History of Hitachi in China

• Joint agreement between Hitachi, Ltd., Beijing Tailite Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Guoguang Information Industry Co., Ltd. and Shenyang NEUSOFT Co., Ltd., signed to give support to the exploration of solution business in financial field aimed at the Chinese market and of software business aimed at the Japanese market

• Cooperation with CMTech Group and Genersoft Group to carry out the business of providing solutions to Chinese manufacturing

• Hitachi China Ltd. was awarded the title of "Best Global Cooperate Partner" by ZTE Co., Ltd.

• Hitachi Systems & Services, Ltd. began to sell medical information system software in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province in collaboration with Hangzhou B-soft Co., Ltd.

• Hitachi Information Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Guangzhou Branch established

• Hitachi Global Storage Technologies announced the establishment of a manufacturing base of HDD products in Shenzhen, Guangzhou Province
• Hitachi Metals established "Hitachi Metals (Dong Guan) Special Steel Co., Ltd." engaging manufacture (cutting, machining), thermal treatment and sale of high-grade tool steels

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• Subsidiarization of Guangzhou Hitachi Elevator Co., Ltd. completed*9

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• Hitachi (China) Investment, Ltd." renamed "Hitachi (China), Ltd."
• "Hitachi Exhibition held in Beijing and Shanghai *10

• Hitachi Exhibition held in Guangzhou

• Hitachi Ltd. sent Chief Executive for China
• Hitachi (China), Ltd. And Hitachi China Ltd. merged as "Hitachi (China) Ltd."

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• Hitachi (China) Ltd. is authorized to act as regional headquaters
• "Hitachi (China) Research & Development Corporation" established *11

• "Hitachi Capital Leasing (China) Co., Ltd. " established
• Hitachi High-Technologies Hong Kong Ltd. established Hitachi High-Technologies (China) Co. Ltd.

• Dalian Hitachi Baoyuan Machinery & Equipment Co., Ltd. became a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi (China) Ltd. and then was renamed as Dalian Hitachi Machinery & Equipment Co., Ltd.

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• Hitachi won order for 60 elevators (escalators) from Shanghai Park Place Project
• Hitachi concluded with Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) a package of cooperation agreements on joint research in optical communication technology *12

• Hitachi (China) Ltd., Hitachi (China) Research & Development Corporation, and Salira Systems, Inc. made a joint announcement to provide leading products, technologies and solutions for Chinese information & communication industries based upon their core competence in optical access, IP, and mobile networks
• Hitachi (China) Ltd. was renamed as Hitachi East Asia Ltd.

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• Hitachi (China) Research & Development Corporation was listed as the Best Companies to Work For in China by FORTUNE (Chinese Version) *13
• Hitachi Group announced to offer its security system business, which is based on its finger vein authentication technology, in North America, Europe, China and other Asian markets
• Hitachi Metals, Ltd. founded Dalian Branch for Hitachi Metals (Dong Guan) Specialty Steel Co., Ltd.
• A signing ceremony was held to mark the agreement for joint marketing and promotion of CCTV's high-definition channel between Hitachi (Fujian) Digital Media Co., Ltd. and China Central Digital Television Media Co. Ltd. *14
• Guangzhou Hitachi Elevator Co., Ltd. established Hitachi Building Equipment Manufacturing (Tianjin) Co. Ltd. as a new production base. *15

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• Hitachi and Fudan University established the Fudan-Hitachi Innovative Software Technology Joint Laboratory to promote joint research on leading software technology *16
• Hitachi Chemical (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. completed a new production base of Epoxy molding compounds for semiconductor

• Hitachi Chemical (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. had its annual output capacity of photosensitive dry film for PCB manufacturing doubled by launching a new plant

• Hitachi co-invested with Wuxi Pump Manufacturing Co. Ltd. China to build Hitachi Pump Manufacture (Wuxi) Co.,Ltd., a joint-venture company for production and sales of large industrial pumps
• Hitachi Fujian Digital Media Co., Ltd. was renamed as Hitachi Digital Products China Co., Ltd.

• Hitachi Chemical launched Hitachi Chemical (Yantai) Co., LTD., a photosensitive dry film slit processing base in Yantai City, Shandong Province