Hitachi

ABOUT HITACHI

Hitachi is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo. The company operates a total of eleven business segments such as, Information & Telecommunication systems, Social infrastructure, Automotive Systems & Equipment, Digital Media and Financial Services, among others.

Founded in 1910 by electrical engineer Namihei Odaira, the company’s first product was Japan’s first 5-horsepower electric induction motor for the copper mining industry. The company has since grown to be a well-known name in IT, being most famous in this segment for its disk arrays, servers, mainframe computers and software.

The name Hitachi comes from the combination of two kanji characters – hi meaning ‘sun’ and ‘tachi’ meaning rise.

MISSION

Contribute to society through the development of superior, original technology and products.

PRODUCTS