Theme: “Transform the Future With IoT Insights and Innovations”
First Major Customer-focused R&D Symposium to be held
in Hitachi’s new Global Center for Social Innovation in Silicon Valley

November 10, 2016, Santa Clara, CA --- Hitachi America Ltd. (“Hitachi”), a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., today announced that Hitachi and its knowledge partner, Frost & Sullivan, will convene innovative business leaders, customers and partners to discuss solutions to the significant challenges facing our global society. Hitachi Social Innovation Forum 2016 SANTA CLARA will take place at the Fairmont San Jose and will feature an experiential tour of real-world innovation at the Hitachi Global Center for Social Innovation-North America on November 15.

Ryuichi Otsuki, Chief Executive for the Americas, Hitachi, Ltd., and CEO of Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, invites leaders to engage in an important discussion, “The promise and potential of the internet of things (IoT) is pushing the frontier of technology and presenting new ways to lead the world toward innovation that effectively addresses global challenges. This Social Innovation goal is central to Hitachi’s vision of the future.”

Other senior global leaders from Hitachi presenting at the event include: Hiroaki Nakanishi, Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Ltd., Norihiro Suzuki, CTO and Head of Global Research, and Kazuo Yano, Corporate Chief Scientist leading artificial intelligence research.

Participants will explore the incredible prospects for Social Innovation and brainstorm the IoT opportunities being created in industries such as Automotive and Transportation, Energy, Healthcare, and Information Technologies.

Hitachi executives will also present global trends and technology drivers for the future global economy, and discuss how to take a vision from research and development to execution. Building on this framework, expert talks and group discussions will delve into artificial intelligence and IoT; how to develop robust ecosystems for collaborative creation; and Hitachi’s new core IoT platform, Lumada.

Participants also will be able to choose from interactive sessions focused on Smart Cities (public safety, big city analytics, connected transportation), Smart Health (fitness wearables, care delivery transformation), Digital Energy (microgrids, energy efficiency solutions) and Industrial IoT (predictive maintenance).

An experiential tour that covers real-world innovation at the Silicon Valley Research Center of the Hitachi Global Center for Social Innovation–North America will give a firsthand view of Hitachi’s latest R&D innovations from around the world. The highly engaging and interactive tour will showcase how Hitachi and its customers together drive high-value digital business solutions.

Discussions, networking and town hall brainstorming sessions throughout will enable all participants to pose their challenges as well as to contribute to running commentary on issues and ideas.

For schedule details and to register for the Hitachi Social Innovation Forum 2016 SANTA CLARA, visit http://www.insight-iot.com/.

About Hitachi Global Center for Social Innovation–North America

Strategically based in Santa Clara, California, and Farmington Hills, Michigan, the talented team of over 100 highly skilled multi-disciplinary members in the Americas is tackling many challenges to achieve a greener environment, more efficient resources exploration, smart vehicles, healthcare, agriculture, mining and transportation. The Silicon Valley Research Center in Santa Clara is a unique environment designed to facilitate co-innovation between Hitachi and our customers. Together we share visions, generate concepts and quickly develop innovative technology and solutions which are validated through Proof-of-Concept (PoC) prototypes at our customers’ sites.

About Hitachi America, Ltd.

Hitachi America, Ltd. headquartered in Tarrytown, New York, a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., and its subsidiary companies offer a broad range of electronics, power and industrial equipment and services, particle beam therapy technologies, automotive products and consumer electronics with operations throughout the Americas. For more information, visit www.hitachi-america.us. For information on other Hitachi Group companies in the United States, please visit www.hitachi.us.

About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, delivers innovations that answer society’s challenges. The company’s consolidated revenues for fiscal 2015 (ended March 31, 2016) totaled 10,034.3 billion yen ($88.8 billion). The Hitachi Group is a global leader in the Social Innovation Business, and it has approximately 335,000 employees worldwide. Through collaborative creation, Hitachi is providing solutions to customers in a broad range of sectors, including Power / Energy, Industry / Distribution / Water, Urban Development, and Finance / Government & Public / Healthcare. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.

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Theodore Lowen
Hitachi America, Ltd.
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Tamie Nagamoto
Hitachi America, Ltd.
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tamie.nagamoto@hal.hitachi.com

Washington, D.C., August 1, 2017 – Hitachi, Ltd. today announced the appointment of Mr. Kenichiro (Ken) Mizoguchi as General Manager of Hitachi Corporate Offices, Washington DC & Los Angeles. Mr. Mizoguchi succeeds Mr. Masahiko Yamaguchi, who has served as General Manager since 2014. Mr. Yamaguchi will take charge of external relations at Hitachi, Ltd. in Japan. The appointments will be effective October 1, 2017.

Mr. Mizoguchi currently serves as Executive General Manager of the Corporate Brand & Communications Division, Hitachi, Ltd. During the course of his over 31-year career, Mr. Mizoguchi has had extensive experience leading public relations, investor relations, crisis management, internal communications and corporate branding & advertisement for the global corporation. Mr. Mizoguchi’s prior experience also includes leading corporate communications and business development & strategies in the US market, based in Tarrytown, NY and San Jose, CA for a decade.

Recently, Mr. Mizoguchi played a critical role in developing and executing Hitachi’s integrated corporate branding & communication strategy worldwide. Through his significant efforts, the company launched a new global brand campaign, aligned with the company’s corporate management strategy. Also, he has been deeply engaged in investor relations and led the launching “Hitachi IR Day,” an annual investor dialogue event which started in 2010.

In serving as General Manager of Hitachi Corporate Offices, Washington DC & Los Angeles, Mr. Mizoguchi will oversee Hitachi’s external affairs in the Americas as a key representative of Hitachi, Ltd. in order to strengthen relationships with various stakeholders, including national and local government legislators, officials, regulators, public policy organizations and others.

“I am honored to assume this very important role within Hitachi during this important time in the US,” said Mr. Mizoguchi. “Uncertainty in today’s environment and markets is increasing globally as well as in the US, while business opportunities also continue to expand, driven by rapid digitalization and expansion of IoT – related solutions.”

“I believe that Hitachi’s Social Innovation Business strategy, which combines our accumulated operational technology and digital technology expertise, will contribute to resolving societal challenges and creating sustainable development that is so necessary in the US and the rest of the world today,” he continued. “I will make every effort to expand and enhance Hitachi’s national and local networks in the Americas and reinforce these critical relationships between the various stakeholders and Hitachi.”

About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, delivers innovations that answer society’s challenges. The company’s consolidated revenues for fiscal 2016 (ended March 31, 2017) totaled 9,162.2 billion yen ($81.8 billion). The Hitachi Group is a global leader in the Social Innovation Business, and it has approximately 304,000 employees worldwide. Through collaborative creation, Hitachi is providing solutions to customers in a broad range of sectors, including Power / Energy, Industry / Distribution / Water, Urban Development, and Finance / Government & Public / Healthcare. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.

Contacts

Theodore Lowen
Hitachi America, Ltd.
+1-914-333-2986
theodore.lowen@hal.hitachi.com

Tamie Nagamoto
Hitachi America, Ltd.
+1-914-333-2987
tamie.nagamoto@hal.hitachi.com

-- Hitachi Positioned in Visionaries Quadrant for Completeness of Vision and Ability To Execute --

TOKYO and SANTA CLARA, Calif. – May 22, 2018 – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501) and Hitachi Vantara, today announced that Hitachi has been positioned in the Visionaries quadrant of the inaugural Gartner Magic Quadrant for Industrial IoT Platforms¹ based on Gartner, Inc.’s evaluation of the company, which included Hitachi’s Lumada IoT platform.

Gartner describes the market for IIoT platforms as “a set of integrated software capabilities. These capabilities span efforts to improve asset management decision-making, as well as operational visibility and control for plants, depots, infrastructure and equipment within asset-intensive industries.” In the report, Gartner predicts: “By 2020, on-premises Internet of Things (IoT) platforms coupled with edge computing will account for up to 60% of industrial IoT (IIoT) analytics, up from less than 10% today.”

The report also notes: “Gartner believes that 2018 will see a significant expansion of IoT platforms for industrial enterprises as both cloud and on-premises deployments.”

>> Download a complimentary copy of the full Gartner Magic Quadrant for Industrial IoT Platforms report: https://www.hitachivantara.com/ext/gartner-magic-quadrant-for-industrial-iot.html (registration required).<<

Lumada is a highly flexible, intelligent and composable software platform, which offers a portable architecture that enables it to run on-premises, in the cloud and in hybrid environments, and support industrial IoT deployments both at the edge and in the core. Lumada combines artificial intelligence, advanced analytics and asset avatars – commonly known as digital twins – to streamline and simplify management of connected business and industrial assets. This helps to increase asset utilization and accelerate the time to value of IIoT initiatives, driving faster time to insight and business outcomes for industrial and enterprise customers. Outcomes include increased operational efficiencies and cost savings; enhanced operational safety and reliability; improved asset utilization, performance management and product quality; and the creation of new business models.

Customers looking to further accelerate the time to value of their IIoT initiatives with Lumada will also benefit from co-creation services engagements with Hitachi, which taps them into Hitachi’s expansive industrial, operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) expertise to create customized IoT solutions tailored to their unique requirements.

“Hitachi is honored to be identified as a Visionary in this still nascent but rapidly emerging IIoT market. From our perspective, organizations are now implementing IoT initiatives globally to gain insight into their operational assets and processes, increase efficiencies, improve customer experiences and gain a competitive edge. Industrial verticals in particular stand to gain enormous benefits from digital solutions and we believe Hitachi is well positioned to help them achieve their goals,” said Brad Surak, chief product and strategy officer at Hitachi Vantara. “Lumada unites the best of Hitachi’s intellectual property, innovation and IT/OT expertise and has been tested and refined in co-creation engagements with Hitachi’s customers around the world. We will continue innovating with Lumada to develop data-driven solutions that propel our customers’ businesses forward.”

To download a complimentary copy of the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Industrial IoT Platforms, visit https://www.hitachivantara.com/ext/gartner-magic-quadrant-for-industrial-iot.html (registration required).

¹Gartner “Magic Quadrant for Industrial IoT Platforms,” Eric Goodness, Ted Friedman, Peter Havart-Simkin, Emil Berthelsen, Alfonso Velosa, Saniye Burcu Alaybeyi, Benoit J. Lheureux, 10 May 2018

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About Hitachi Vantara

Hitachi Vantara, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., helps data-driven leaders find and use the value in their data to innovate intelligently and reach outcomes that matter for business and society. We combine technology, intellectual property and industry knowledge to deliver data-managing solutions that help enterprises improve their customers' experiences, develop new revenue streams, and lower the costs of business. Only Hitachi Vantara elevates your innovation advantage by combining deep information technology (IT), operational technology (OT) and domain expertise. We work with organizations everywhere to drive data to meaningful outcomes. Visit us at www.hitachivantara.com.

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About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, delivers innovations that answer society’s challenges, combining its operational technology, information technology, and products/systems. The company’s consolidated revenues for fiscal 2017 (ended March 31, 2018) totaled 9,368.6 billion yen ($88.4 billion). The Hitachi Group is an innovation partner for the IoT era, and it has approximately 307,000 employees worldwide. Through collaborative creation with customers, Hitachi is deploying Social Innovation Business using digital technologies in a broad range of sectors, including Power/Energy, Industry/Distribution/Water, Urban Development, and Finance/Social Infrastructure/Healthcare. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.

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-- Simplifying business Kaizen based on advanced OT data analytics using Node-RED --

Integration of MATLAB and Microsoft Dynamics 365 on Lumada

Tokyo, June 20, 2018 --- Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501, “Hitachi”) today announced the development of technology enabling MATLAB® and Simulink® ,(1) a tool provided by The MathWorks, Inc. (“MathWorks”) and widely used for modeling and simulation in industrial settings, and Microsoft Dynamics® 365,(2) a cloud business application of Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”), to collaborate through Hitachi's Lumada IoT platform. The technology will facilitate the development of solutions using both advanced OT(3) data analytics and enterprise IT system by automating the collaboration between OT systems and enterprise IT systems that in the past stood alone. This will realize the increased productivity and the prompt delivery of innovative digital solutions.

In recent years, there is an expectation that with progress in IoT technology, the digital data collected from various types of sensors can be analyzed and used to resolve a wide range of management issues such as improvement in productivity and reduction in failure rate. Amidst this growing need, Hitachi has developed its Lumada IoT platform to provide a wide range of digital solutions to resolve the challenges faced by our customers. A GUI(4)-based programming tool "Node-RED"(5) was employed to facilitate the analytic operational flow from collecting data to analysis. Furthermore, in August 2017, Hitachi announced the development of Flow Connection Gateway,(6) a technology that enables integrated management of connecting interfaces between systems on Node-RED to simplify the processing and data coordination between systems.

To accelerate the delivery of digital solutions using Lumada, Hitachi collaborated with MathWorks and Microsoft, to demonstrate that by linking MATLAB and Simulink with Microsoft Dynamics 365 using Node-RED, a collaborative solution integrating advanced data analytics with a work management system could be quickly and easily achieved. Specifically, a MATLAB data analytics algorithm, "wear condition estimation model" was controlled from Node-RED and combined with service and item data on Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Field Service, to realize the automatic registration of information related to maintenance items based on wear-related failure prediction.

Hitachi intends to expand the range of analytics algorithms and connectable work systems through open innovation, to promote the technology development of innovative digital solutions based on IoT technology. Further, Hitachi will continue to actively collaborate with and contribute to OSS(7) communities.

A part of the technology described in this release will be presented at the Open Source Summit Japan to be held at the Tokyo Conference Center Ariake from 20th to 22nd June, in Tokyo, Japan.

Comment from Mr. Kris Borchers, executive director of the JS Foundation(8)
The JS Foundation is excited to see continued enterprise adoption of Node-RED in production environments. What started as a useful prototyping tool has grown to be adopted by many organizations as part of their product development tool chain and is shipped in their customer-facing products. This collaboration between Hitachi, Microsoft and MathWorks is a great example of that growing enterprise adoption trend for Node-RED and illustrates the importance of open source software in enabling these types of collaborations which provide major benefits to customers and partners. We look forward to continued collaboration with and contribution from Hitachi within the Node-RED project and the broader Node-RED and JavaScript ecosystems.

Comment from Mr. Satoru Abe, Industry marketing manager of MathWorks Japan
In collaboration with Hitachi, MATLAB and Simulink provide advanced algorithms and apps for data analytics and machine learning that can be used directly as the analytics engine for maintenance operation business systems. We expect this integrated platform to enable our customers to quickly implement wear and remaining useful life (RUL) estimation, failure prediction, predictive maintenance and other critical maintenance operations and deploy them across the enterprise.

Comment from Mr. Yoshinami Takahashi, Executive Managing Officer, One Commercial Partner, Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd.
Microsoft Japan cordially welcomes Hitachi’s development and global marketing of a new technology to interact with BSS(9) powered by Microsoft Dynamics 365 as part of our partnership in Hitachi’s Lumada Project. To help our customers accelerate digital transformation, a reliable cloud platform that leverages existing investments on open source and hosts them is required. Particularly, the industrial sector is in need of operational efficiency enhancement based on the IoT technology, and the technology developed by Hitachi, its innovativeness as well as fusion of existing applications and data is highly expected to drive forward digital transformation of our customers. Microsoft Japan will continue to contribute to further development of our customers’ business through our collaboration with Hitachi in the global partnership framework.

(1) MATLAB and Simulink are registered trademarks of The MathWorks, Inc. MATLAB and Simulink are data analytics and simulation platforms.
(2) Microsoft Dynamics 365 is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft Dynamics 365 is a cloud business application that supports activities necessary for cooperative operations.
(3) OT: Operational Technology
(4) GUI: Graphical User Interface, the interface which utilizes visual images in displaying information from computers to users.
(5) Node-RED is a “coding-less” programming tool developed by IBM which was donated to the JS Foundation, a project of the Linux Foundation, a non-commercial organization that provides support for a variety of open-source activities. The Node-RED website is https://nodered.org.
(6) Hitachi News Release dated 9 August 2017, “Technology development to enhance the functionality of the Node-RED programming tool for easier system collaboration.” http://www.hitachi.com/New/cnews/month/2017/08/170809a.html
(7) OSS: Open Source Software
(8) JS Foundation: https://js.foundation/
(9) BSS: Business Support System

About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, delivers innovations that answer society's challenges, combining its operational technology, information technology, and products/systems. The company's consolidated revenues for fiscal 2017 (ended March 31, 2018) totaled 9,368.6 billion yen ($88.4 billion). The Hitachi Group is an innovation partner for the IoT era, and it has approximately 307,000 employees worldwide. Through collaborative creation with customers, Hitachi is deploying Social Innovation Business using digital technologies in a broad range of sectors, including Power/Energy, Industry/Distribution/Water, Urban Development, and Finance/Social Infrastructure/Healthcare. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.

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For more information regarding this release, please contact the Research & Development Group, Hitachi, Ltd.: https://www8.hitachi.co.jp/inquiry/hqrd/news/en/form.jsp

Contacts

Japan
Toru Nishino
Hitachi, Ltd.
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toru.nishino.wu@hitachi.com

U.S.
Tamie Nagamoto
Hitachi America, Ltd.
+1-914-333-2987
tamie.nagamoto@hal.hitachi.com

Panama City, August 30th, 2018 – Hitachi, Ltd. (Hitachi), Ansaldo STS SpA (Ansaldo STS), a group company of Hitachi and Mitsubishi Corporation today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding with Metro de Panamá, S.A. (MPSA) to provide a monorail system for Line 3 of Panama Metro.

Image of a monorail system for Line 3 of Panama Metro

The prime contractor for the project, including the civil works portions, will be selected by MPSA, and the subcontractor contract will be signed by the prime contractor and the companies.

Hitachi will provide 28 six-car trains. Signaling systems, telecommunication systems and power systems will be delivered by Ansaldo STS. Mitsubishi Corporation will be in charge of commercial affairs.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency will provide yen-loan to support the improvement of urban transportation systems and efforts to combat climate change, which will be allocated to civil works projects and the procurement of the monorail system.

Outline of Project

About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, delivers innovations that answer society’s challenges, combining its operational technology, information technology, and products/systems. The company’s consolidated revenues for fiscal 2017 (ended March 31, 2018) totaled 9,368.6 billion yen ($88.4 billion). The Hitachi Group is an innovation partner for the IoT era, and it has approximately 307,000 employees worldwide. Through collaborative creation with customers, Hitachi is deploying Social Innovation Business using digital technologies in a broad range of sectors, including Power/Energy, Industry/Distribution/Water, Urban Development, and Finance/Social Infrastructure/Healthcare. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.

Contacts

US

Tamie Nagamoto
Hitachi America, Ltd.
+1-914-333-2987
tamie.nagamoto@hal.hitachi.com