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Hitachi
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() is a Japanese multinational conglomerate founded in 1910 and headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. The company is active in various industries, including digital systems, power and renewable energy, railway systems, healthcare products, and financial systems. The company was founded as an electrical machinery manufacturing subsidiary of the Kuhara Mining Plant in Hitachi, Ibaraki, by engineer Namihei Odaira in 1910. It began operating as an independent company under its current name in 1920.
Hitachi is a Japanese multinational conglomerate founded in 1910 that operates across diverse industries including electrical machinery, digital systems, power and renewable energy, railway systems, healthcare products, and financial systems. The company matters as one of Japan's major industrial enterprises with a century-long history of manufacturing and technology development across multiple sectors that affect infrastructure and services worldwide.
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Key facts
- Company.name
- Hitachi, Ltd.
- Company.native_name
- 株式会社日立製作所
- Company.romanized_name
- Kabushikigaisha Hitachi Seisaku-sholit. "Share Company Hitachi Manufacturing Plant"
- Company.native_name_lang
- ja
- Company.logo
- Hitachi 2025 logo.svgclass=skin-invert
- Company.logo_caption
- Hitachi logo used since 2025
- Company.image
- Nippon Life Insurance Company,Marunouchi.JPG
- Company.image_size
- 250px
- Company.image_caption
- Headquarters in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.foundation
- Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan
- Company.founder
- Namihei Odaira
- Company.location_city
- Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
- Company.location_country
- Japan
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.key_people
- Toshiaki HigashiharaToshiaki Tokunaga
- Company.revenue
- (2021)
- Company.operating_income
- (2021)
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- Type
- Company, Funder
- Founded
- 1910
- Location
- Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- Kabushiki-gaisha Hitachi Seisakusho
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.417547.4 · ISNI 0000 0004 1763 9564
Official website
Home : Hitachi Global
Official website of Hitachi, Ltd. Hitachi drives Social Innovation Business, creating a sustainable society with data and technology. We will solve customers' and society's challenges with Lumada solutions leveraging IT, OT (Operational Technology) and products.
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.hitachi.com
- Image
- Nippon Life Marunouchi Building.jpg
- Motto
- Inspire the Next
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- Hitachi
- inception
- 1910-01-01
- social media followers
- 76600
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34 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Logos and symbols
- History
- Founding (1910–1945)
- Post-war reconstruction and expansion (1945–1990)
- 2000s
- 2010s
- 2020s
- Businesses
- Digital Systems & Services
- Hitachi Vantara
- GlobalLogic
- Hitachi Solutions
- Green Energy and Mobility
- Hitachi Rail
- Hitachi Energy
- Nuclear power
- Connective Industries
- Hitachi Global Life Solutions and Living Systems
- Hitachi Building Systems
- Hitachi High-Tech
- Subsidiaries and joint ventures
- Hitachi Astemo
- Hitachi Construction Machinery
- Discontinued or divested businesses
- Hitachi Capital
- Hitachi Metals
- Hitachi Works
- Others
- Educational initiatives
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
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