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Hitachi and Switzerland's ABB confirm talks on potential power grid deal
The move would boost Hitachi’s position in the growing power transmission and distribution sector, and help it diversify away from its nuclear plant business.
Hitachi and Uber take part in huge London trial aiming to crack electric-car charger shortfall
Uber Technologies Inc. and Hitachi Ltd. are among the companies that will flood London with 3,000 electric vehicles as part of a study aimed at overcoming a shortage of charging points blamed for holding back sales. The biggest-ever trial involving commercial electric vans and cars ...
Siemens to build 100 new London Underground Piccadilly Line trains to replace 1970s stock
German manufacturing conglomerate Siemens will build almost 100 new trains to replace the decades-old rolling stock on London Underground's Piccadilly Line, the group said in a statement Tuesday. "London Underground ... signed a contract with Siemens Mobility to design and build 94 new generation Tube ...
Scientists await Japan's decision on planned $7 billion linear collider project
Twenty-five years after particle physicists began studying prospects for a linear collider, Japan is poised to decide whether to pay for half of the $7 billion project and build the 20-kilometer-long superconducting tunnel in mountains northeast of Tokyo. Prospective suppliers — from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ...
Hitachi suspected of conducting improper inspections on chip sealing materials
In the latest such quality control conduct involving Japanese manufacturers, a chemical product unit of Hitachi Ltd. is suspected of conducting improper quality inspections on its semiconductor materials, industry sources said Saturday. Hitachi Chemical Co. inspected its chip sealing materials in a manner different from ...
Hitachi eyes sales of Clarion stake to French car parts maker Faurecia for ¥90 billion
Hitachi Ltd. will sell the more than 60 percent stake it holds in its car navigation system subsidiary Clarion Co. for about ¥89.9 billion to French car parts maker Faurecia, the firm announced Friday. The electronics conglomerate expects little profit growth from the car navigation ...
Hitachi picks U.S. engineering firm Bechtel to manage U.K. nuclear plant project
Hitachi Ltd. has appointed major U.S. engineering giant Bechtel Corp. as the project management contractor for a nuclear power plant it plans to build in Britain. The contract was concluded between Horizon Nuclear Power Ltd., a wholly owned Hitachi subsidiary, and Bechtel, Hitachi said Wednesday. Horizon ...
Hitachi to launch AI analysis of hospital leftovers to hasten inpatient recovery
A unit of Hitachi Ltd. will launch a new venture that uses artificial intelligence to analyze the leftovers of carefully planned hospital meals to ensure patients get the nutrients needed to better facilitate recovery, company officials said Monday. While AI is already being used to ...
Japan and Hitachi pin nuclear export hopes on U.K. project in Wales
A nuclear power plant project in Britain is giving Japan a glimmer of hope for spurring infrastructure exports, a key growth strategy of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Hitachi affiliate discovers data fraud involving 60,000 batteries
An affiliate of Japanese electronics giant Hitachi Ltd. admitted Friday it had falsified data for 60,000 industrial batteries, the latest in a series of similar scandals that has battered the country's reputation for quality. Hitachi Chemical Co. said it had falsified data for the batteries, ...
British government, Hitachi to begin full negotiations on nuclear plant in Wales
The British government and Hitachi Ltd. have agreed to begin full-scale negotiations on the Japanese firm potentially constructing a nuclear power plant in Wales. "I am pleased to confirm that today Hitachi and the U.K. government have decided to enter into negotiations in relation to ...
