Hitachi

Hitachi was founded by Namihei Odaira in 1910 as an electrical repair shop! Today, Hitachi Group is a Japanese global company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and is one of the world’s leading retailers in new technology providing high quality products. Its common stock is 282,033 million yen, with over 400,000 employees, revenues (unconsolidated basis) 2,785,115 million yen and (consolidated basis) 10,247,903 million yen. Since its inception, Hitachi has acted from a corporate philosophy of contributing to society through technology.

Popular Hitachi products include air conditioners, batteries, camcorders, computers, digital cameras and storage, heavy equipment, automotive products, HDTV, mobile phones, digital audio players, TVs, hard disk drives (HDDs) and HDD recorders, elevators, appliances (under a subsidiary, Hitachi Hometec, manufacturer of mainly micom rice cookers, pots), power tools, railroad vehicles, financing/credit, business consulting services. In addition to consumer products, Hitachi provides products for other manufactures such as integrated circuits and other semiconductors.

Hitachi will breathe new life into the next era as symbolised by its new corporate statement ‘Inspire the Next’ and will contribute to achieving a comfortable and abundant society as a ‘Best Solutions Partner’. This statement embodies Hitachi’s commitment to continue to inspire coming generations with the latest products, systems and services, for a more vibrant society. Hitachi intends to be the catalyst for a changing society. As society changes, so will Hitachi.