with Hitachi having been efficiency, saving electric power, and reducing CO 2 emissions [Infrastructure Systems Company, Hitachi, Ltd.]

selected to manufacture the rolling stock and supply maintenance include the supply of cogeneration systems and systems for
services for the Intercity Express Programme in the UK. utilizing waste heat as well as its work on improving the
With its water infrastructure solutions, Hitachi is seeking to efficiency of air conditioning and heating equipment for use
implement intelligent water systems that fuse ICT with at sites such as factories, hospitals, and commercial facilities.
advanced water treatment systems such as those for water Hitachi is also involved in a large number of ESCO projects
and sewage or seawater desalination. These systems offer that supply comprehensive energy efficiency services while
both healthy water environments and low environmental load, minimizing the capital investment required of customers.
and are designed for optimal use of limited water resources Elsewhere, Hitachi constructs plants throughout the world
and environmental protection. that place a low load on the environment.
Furthermore, Hitachi is a supplier of total services with high Hitachi contributes to ensuring the safety of social infrastructure Energy Efficiency Solutions (ESCO project)
[Infrastructure Systems Company, Hitachi, Ltd.]
added value, incorporating solutions in areas such as energy through its involvement in defense systems, such as satellite
efficiency, security, and facilities, as well as the supply of image processing systems and command and control systems
escalators and elevators that allow people to travel in that support information transmission, decision making, and
comfort in urban spaces throughout many parts of the world. other tasks associated with national security, and also
High-speed, Large-capacity Elevator
(Supplied to TOBU TOWER SKYTREE Co., Ltd.)
emergency and disaster management operations, such as
[Hitachi Building Systems Co., Ltd.] regional monitoring and warning systems and systems for
simulating the water cycle in the environment.

Water Cycle Simulation Service

[Defense Systems Company, Hitachi, Ltd.]

* Jointly developed with East Japan Railway Company ICT: Information and Communication Technology UPSs: Uninterruptible Power Supplies ESCO: Energy Service Company S-SBR: Solution Styrene-butadiene Rubber

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 Power Systems Electronic Systems & Equipment

Seeking to Realize a Reliable Supply of Electric Power and

a Low-carbon Society Strong Support for Advances in Products and Services

Electric power is essential to our way of life. Both now and in the Hitachi supplies a diverse range of equipment, systems, and
future, how to ensure the reliable supply of electric power while services in the healthcare field where demand continues to
reducing the load on the environment will remain a challenge on a strengthen against the background of an aging society and a
global scale. To meet this need, Hitachi develops and supplies an growing prevalence of lifestyle diseases. These include products
extensive range of highly efficient and reliable power generation that have earned a strong reputation, such as MRI systems designed
systems, transmission and distribution systems, energy storage with an elliptical opening that gives a more spacious feeling and is
systems, and energy management systems throughout the world. more comfortable for people with a large body or a phobia of
The nuclear reaction itself does not directly produce CO 2. confined spaces, and an extensive range of diagnostic ultrasound
Hitachi’s global nuclear power business has the technical Nuclear Power Generation System
systems for different clinical uses ranging from precision examinations
capabilities to deliver a full range of products and services, from Unit 2 of Shika Nuclear Power Station,
Hokuriku Electric Power Company
for specific diagnostic tests to routine examinations for chronic illnesses.
the development and manufacture of equipment through to plant [Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.] Hitachi also supplies a wide range of production and inspection
construction and operational support, the nuclear fuel cycle, equipment for the semiconductors and other electronic devices that Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope
[Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation]
disposal of radioactive waste, and preventive maintenance. are essential to providing advanced functions in the latest electronic
Hitachi is also actively involved in power generation systems using products. Drawing on its proprietary microfabrication technologies
renewable forms of energy with the potential to be important and measurement and inspection technologies that include scanning
sources of energy in the future. In the field of photovoltaic power electron microscopes (which are used in nanotechnology and
MRI System
generation, Hitachi not only supplies highly efficient equipment, it materials research as well as for the analysis of semiconductors), [Hitachi Medical Corporation]

can also draw on the comprehensive capabilities of Hitachi to Hitachi develops high-precision manufacturing and inspection
handle all aspects of megasolar power systems, from financing Megasolar Power Plant for Power Company equipment for semiconductors and other electronic components to
Ohgishima Solar Power Plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc.
through to operation and maintenance. These capabilities include [Energy Solutions Company, Hitachi, Ltd.] deliver solutions to markets such as those for semiconductor
its power system technologies and system integration know-how packages and smartphones. For hospitals and medical laboratories,
built up over many years. In the field of wind power generation, meanwhile, Hitachi also helps provide the infrastructure for in vitro
Hitachi supplies wind turbines that use a highly reliable downwind diagnostics through its work on clinical analyzers designed for
turbine configuration to achieve a high level of generation high reliability and ease-of-use.
Surveillance Camera System for Rolling Stock
efficiency in mountainous regions. It is also working on further To help improve measures for preventing railway accidents and Left: Display Monitor, Bottom: Surveillance Camera for External Door
[Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.]
developments, including deployment of offshore wind farms and crime, Hitachi develops and supplies surveillance camera systems
larger wind turbines. for rolling stock that can display and record high-resolution
There is a trend in the transmission and distribution of electric images showing railway station platforms or the view from the
power toward the use of larger-scale systems, to cope with large front of or inside trains. It also has an extensive product range of
5-MW Downwind Turbine
power plants and to reduce transmission losses through the use of Hitachi Wind Power Ltd. compact, lightweight power tools designed for low noise, low
Fukashiba Wind Power Station in Kashima-port
high transmission line voltages. Hitachi has extensive experience [Energy Solutions Company, Hitachi, Ltd.] vibration, and energy efficiency. With products such as cordless
in this field through its supply of highly reliable transformers, disk grinders that take advantage of highly efficient brushless
switchgear, and other products throughout the world. To supply motors and electronic control to deliver both low noise and
total energy solutions, Hitachi has also been focusing in improved motor efficiency together with features such as
recent years on such products as energy storage and energy automatically adjusting rotation speed based on the load, Hitachi
G18DBVL Cordless Disk Grinder
management systems that are underpinned by advanced IT. has earned the support of professional users around the world in [Hitachi Koki, Co., Ltd.]

1,100-kV Gas-insulated Switchgear recent years.

State Grid Corporation of China
[Energy Solutions Company, Hitachi, Ltd.]

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 Construction Machinery High Functional Materials & Components

A Diverse Range of Construction Machinery Production of Original Materials and Components

Satisfying Requirements from Around the World with Key Role in Innovation

Hitachi provides hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, compaction The elements that make up Hitachi’s Social Innovation
equipment, and a variety of other construction machinery based Business include systems for a variety of fields that combine
on a mission of developing construction machinery with superior infrastructure technology and IT, the key devices such as
technology to contribute to creating a prosperous society. Our motors and inverters that support the advanced features and
products can be seen throughout the world, in both developed and competitiveness of these systems, and their high functional
emerging economies, where they are in growing demand from materials and components. An enabling technology, high
industries such as urban development, infrastructure construction, functional materials are essential to bringing forth new
and resource development. Hitachi develops and provides new innovations.
hydraulic excavators and wheel loaders that satisfy global market Hitachi is working vigorously on the development of materials
needs and comply with the exhaust gas regulations in each and components that satisfy the expectations of society,
Amorphous Metals [Hitachi Metals, Ltd.]
country, and ultra large hydraulic excavators and dump trucks in ZX250LC-5B Hydraulic Excavator in Operation in Europe drawing on a base of original technologies built up over many
[Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.]
overseas large-scale mines. Other technical development work is years. Examples of metals include amorphous metals that can
targeted at reducing the load on the environment. Examples be used to build transformers that are small, light, and highly Wires and Cables for Rolling Stock
[Hitachi Metals, Ltd.]
include the development of electric-hydraulic excavators that efficient, and rare-earth magnets that have the most desir-
make a significant contribution to achieving zero exhaust able magnetic properties and contribute to achieving smaller
emissions and lower CO2 emissions, as well as hybrid-hydraulic size, lighter weight, higher efficiency, and lower energy
excavators that combine a hybrid system with energy-efficient consumption in a variety of different fields. Wire and cable
hydraulics to achieve even lower fuel consumption than products that play an essential role in building a sustainable
standard models. society include cables used in rolling stock and motor
By drawing on its expertise in ICT, Hitachi is also helping reduce windings for hybrid vehicles. The originality and innovation in
total life cycle costs by collecting and analyzing operational data these materials have earned them a strong reputation in
High Thermal Conductivity Material
from each machine and using it to improve machine utilization many quarters. [Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.]

and operating life. Hitachi also supplies a diverse range of ground-breaking

ZW310-5B Wheel Loader in Operation in Europe chemical materials that deliver functional enhancements, such
[Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.]
as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries with high
capacity and excellent discharge load characteristics, and
high-thermal-conductivity sheets that combine the thermal
conductivity of a metal with the flexibility of rubber and are
used to dissipate heat from CPUs.

Anode Material for Lithium-ion Battery

[Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.]

EX8000-6 Ultra Large Hydraulic Excavator and EH5000AC-3 Dump Truck

[Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.]

CPU: Central Processing Unit

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 Automotive Systems Others (Logistics and Other services)

Building a Better Relationship between Vehicles and Society Providing a Variety of Services Including Logistics, Insurance, and More

Hitachi’s automotive systems business supplies a diverse range of Hitachi also supplies logistics services. Utilizing its advanced logistics
technologies and products that cover the fields of “environment,” Semi-active Suspension System engineering, on-site knowhow, and a wide variety of services, Hitachi’s
[Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.]
“safety,” and “information,” with operations in Japan, North, extensive range of one-stop services are safe, secure, eco-conscious and
Central and South America, Europe, China, and Asia. global. These comprehensive logistics services are delivered by a three-way
Hitachi’s extensive activities in the environmental field, where there is Motor combination of Hitachi’s proven 3PL (logistics system) business, a heavy
[Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.]
a growing demand for better fuel economy and lower CO 2 emissions, machinery and plant logistics business, a field in which Hitachi has many
extend from engine management systems that transform combustion years of experience, and a freight forwarding business with access to an
energy into motive force without waste, through to motors, inverters, extensive network. Hitachi intends to extend its regional transportation
and lithium-ion batteries. networks in North America, Europe, China, and Asia in the future while
For safety, Hitachi supplies products such as semi-active suspension Inverter
also expanding its global logistics system business further by enhancing
350-t Combination Trailer
systems and brakes that provide high-level support for both ride [Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.] interoperation with cross-border and intermodal freight transportation*. [Hitachi Transport System, Ltd.]
comfort and safe handling. Hitachi supports risk management by its corporate customers
In the information field, onboard systems are being linked via cloud through insurance products that assist with business operations,
information networks to provide audio controls that do not distract the asset protection insurance, and disaster contingency services.
driver, including natural speech interfaces that allow users to specify their It also supplies numerous insurance services for consumers, ranging
destination by talking to the navigation system, and operations such as from life insurance to medical insurance, cancer insurance, vehicle
the sending and receiving mail or playing music. Hitachi also intends to insurance, home insurance, and retirement and nursing care Customer Call Center
further develop this technology in the future to integrate it with safety insurance. [Hitachi Insurance Services, Ltd.]
Lithium-ion Battery AV Navi MAX775W
and security systems using ADAS, sensing, and other technologies. [Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.] [Clarion Co., Ltd.]
* Intermodal freight transportation: Integrated transportation that transports goods by a combination of truck, ship, and railway
ADAS: Advanced Driver Assistance System 3PL： 3rd Party Logistics

Smart Life & Ecofriendly Systems Financial Services

Supporting Comfortable Living in Home, Office, and Community Optimum Financial Services for Customer Needs

Hitachi’s smart life and ecofriendly systems business supplies home Hitachi is contributing to building a better society through the
appliances such as refrigerators and washing machines; room, package, and cultivation of financial services that meet the needs of customers
Top-loading Washer Dryer
other types of air conditioning systems; and environmental business [Hitachi Appliances, Inc.] and society. Based on this philosophy, Hitachi supplies leases,
products such as LED lighting and residential photovoltaic power generation insurance, and other financial services with high added value that
systems. In addition to the pursuit of basic performance and energy combine a variety of functions.
efficiency, product development at Hitachi also seeks to offer new forms of The key focuses for Hitachi’s financial services in recent years
value, including by making home appliances easier for users to operate and include the supply of finance schemes for the construction of social
equipping them with designs that convey a sense of high quality, infrastructure, helping provide a safe and secure way of life in areas
developing air conditioning products that create comfortable environments, such as healthcare and agriculture, as well as wind power and other
and making its environmental business products easier to install. Hitachi forms of renewable energy; vendor finance that helps small and
also aims to draw on the technologies it has developed in Japan to supply medium-sized enterprises adopt IT or other business efficiency
Refrigerator
the global market with products that feature high added value. [Hitachi Appliances, Inc.]
improvements; and its vehicle solutions business.
In the future, along with helping reduce the load on the environment By taking these financial services that are intimately related to the
through innovations such as its proprietary technologies for energy regions they serve and then deploying them globally, Hitachi
efficiency, Hitachi intends to continue supporting the creation of a provides solutions that meet customer needs.
comfortable society and way of life through value-added products that have
Globally deploying financial services that are tailored to the needs of
been developed by generating ideas from the customer’s perspective. customers and communities
LED Ceiling Light Natural Refrigerant Heat Pump Water Heater for Home Use
[Hitachi Capital Corporation]
[Hitachi Appliances, Inc.] [Hitachi Appliances, Inc.]

The models, specifications, and functions described in the text refer to products available in Japan and may not be applicable to products supplied in other countries.
LED: Light-emitting Diode

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 Corporate Social Responsibility Research & Development

Creating New Value for Society Together Expanding Social Innovation Business through a Customer-driven
with Our Customers Global Research and Development Organization
Our society faces a wide range of problems, including global corporate governance practices with strengthened management Today, our customers and society are faced with increasingly solutions together with customers. The mission of the Center for
warming, poverty, and social discrimination. Demand is growing for supervisory functions. To accelerate growth in the global market, complex issues in a wide range of areas including energy, Technology Innovation is technology-driven innovation. The three
corporations to address these problems. Listening to the expecta- Hitachi in April 2015 appointed chief executives who represent environment, food, water, transport and security. The process of domestic laboratories have come together in this one organization
tions of the public and incorporating those voices into our business the Hitachi Group in interactions with regional communities and “collaborative creation” is important for Hitachi’s Social Innovation to form nine centers in the areas of energy, electronics, mechanical
activities is a way to enhance Hitachi’s credibility in society. By customers in the four global regions of the Americas, China, the Business which aims to provide solutions to such challenges by engineering, materials, system engineering, information &
sharing values with all stakeholders and integrating CSR and Asia-Pacific, and EMEA/CIS. working closely with customers to understand the challenges and telecommunications, controls, production engineering, and
management strategies, we will aim to balance the sustainable Throughout the group, Hitachi is taking practical steps to encourage together identify solutions. healthcare; to support solution development by strengthening
growth of society with our economic growth as a global company. diversity and inclusion and is seeking to build up a more diverse To assure a customer-driven global R&D organization, the three technology platforms, bringing together different technologies
We are committed to “global warming prevention,” “resource workforce, including by taking steps to establish a set of values that laboratories in Japan (Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi and generating innovative products. The mission of the Center for
conservation,” and “ecosystems preservation” as the three pillars of respects the individuality and ambitions of its staff based on globally Research Laboratory, Yokohama Research Laboratory), the Design Exploratory Research is vision-driven exploratory research. In
our vision. We are working toward the adoption of production standardized human resource practices and evaluation systems. Division and the overseas research centers, were aligned along addition to conducting leading-edge R&D based on a long-term
practices throughout the world that reduce the environmental Along with reinforcing actions based on the Hitachi Group Human three innovation strategy axes under three centers: the Global vision of solutions to challenges that society will face in the
burden of a product throughout its life cycle. In dealing with Rights Policy formulated in FY2013, Hitachi is also pursuing ongoing Center for Social Innovation, the Center for Technology Innovation, future, the Center will also pioneer new frontiers by creating the
suppliers, we take steps to ensure appropriate action in regard to global CSR activities in which human development plays a central role. and the Center for Exploratory Research; thus shifting from an seeds for the next innovation through open innovation with
conflict minerals and other issues such as the environment, and risks In the future, Hitachi intends to continue contributing to sustainable organization which focuses simply on creating technology to one various research institutions, universities, regions and countries.
to human rights at every steps along the supply chain. With a majority social progress as a global business by always remaining aware of the which can drive innovation. Hitachi will continue to contribute to resolving challenges in
of outside directors on its board, including non-Japanese directors, expectations of society and the social duties for which it is responsible. The mission of the Global Center for Social Innovation is society by working closely with customers under this R&D
Hitachi, Ltd. takes note of diverse viewpoints from all parts of customer-driven collaborative creation. Researchers in four organization to identify issues together and provide innovative
the world in its management decisions and has adopted regional centers, Tokyo, North America, China and Europe, have solutions through its Social Innovation Business.
been positioned close to customer sites in order to create new
CSR : Corporate Social Responsibility EMEA/CIS : Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Commonwealth of Independent States

Eco-Factories & Offices Ecosystem Preservation Hitachi Volunteer Seminars Atomic-resolution Holography Electron Microscope Wearable Sensor for Measuring Organizational Activity New Computer for Social System Optimization

Clarion Hungary Electronics Kft, which produces car audio Hitachi Financial Equipment System (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd. Hitachi Volunteer Seminars have been held for employees This cutting-edge electron microscope with the world’s highest A wearable sensor was developed to collect and analyze body A new paradigm computer is being developed based on the Ising
and related products for the European market, has took action to preserve the ecosystem of nearby and their families since 2002. The 50th seminar to be held resolution of 43 pm is able to observe electromagnetic fields movement and interaction between people. The data provides model. The “Ising chip,” which operates at room temperature,
achieved annual savings in electric power of approximately Lianhuashan Park by removing invasive species that were since the program started took place in FY2014. Hitachi inside materials. In addition to contributing to advances in basic a quantitative description of organizational activity, a parameter solves combinatorial optimization problems by translating them
450 MWh by installing more efficient replacement lighting. found living there. The company intends to continue its intends to continue running the seminars, which encourage science, the instrument will also be used for the development of closely correlated with an organization’s productivity, and can into physical phenomena.
The plant is engaged in a number of eco-factory activities, efforts while working to raise employee awareness of the participants to take the first step toward getting involved in advanced functional materials. be used for objective assessment of management practices and
including the separation of sludge from cleaning process need to preserve ecosystems. volunteer work. work environments.
wastewater so that the wastewater can be reused and the ［Hitachi Financial Equipment System (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd.］ ［Rice harvesting in progress at a Hitachi Volunteer Seminar］
sludge disposed of by incineration.
［Clarion Hungary Electronics Kft］
Ising model “Ising chip” semiconductor

Technology for Lithium Batteries with High Energy Density

A battery technology Cathode Separator Anode

developed by Hitachi that Cathode material Electrolyte Silicon material

can roughly double the range

of electric vehicles compared Ｌｉ＋
Ｌｉ

to previous models.
Ｌｉ
Discharging Charging
Ｌｉ

Wearable sensor Ｌｉ Ｌｉ＋

Hitachi Group Career Seminar for Young Women Parts of this technology were
developed with assistance
Walk-through-style Finger Vein Authentication Technology from a subsidy program of the Thick film High-strength Conductive surface
Started in FY2014, the Hitachi Group Career Seminar for Atomic-resolution Holography Electron Microscope New Energy and Industrial Oxide coating
binder treatment

Young Women advises employees thinking about their own Technology Development
Anode designed to prevent isolation

careers early in life, helping them to dispel vague concerns High-speed finger vein authentication technology for verifying Organization (NEDO). Structure of new battery
about the future and to maintain a balance between work and individuals as they walk through was developed to enable
life events. The goal is for women themselves to actively carve passage through security gates without stalling the flow of Storage Platform
out their own careers. people. This technology can provide a high-level of security while
Global Employee Survey
［Hitachi Group Career Seminar for Young Women］ supporting efficient operation at security gates in major facilities.
Highly reliable cloud systems can be implemented using
Hitachi conducted its first global employee survey in FY2013. storage virtualization to ensure non-stop operation when
This was followed in FY2014 by a second survey that swapping components or during a disaster.
showed improvement in all areas, including pride in the Winner of a Nikkan Kogyo
company. Further steps aimed at raising the level of Shimbun Best Ten New Products
engagement throughout Hitachi include the adoption of Award for 2014
processes for informing section and department heads Image processed using low-pass filter Atomic model Winner of a Nikkei Sangyo
about the situation of their own teams. Image of GaN crystal Shimbun Award at the Nikkei
Superior Products and Services
Awards for 2014
The development project has been funded by Japan Society for the
Promotion of Science, an incorporated administrative agency. Prototype security gate with finger vein authentication Virtual Storage Platform G1000

CSR activities: www.hitachi.com/csr Environmental activities: www.hitachi.com/environment Social contribution activities: www.hitachi.com/csr/sc
Sustainability Report: www.hitachi.com/csr/download • For more information, please visit the above web sites.

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 Technological History

1910 ●
❶
1980 2000
1910
Company formed. Completed five-horsepower
induction motor (Photo ●
❶)
1960 1980
Completed 300-MW AC/DC converter for electricity link between Hokkaido and
2000
Developed 52.5-Gbits/in 2 perpendicular magnetic recording method
Developed holographic electron microscope with 49.8-picometer resolution
1960 Honshu
1911 Developed cubic-type refrigerator 1982 2001 ●
Developed mobile web-gateway system
Completed 2-kVA transformer
1961 Succeeded in world’s first micro-level observation of magnetic field by the use of
Developed application processor for mobile phones
1914 Developed fully automatic washing machine
electron beam holography
●
❽
Started production of AC ammeter and voltmeter Completed experimental nuclear reactor 1983 2002
Developed world’s smallest 0.3-mm square contactless IC chip (Photo ● )
1916 ●
❷ 1962 Developed air conditioner with scroll compressor
Developed compact DNA analysis system genetic for SNP typing
Completed 10,000-hp (7,355-kW) water turbine Developed exothermic self-hardening mold 1984 2003 ●
Started production of fans
1963 Completed first improved standard BWR to be made in Japan
Started mass production of 256-kbit DRAMs (Photo ●
Developed and commercialized compact, highly accurate,
Completed 265,000-kW impulse reheating cross-compound turbine ❽) high-speed finger vein authentication system (Photo ● )

1920 1964
Completed the first cars for the Shinkansen (Bullet Train)
1985
Completed the “JT-60” large-scale Tokamak device for break-even plasma
experiments
Successful measurement of infant brain functions
using optical topography
Dr. Hideaki Koizumi, a Hitachi Fellow, presented a lecture at the 400th Anniversary
1924 Developed seat reservation system for Japanese National Railways
Developed CAD/CAE system with ultra-high resolution color display (Photo ●
❾) of the Foundation of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Vatican City
Completed the first large-scale DC electric locomotive to be Manufactured monorail running between Haneda Airport and Hamamatsu-cho,
manufactured in Japan (Photo ● ❷) Tokyo 1986 ●
❾
2004
Developed world’s smallest sensor-net terminal with a battery life of over one year
1965 Completed HITAC M-68X series
Developed high-temperature lead-free solder paste

1930 ●
❸
Completed HITAC 5020 system
Completed 19-inch 90° polarized color cathode ray tube using rare earth
fluorescent elements
1987
Practical application of predictive fuzzy control
Completed large display using color liquid crystal
2005
Explosives Trace Detection System received U.S. TSA certification
1930 Exhibited “EMIEW” two-wheel mobile robot capable of direct dialogue
Started production of pole-top transformers 1966 projection
at the 2005 World Exposition Aichi, Japan
Developed LTP processing technique for silicon transistors 1988 2006
1931
Completed 10,000-A hydraulic electrolytic cell 1967 Developed quadrapedal robot
Confirmation of electro-luminescence phenomena on injection of
Developed dry-type room air conditioner 1989 electrical current in ultra-thin silicon film
1932 Basic experiment on the application of Optical Topography as a
Started production of elevators 1968 Developed world’s fastest superconductive computer
brain-machine interface
Developed hybrid LSI Developed superconductive MR imaging equipment
Completed Hitachi’s first electric refrigerator (Photo ●
❸) Mass production of 2.5-inch HDD using perpendicular magnetic
Completed HIDIC100 electronic computer for control applications
1933 recording technology

1990
Developed 300-m/min elevators for high-rise buildings
Completed 23,600-horsepower Illgner set 2007
1969 Prototype of world’s smallest noncontact RFID powder ●
Completed on-line banking system

1940
IC chip (dimensions 0.05 mm × 0.05 mm)
Developed and mass-produced all-transistor color televisions 1990 Prototype of the 2-Mbit non-volatile SPRAM chip using
Developed Lo-D 2-way speaker system Released very large-scale computer with the world’s fastest processing speed at magnetization reversal by spin injection
that time Developed EMIEW 2, a small and lightweight interactive robot (Photo ● )
1940 Developed high-resolution TFT color liquid crystal display
2008
1970
Completed 5,000-line automatic private branch exchange
1991 Developed lithium-ion battery system technology for use in
1943 Developed inverter-controlled electric locomotive with the world’s largest control high-speed diesel hybrid trains
Completed 85,000-kW Francis water turbine and 70,000-kVA alternating
current generator
1970 capacity Developed technology for small but highly efficient
Developed computer-aided traffic control system for the Shinkansen (Bullet Train) Developed highly sensitive image pickup tubes electric motors that do not use rare metals
1949 (Photo ●
❺) ●
❺ 1992 2009
Completed first U05 power excavator
1971 Completed core network 500-kV substation system Prototype 3-kV-class SiC diode ●
Completed large (1 Gbyte) file storage unit Developed core technology for atomic manipulation and observation of atomic Developed vehicular lithium-ion battery (Photo ● )

1950
arrangement using scanning tunneling microscope Developed thin-type finger vein authentication technology
1973
Developed new-type image pickup tube 1993
1951
Completed 6,500-kW Kaplan water turbine and 7,000-kVA AC generator
1974
Developed numerically controlled ruling engine for aplanatic concave diffraction
Developed Shinkansen (Bullet Train) with new maximum service speed of 270
km/h
First in world to successfully demonstrate operation of single-electron memory
2010
(first umbrella-type generator made in Japan) grating
●
❻ at room temperature 2010
1952 Commercial operation began at Japan’s first Developed capillary array DNA sequencer ● Developed power consumption reduction technology for data centers
Completed 21,000-kW two-stage pump-turbine 470,000-kW nuclear power station (Photo ● ❻) Developed rare metal recycling technology
Successful automation of semiconductor assembly 1994 Successful control and measurement of spin current
1953 (automation of wire bonding for LSIs and transistors) Developed the original 32-bit RISC processor SuperH family
2011
Completed true low-pressure 300-m 3 /h air separation machine Developed clean ATM
Completed 55,000-kW hydrogen-cooled turbine 1975 Successful prototype of 1-Gbit DRAM
Dr. Hideaki Koizumi, a fellow of Hitachi, made a Fellow of the Chinese
Developed high-performance heat transfer surface (Thermoexcell) Academy of Engineering
1954 Developed Hitachi High Crown Control Mill 1995 Proton beam therapy (PBT) system using spot scanning approved for
Completed the first large-scale cold strip mill to be produced in Japan Completed large M-series computer system (Photo ●❼) Developed Super TFT LCD module featuring ultra-wide viewing angles (Photo ● ) manufacturing in Japan
●
❼ Developed technology for increasing speed of wide-area networks (WAN)
1955 1976
Developed 10-Gbit/s fiber optic transmission equipment
Completed 100,000-kW Francis water turbine and 93,000-kVA Succeeded in trial of world’s first optical transmission
Developed MULTI 2 encryption algorithm 2012
alternating current generator system 1997 First Practical Field Emission Electron Microscope recognized as an IEEE Milestone
Developed highly efficient industrial-use 11-kW permanent magnet
1956 1977
Developed core technology for 4.7-Gbyte DVD-RAM
Developed magnetocardiography technology for scanning cardiac patients synchronous motor without using rare earth metals
Completed the first DF90 diesel-electric engine to be built in Japan Developed high-speed amino acid analysis machine Prototyped automatic human cell-sheet culturing equipment for
Developed small proton accelerator for cancer treatment
1958 (type 837)
1998
regenerative medicine
Completed six-transistor miniature portable radio ●
❹ Completed construction of Fugen advanced thermal converter reactor 2013
Developed 320-Gbit/s optical data transmission system
Electron microscopes awarded the grand prix at 1978 Developed refrigerator/air conditioner with PAM control
Developed ROPITS single-passenger mobility-support robot
the World Exposition in Brussels (Photo ●
❹) Completed world’s first field emission electron microscope with record-high Developed electronic authentication technique based on biometric information
1959 resolution 1999 Developed gamma camera for environments with high radiation levels
Completed electronic computers based on Experimental color camera with solid-state miniature image device developed Commercialized lithium secondary battery using manganese system 2014
transistors 1979 Developed atomic-resolution holography electron microscope
Developed wearable sensor for measuring organizational activity
Completed HITAC M-series 200H
Developed walk-through-style finger vein authentication technology

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 Group Synergy

Working as a Group to Deliver Innovations that Address the

Challenges Facing Global Society

Hitachi’s core Social Innovation Business operates globally and infrastructure technology that Hitachi has developed over many ■ Information & Telecommunication Systems ■ Construction Machinery Consolidated Net Sales
9,774.9 billion yen
delivers innovations that address many challenges that confront years. Made up of a distinctive collection of companies, what Hitachi Information & Telecommunication Engineering, Ltd. Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
society so that everyone can enjoy a safer and more secure way distinguishes Hitachi is the synergy that arises from their
Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions, Corp.
of life that is also more comfortable and convenient. Underpinning combined experience and technology developed through a wide ■ High Functional Materials & Components Information &
Hitachi Solutions, Ltd. Telecommunication
and sustaining this activity are the Values (Hitachi Founding Spirit) variety of businesses. By taking maximum advantage of this Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. Systems 19%
Hitachi Systems, Ltd.
of Harmony, Sincerity, and Pioneering Spirit, and its Mission of group synergy and achieving outstanding teamwork, Hitachi Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
contributing to society through the development of superior, intends to continue working together to overcome the challenges Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc.
original technology and products. The driving force behind this faced today by customers and communities throughout the world. Hitachi Computer Products (Europe) S.A.S. ■ Automotive Systems
Power Systems 4%
Social Innovation Business is a fusion of the latest IT with Hitachi Financial Equipment System (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd. Clarion Co., Ltd.

Hitachi Consulting Corp. Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.

Hitachi Data Systems Corp. Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc. Social Infrastructure &
Hitachi Information & Telecommunication Systems Global Industrial Systems 15%
■ Smart Life & Ecofriendly Systems
Holding Corp.
Hitachi Appliances, Inc.

■ Power Systems Hitachi Consumer Marketing, Inc.

Hitachi Consumer Products (Thailand), Ltd. Electronic Systems &
Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
Equipment 10%
The Hitachi Group Identity articulates the MISSION,
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (*1)
VALUES and VISION that are shared by the Hitachi Group worldwide. ■ Others (Logistics and Other services)
Hitachi Power Solutions Co., Ltd.
Bonded by this Identity, the Hitachi Group is able to demonstrate outstanding teamwork that transcends Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.
Horizon Nuclear Power Ltd.
Construction Machinery 7%
the boundaries of geographical regions and business fields. Hitachi Life, Ltd.
Throughout its 100 year history, the Hitachi Group has passed on its Mission and Values to generations of ■ Social Infrastructure & Industrial Systems Hitachi Transport System, Ltd.
employees and external stakeholders.
Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd. Hitachi Urban Investment, Ltd.
The Vision has been created based on the Mission and the Values. High Functional Materials &
Hitachi Building Systems Co., Ltd. Hitachi America, Ltd. (*2) Components 14%
It is an expression of what the Hitachi Group aims to become in the future.
Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd. Hitachi Asia Ltd. (*2)

Hitachi Plant Construction, Ltd. Hitachi (China), Ltd. (*2)

Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery, Inc. (*1) Hitachi Europe Ltd. (*2)

Automotive Systems 9%
Hitachi Elevator (China) Co., Ltd. Hitachi India Pvt. Ltd. (*2)

Hitachi Rail Europe Ltd.

■ Financial Services Smart Life &
Ecofriendly Systems 7%
■ Electronic Systems & Equipment Hitachi Capital Corp.

Hitachi High-Technologies Corp.

Company names are as of March 31, 2015
Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd. Others
(Logistics and Other services) 12%
Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
Hitachi Medical Corp.
Financial Services 3%
based on International Financial Reporting Standards
for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015

*1: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. and Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery, Inc. are equity method affiliates of Hitachi, Ltd.
*2: Hitachi America, Ltd., Hitachi Asia Ltd., Hitachi (China), Ltd., Hitachi Europe Ltd., and Hitachi India Pvt. Ltd. are the regional management companies for the Hitachi Group in their
respective regions, handling sales of Hitachi group products.

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 Corporate Profile
Corporate name Hitachi, Ltd.

Established February 1, 1920 [Founded in 1910]

Headquarters 6-6, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8280 Japan

phone: +81-3-3258-1111

Management Toshiaki Higashihara

Representative Executive Officer and President & COO

Capital 458.7 billion yen (as of March 31, 2015)

Net sales 1,842.1 billion yen (for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015)

Consolidated net sales 9,774.9 ＊ billion yen (for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015)

Number of employees 31,375 (as of March 31, 2015)

Consolidated number of employees 336,670 ＊ (as of March 31, 2015)

＊The Company’ s consolidated financial statements are prepared based on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for fiscal 2014, ended March 31, 2015.

W eb S i te

Hi tachi Globa l We b s i te : H i tac hi Soc i al I nnov ati on Bus i nes s Webs i te:
www.hitachi.com www.hitachi.com/businesses/innovation
Our web site contains a wide Information about Hitachi’ s
range of material including Social Innovation Business
our corporate profile, details
of our business activities,
product and service
information, and recruiting
information.

Hi tachi Globa l Br a n d Ca m p a i g n : H i tac hi Brand C hannel :

social-innovation.hitachi.com/en www.youtube.com/hitachibrandchannel
Hitachi also has a dedicated Hitachi has its own official
web site for its Social channel on the YouTube video
Innovation Business that sharing web site. The videos
presents a consistent message carried by the channel profile
throughout the world. Hitachi’s Social Innovation
Business and other activities,
including CSR, corporate
history and culture, and PR
work.

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