Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo: 6501)

6-6, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo, 100-8280, Japan
Phone: +81-3-3258-1111
Fax: +81-3-4564-2148
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http://www.hitachi.com

Overview

Hitachi, which means "risen sun," is looking for a new dawn of profits from its galaxy of businesses. The company is a world-leading maker of powerful, corporate transaction-oriented mainframes, as well as semiconductors, servers, and other information system and telecommunications technologies. Hitachi also makes elevators and escalators, industrial robots and control systems, and nuclear power plant equipment. The company's power and industrial systems unit is its biggest revenue producer. Other products include metals, wire, and cable. Hitachi's consumer goods range from TVs to refrigerators and washing machines; the company also has operations in financial services, property management, and transportation.

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Key financials for Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo: 6501)

Company Type Public (Tokyo: 6501; NYSE: HIT [ADR])
Fiscal Year-End March
2009 Sales (mil.) £72,325.7
1-Year Sales Growth (9.1%)
2009 Net Income (mil.) (£5,694.3)
2009 Employees 361,796
1-Year Employee Growth 4.0%
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Key people and executives for Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo: 6501)

Representative Executive Officer, Chairman, President, and CEO; General Manager, Supervisory Office for Management Reforms, Hitachi Global and Hitachi, Ltd. Takashi Kawamura
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Representative Executive Officer, EVP and Executive Officer Naoya Takahashi
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Representative Executive Officer, EVP and Executive Officer Kazuhiro Mori
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