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(, ) is a Japanese global company headquartered in Marunouchi Itchome, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company forms Hitachi Group.
Hitachi, Ltd.
History
Products
Investor relations
Shareholders
Research
See also
| | Company Name | Hitachi, Ltd. | | Company Type | Public (tyo | | Company Logo | Image:Inspirelogo top.gif | | Foundation | 1910 | | Location | Marunouchi Itchome, Chiyoda, Tokyo | | Key People | Kazuo Furukawa, President | | Num Employees | ~151,000 (2005) | | Revenue | profit¥4,766 billion yen (2004) | | Industry | Computer hardware, software | | Products | software & services, computing & communicatio... |
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History
Hitachi was founded in 1910 as an electrical repair shop.
Hitachi is a member of The Open Group.
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Products
Appliances (under a subsidiary, Hitachi Hometec, manufacturer of mainly micom rice cookers and vacuum pots)
As well as consumer products, Hitachi provides products for other manufactures such as integrated circuits and other semiconductors.
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Investor relations
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The stock is traded on the following exchanges:
Luxembourg, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Paris, New York (HIT), Tokyo (6501), Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo stock exchanges
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Shareholders
(Data as of February 2006)
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Research
The Hitachi Research Laboratory is involved in research in several fields. Currently they are working on:
High strength nano-glass substrates
High-performance power supplies
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See also
Tsutenkaku (a tower in Osaka advertising Hitachi, Ltd.)
Samanea saman also called "monkey pod" (a tree in Oahu, Hawaii shown on TV commercial in Japan)
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