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Hitachi, Ltd. Annual Report 2012 27
Financial Section/
Corporate Data
Management Structure
Research and Development/
Intellectual Property
Financial HighlightsTo Our Shareholders Segment Information
In the fi scal year under review, segment revenues increased
compared with the previous fi scal year. Despite a substantial
drop in automobile production in Japan during the fi rst quar-
ter as a result of the Great East Japan Earthquake, the
domestic market showed signs of a recovery from the sec-
ond quarter. At the same time, growth in emerging countries
as well as the U.S. led to an upswing in global demand.
Against this backdrop, the number of units produced by
each automobile manufacturer was firm along with an
improvement in capacity utilization.
On the earnings front, profi t was also up year over year.
This was attributable to improvements in capacity utilization
and successful efforts to promote cost reductions.
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(Billions of yen) (%)
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Segment Profit (Loss)/
Percentage of Revenues
쏋 Segment profit (loss) 쎲 Percentage of revenues
-1.7
4.6
3.2
(Millions of yen)
FY2011 FY2010 FY2009
Revenues .................................................................... ¥811,583 ¥737,901 ¥638,828
Segment profi t (loss) .................................................... 37,049 23,791 (10,994)
Capital investment (Property, plant and equipment) ..... 38,356 18,429 16,004
Depreciation (Property, plant and equipment) ............... 25,811 27,491 36,668
R&D expenditure ......................................................... 52,827 46,476 39,099
Assets ......................................................................... 516,123 452,359 460,063
Number of employees ................................................. 28,125 25,891 24,914
Note: Effective from April 1, 2011, there was a change in segmentation between the Automotive Systems and the Components & Devices segments.
Figures for each segment, including fi gures for prior fi scal years have been presented pro forma to refl ect the changed segmentations.
Clarion’s Car Navigation
Clarion’s NX712 car navigation system is compatible
with Smart Access, a new cloud computing information
network service. Utilizing an iPhone®*, drivers are now
able to access the latest news, weather and other infor-
mation on a real time basis while downloading applica-
tions of their own choice.
* iPhone is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and
other countries.
Hitachi Automotive Systems’ Electrically-driven Intelligent Brake
Hitachi Automotive Systems developed a cooperative energy regenerative
brake system that maximizes energy regeneration for electric vehicles and
hybrid electric vehicles without negative pressure.
In addition to the application of a simple actuator that generates hydrau-
lic pressure directly to the brake master cylinders used in motors, this sys-
tem also employs a mechanism that helps control changes in pedal force
at the time of energy regeneration with a natural pedal feel.
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