TOKYO, Feb 4, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Deutsche Bahn and the German Federal Railway Authority has witnessed a series of functional and operational tests that proved Hitachi Rail’s capability to adapt its digital interlocking product to German specifications and standards. The move represents a major step towards Hitachi Rail entering the German... » read more
TOKYO, Feb 2, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) today announced that as of April 1 2022 it will strengthen business structure in order to further evolve the Social Innovation Business and achieve growth with a focus on digital, environment and innovation in its next Mid-term Management Plan. 1. Accelerating... » read more
TOKYO, Feb 2, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi High-Tech Corporation (“Hitachi High-Tech”) today announced the restructuring of Hitachi High-Tech Fine Systems Corporation (“HFS”) on April 1, 2022, as part of Hitachi High-Tech’s key initiatives for our 2024 Mid-Term Management Plan. Hitachi High-Tech aims to create new businesses that will be a key... » read more
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, Jan 28, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi Energy today announced that it has achieved the first-step target set out in its Sustainability 2030(1) plan – the use of 100% fossil-free electricity in its own operations(2). The company is driving towards being carbon-neutral in its own operations by 2030(3), in line... » read more
TOKYO, Jan 27, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501, “Hitachi”) and Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd. (“Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems”) today announced that they have been accelerating the global development of the line building business leveraging industrial robots (“the robotic SI(1) business”) and will establish Hitachi Automation, Ltd. (“Hitachi... » read more
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Jan 20, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi Rail announced today that it has signed a 72.5 million EUR contract with Princess Noura Bint Abdul Rahman University to operate and maintain the autonomous metro system in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the next three years. Autonomous metro system in Riyadh, Saudi... » read more
London, UK, Jan 14, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi Rail and Intermodal Telematics (IMT) have agreed an exclusive long-term partnership that will add IMT’s pioneering monitoring sensors to Hitachi’s existing digital freight service. The agreement will allow Hitachi to offer rail freight companies around the world a solution that provides real time... » read more
TOKYO, Dec 17, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi Astemo Co., Ltd. today announced the adoption of its inverter by Geely Automobile Holdings Limited for the hybrid powertrain platform “Leishen Hi-X.” Our inverter adopted for Leishen Hi-X Geely is a major automaker under China’s Zhejiang Geely Group Holdings, and is actively promoting electrification... » read more
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, Dec 10, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi Energy and National Grid have successfully energized a pilot project replacing SF6 in installed high-voltage gas-insulated lines with an eco-efficient fluoronitrile based gas mixture. This retrofill solution, in Richborough, UK is part of Hitachi Energy’s EconiQTM(1) portfolio which is designed to deliver a... » read more
TOKYO, Dec 8, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) has been awarded the highest score of “Grade A” by global environmental non-profit charity CDP, in the categories of climate change and water security. CDP evaluated Hitachi’s pioneering initiatives and disclosure of information for tackling climate change, as well as acting... » read more
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, Nov 17, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Further to its press release on October 13, 2021, announcing its evolution to Hitachi Energy, the global technology and market leader in power grids today launched IdentiQ, its digital twin(1) solutions for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) and power quality solutions. IdentiQ(2) will help to... » read more
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, Nov 10, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi Energy has today launched the next generation of its e-mesh(1) portfolio of energy storage and digital automation solutions. The release delivers the energy industry’s most comprehensive set of digital energy solutions. It tightly integrates advanced analytics with both software and hardware systems to... » read more
TOKYO, Nov 5, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) today announced that it opens Hitachi Origin Park (“Origin Park”) in Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture (north of Tokyo), Japan, the company’s birthplace. Origin Park is a corporate museum that introduces the company’s mission and the history of its business and social... » read more
TOKYO, Nov 5, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – With COP26 underway, two Principal Partners for one of the most important climate summits in recent history have come together to agree a new renewable energy deal. Hitachi Rail has agreed a contract with ScottishPower, part of the Iberdrola Group, for the supply of 100%... » read more
TOKYO and SANTA CLARA, California, Oct 27, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) and Hitachi Vantara, the digital infrastructure, data management and analytics, and digital solutions subsidiary of Hitachi, today announced Hitachi has been named a Leader in 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Industrial IoT Platforms for the second consecutive... » read more
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, Oct 21, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi Energy today announced the introduction of EconiQ transformers reinforcing its Purpose: ‘Advancing a sustainable energy future for all’. Eco-efficient by design and based on scientific methodologies for transparency, the EconiQ transformers are further evidence of the global technology and market leader’s commitment towards... » read more
Switzerland, Oct 6, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi ABB Power Grids today announced that it is the lead in a consortium that has been awarded a major contract worth several hundreds of millions of US dollars from the Saudi Electricity Company and the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company. The award is for the... » read more
TOKYO, Oct 4, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) today announced that it established a second fund for Hitachi Ventures (HV), the corporate venture capital (CVC) arm of Hitachi. The second fund will make strategic investments in innovative startups, particularly in the growth fields of environment and healthcare, which are... » read more
TOKYO, Sep 30, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) and Hitachi Astemo, Ltd. today jointly announced the development a compact, lightweight direct-drive(1) system for the increasingly popular EV segment,(2) which combines the motor, inverter, and brake into a single unit (Fig. 1). This enables the installation of the entire system... » read more
TOKYO, Sep 30, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi Astemo, Ltd. has announced the adoption of its stereo camera by Suzuki Motor Corporation for the New Wagon R Smile city car, launched in September 2021. In a first for Suzuki, the New Wagon R smile adopts a passing assist(1) function to aid in... » read more