Hitachi, Ltd. announced that Ryuichi Otsuki as Vice President and Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager of Corporate Sales & Marketing Group, Hitachi, Ltd., Chairman of the Board, Hitachi Global Digital Holdings Corporation, and Chairman of the Board, Hitachi America, Ltd. from Vice President and Executive Officer, COO of Services & Platforms Business Unit, Hitachi, Ltd., Chairman of the Board, Hitachi America, Ltd., and CEO of Hitachi Vantara Corporation. Keizo Kobayashi as Vice President and Executive Officer, CEO of Industrial Products Business Unit from Vice President and Executive Officer, CEO of Urban Solutions Business Unit. Kentaro Masai as Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of MONOZUKURI & Corporate Quality Assurance from Vice President and Executive Officer, COO of Railway Systems Business Unit.
Hitachi specializes in manufacturing and marketing of electronic and industrial equipments. Net sales (including intragroup) break down by family of products and services as follows:
- social infrastructure and industrial systems (24.7%): elevators, escalators, industrial facilities, railway systems, power generation units, etc. The group also provides engineering and construction of nuclear, hydroelectric, and thermal power plants services;
- information and telecommunications products and services (20.1%): systems integration, cloud computing, software, servers, hard disks, PCs, ATMs, data communication base stations, payment terminals, etc.;
- materials and components (16.6%): semi-conductor materials, printed circuit cards, cables, copper and forged steel products, magnetic materials, organic and inorganic chemical products, etc.;
- construction equipment (10%) : hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, mining equipment, etc.;
- automotive systems (9.4%): powertrain systems, control systems, etc.;
- electronic products (9.2%): fiber-optic components, screen tubes, testing and measurement equipment, medical equipment, equipment for manufacturing semiconductors, etc.;
- household appliances (4.7%): heating and air conditioning equipments, refrigerators, washing machines, etc.;
- other (5.3%): mainly transport, financial and logistical services.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (49.2%), Asia (21.3%), North America (12.7%), Europe (10.8%) and other (6%).
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