Hitachi Chemical

Business / Corporate Dec 19, 2019

Hitachi to sell chemical unit and diagnosis imaging equipment business

Machinery giant Hitachi Ltd. said Wednesday that it will sell its subsidiary Hitachi Chemical Co. to Showa Denko K.K. and its diagnosis imaging equipment business to Fujifilm Holdings Corp. for a total of about ¥700 billion. Hitachi aims to speed up the reorganization of its ...

Business / Corporate Oct 29, 2018

Hitachi unit admits to improper inspections of chip materials

A chemical product unit of Hitachi Ltd. said Monday it had conducted improper quality inspections on its semiconductor materials, the latest such revelation among major Japanese manufacturers. Hitachi Chemical Co. did not elaborate on the misconduct, saying it is awaiting a report by an investigation ...