| Business Summary | | Hitachi,
Ltd.
is
Japan's
largest
diversified
manufacturer
of
electronic
and
electrical
products.
The
Company
divides
its
operations
into
five
segments:
Information
Systems
&
Electronics,
Power
&
Industrial
Systems,
Consumer
Products,
Materials,
and
Services
&
Other.
The
Information
Systems
&
Electronics
segment
manufactures
and
sells
computers,
semiconductors,
communications
equipment,
display
tubes,
and
liquid
crystal
displays.
The
Power
&
Industrial
Systems
segment
manufactures
and
sells
power
plants,
industrial
machinery,
transpiration
equipment,
construction
machinery
and
other
products
for
power
utilities
and
industry.
The
Consumer
Products
segment
manufactures
and
sells
products
in
two
main
categories:
home
appliances
and
consumer
electronics.
The
Materials
segment
includes
fabricated
chemical
and
metal
products
supplied
as
parts
or
materials
to
downstream
manufacturers
of
mainly
electric
and
electronic
products. | More
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Business Description |
| Financial Summary | | Hitachi
Ltd.,
a
global
electronics
company,
oparetes
in
information
systems
and
electronics
(computers,
software),
power/industrial
systems
(power
plants),
consumer
products
(appliances),
materials
(synthetic
resin,
ceramic)
and
other
services
industries.
For
the
fiscal
year
ended
3/01,
total
revenues
rose
5%
to
Y8.417T.
Net
income
totalled
Y104.38
billion,
up
from
Y16.92
billion.
Results
reflect
improvements
in
the
semiconductor
and
liquid
crystal
display
(LCD)
operations. | More
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Developments |
| Officers | |
| Position | Tsutomu Kanai | Chairman | Etsuhiko Shoyama | Pres | Hiroshi Kuwahara | Vice
Chairman | Takashi Kawamura | Exec.
VP, and Gen. Mang., Quality Assurance Division | Yoshiro Kuwata | Exec.
VP, Gen. Mang., Corp. Export Regulation Division |
| More
from
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List, Bios,
Compensation,
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