News Releases : Listed by release date

Information contained in the news releases are current as of the date of the press announcement, but may be subject to change without prior notice.

2012

December

December 20, 2012

• Hitachi Announces the Acquisition of The Railway Engineering Company Ltd
• Hitachi and Hitachi Plant Technologies initiate Joint Research with King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia on Water Quality Monitoring Technology for Seawater Desalination Facilities

December 18, 2012

• Hitachi Group products awarded "iF Product Design Award 2013"

December 17, 2012

• Hitachi Selected By Bonneville Power Administration To Pursue Research On Grid Stabilization Systems As a Technology Innovation R&D Topics

December 13, 2012

• Accrual and Exercise of Option to Redeem 130% Call Option Attached Unsecured Convertible Bond Type Bonds with Stock Acquisition Rights (8th Series)
• Hitachi Announces 'India Business Strategy 2015'

December 12, 2012

• Hitachi Hi-Rel Power Electronics' New Manufacturing Facility Starts Operations

December 7, 2012

• Hitachi Announces to Discontinue the Manufacture of Semiconductors for Information and Telecommunication Hardwares

December 6, 2012

• Hitachi Announces Realignment of Car Information Systems Business Through Corporate Split

November

November 29, 2012

• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Hitachi Reach a Basic Agreement on Business Integration in the Thermal Power Generation Systems Field

November 27, 2012

• Global supply chain design technology to minimize total costs

November 26, 2012

• HITACHI Established Yangon Branch
• 220-300℃ low-melting glass for hermetic sealing
• Hitachi Completes Acquisition of Horizon Nuclear Power

November 15, 2012

• Hitachi and VMware Expand Strategic Partnership
• Hitachi Strengthens WAN Accelerator Family Lineup

October

October 30, 2012

• Consolidated Financial Results for the Second Quarter ended September 30, 2012
• Hitachi Announces the Acquisition of Horizon Nuclear Power

October 19, 2012

• Analytics technology to identify performance raising measures based on employee/customer behavior and performance big data

October 18, 2012

• Hitachi 50th Anniversary Commemorative Ceremony to be Held at Korea

October 10, 2012

• Hitachi Europe launches European Rail Research Centre
• Development of new electrode capable of reducing direct methanol fuel cell costs by approximately 45%

October 9, 2012

• Basic technology for a high-sensitivity photo-acoustic imaging contrast agent
• Hitachi Plant Technologies and El Seif Group Agreed to Establish Joint Venture in Saudi Arabia in Social and Industrial Infrastructure Construction and Engineering Business

October 4, 2012

• Juntendo University and Hitachi finalize a comprehensive agreement on industry academia collaboration

October 3, 2012

• Prototype Boarding Gate with Built-in Explosives Detection

October 1, 2012

• Hitachi's light-weight "Enocoro" stream cipher adopted as an ISO/IEC standard
• Hitachi Announces the Merger of Hitachi Information & Communication Engineering and Hitachi Computer Peripherals

September

September 24, 2012

• Storage technology developed for fused silica glass to record and read digital data in the order of CD recording density

September 20, 2012

• New Manufacturing Base in Queretaro, Mexico for Automotive Equipment Systems[Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.]

September 19, 2012

• Hitachi Europe Finalised Delivery of Finger Vein Biometric Solution for Bank BPH (GE Capital Group) in Poland [Hitachi Europe Ltd.]

September 18, 2012

• Launch of Smart Grid Demonstration Site in Los Alamos

September 13, 2012

• Hitachi Announces Dividend Forecast
• Hitachi Develops World's First Technology to Enable Running Multiple Instances of Virtualization Software on a PC Server and Provides Highly Reliable and Efficient Virtualization Solutions Together with Red Hat

August

August 30, 2012

• HITACHI leading a European project on "efficient Cooperative infrastructure for Fully Electric Vehicle" (eCo-FEV)

August 29, 2012

• Hitachi Receives Order for UK Railway Traffic Management System Prototype
• Successful automatic culturing of human cell sheets for regenerative medicine of the cornea and esophagus

August 10, 2012

• Hitachi Sponsors Bundesliga Football Team "Fortuna Dusseldorf 1895 e.V."

July

July 30, 2012

• Consolidated Financial Results for the First Quarter ended June 30, 2012
• Hitachi to Establish New Division to Accelerate Project for Overhauling Cost Structure

July 25, 2012

• INTERCITY EXPRESS PROGRAMME FINANCIAL CLOSE PAVES WAY FOR HITACHI INVESTMENT IN RAIL MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY PLANT
• Hitachi to Strengthen Social Innovation Business in Brazil

July 18, 2012

• Hitachi Launches Data Center Services in Korea

July 17, 2012

• Business Microscope identifies key factors affecting Call Center performance

June

June 14, 2012

• Strategies for Seven Businesses Toward Achieving "2012 Mid-term Management Plan" Goals

June 13, 2012

• Hitachi Wins Order for "B-CHOP" Systems for New Macau Transportation System

May

May 30, 2012

• Notice Regarding Results of Take-over Offer for Shares of Malaysian Financial IT Solutions Company eBworx

May 23, 2012

• Prototype 920 MHz Band Radio Communication Equipment With A Large 250 mW Output Receives Japanese Technical Regulations Conformity Certification

May 10, 2012

• Hitachi Announces Progress of "2012 Mid-term Management Plan"
• Financial Results for the Year ended March 31, 2012
• Hitachi Comments on the Articles of Results for Fiscal 2011

May 7, 2012

• "Facility & IT Management Service" for Data Center Design, Construction and Management Launched

April

April 27, 2012

• Hitachi Announces Delisting from New York Stock Exchange Became Effective
• Hitachi and FPT Software Agree to Form Strategic Partnership in Cloud Service Business for Universities in Vietnam
• Participation in Event Sponsored by Investment and Development Agency of Latvia, Ministry of Economics, Republic of Latvia Including Technical Presentation on Nuclear Power Plants in Lithuania

April 24, 2012

• Hitachi Announces Director Candidates
• BT AND HITACHI COLLABORATE TO CREATE A SECURE IDENTITY MANAGEMENT SOLUTION

April 19, 2012

• Cooperation Agreement Signed with Russia's Federal Grid Company Extensive collaborative technology trials and demonstration projects for power transmission and distribution to be undertaken in Russia
• Hitachi develops smaller, lighter rail car inverter for 1,500V DC overhead power supply using SiC

April 18, 2012

• Hitachi Participates in "TOMODACHI Initiative" as a Key Partner
• Hitachi Consulting Acquires Leading Environmental Sustainability Consulting Firm PRIZIM Inc.

April 13, 2012

• Hitachi and Microsoft collaborate to enhance global cloud business

April 11, 2012

• Highly efficient industrial 11kW permanent magnet synchronous motor without rare-earth metals

April 9, 2012

• SUCCESS FOR HITACHI POWER EUROPE AND JOINT VENTURE PARTNER WITH THE BID INVITATION FOR COAL POWER PLANTS

April 5, 2012

• Hitachi Announces Delisting Schedule from New York Stock Exchange
• Hitachi Commences Take-over Offer Proceedings for Shares in Malaysian Financial IT Solutions Company eBworx

April 3, 2012

• STRENGTHENING THE POWER SYSTEMS BUSINESS STRUCTURE IN CANADA

March

March 30, 2012

• Hitachi to Apply for Delisting from New York Stock Exchange and Certain Domestic Stock Exchanges
• Hitachi Signed the Concession Agreement for New Nuclear Power Plant in Lithuania
• Assignment of Fuji Heavy Industries Wind Turbine Generator System Business to Hitachi

March 29, 2012

• HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS AMERICA, LTD. SIGNS ENHANCED ALL-DRY SCRUBBER TECHNOLOGY LICENSE AGREEMENT

March 28, 2012

• Hitachi builds new elevator production base in Chengdu
• Hitachi Expands its Air Conditioning Business under New Company "Hitachi Air Conditioning Europe SAS"

March 22, 2012

• Development Agreement for Seawater Desalination Project in Dahej, Gujarat, India

March 21, 2012

• Hitachi to launch "Hitachi Global Solution for SAP"

March 20, 2012

• Hitachi Announces Partnership with SaskPower on Test Facility for CO2 Capture Technology

March 15, 2012

• Hitachi Announces Revisions of Consolidated Business Forecasts for Fiscal 2011
• Hitachi Announces the Decision on Year-End Dividend
• Development of 3.3kV compact SiC hybrid module for rail car inverters
• RCA kicks off new train design project with Hitachi Rail Europe

March 13, 2012

• Technology significantly reducing reverberation for high quality TV conferencing systems

March 9, 2012

• Hitachi Completes Transfer of Hard Disk Drive Business to Western Digital

March 7, 2012

• WD® AND HITACHI EXPECT TO CLOSE AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE OF HITACHI'S HDD BUSINESS TO WD ON MARCH 8TH
• Specialized International Services and Hitachi Plant Technologies Agree to Establish Joint Venture in Qatar in Social and Industrial Infrastructure Construction and Engineering Business

March 6, 2012

• Fukushima Recovery, Experimental Offshore Floating Wind Farm Project

February

February 28, 2012

• HITACHI WINS ORDER FOR TWO 1,050MW ULTRA-SUPERCRITICAL COAL-FIRED THERMAL POWER PLANTS IN SOUTH KOREA

February 27, 2012

• Hitachi Settles Damages Lawsuit Relating to Damage to Low-Pressure Turbines at Shika Nuclear Power Station No. 2 of Hokuriku Electric Power

February 23, 2012

• Hitachi and Silver Spring Networks Form Global Smart Grid Strategic Alliance

February 21, 2012

• Locate and guide function for the human symbiotic robot "EMIEW2"
• St. Jude Children's Research Hospital selects Hitachi to supply and install Proton Beam Therapy System

February 9, 2012

• Hitachi Group China Business Strategy 2015

February 6, 2012

• “İşbank completed implementation of more than 2,400 biometric ATMs using Hitachi Finger Vein technology – the biggest biometric ATM network in EMEA”

February 3, 2012

• Hitachi Announces New Management Structure
• Hitachi Announces Executive Changes

February 2, 2012

• Consolidated Financial Results for the Third Quarter ended December 31, 2011

February 1, 2012

• Hitachi Comments on the Articles of Results for the Third Quarter of Fiscal 2011

January

January 31, 2012

• Hitachi and Hitachi High-Tech Receive IEEE Milestone for "First Practical Field Emission Microscope, 1972"

January 27, 2012

• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Hitachi and Mitsubishi Corporation to Begin Smart Community System Demonstration Project in Spain

January 20, 2012

• Notice regarding Outcome of Tender Offer for Shares of Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. by Subsidiary

January 17, 2012

• Hitachi Announces Recognizing Extraordinary Item on an Unconsolidated Basis

January 12, 2012

• Hitachi Group to Exhibit at WORLD FUTURE ENERGY SUMMIT 2012 in Abu Dhabi (UAE)

January 11, 2012

• Hitachi to Launch WAN Accelerator Family for Dramatically Faster Data Transfer Among Global Offices

January 6, 2012

• Hitachi Automotive Systems Europe GmbH has acquired 100% share of HUECO Automotive GmbH in Germany

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