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Hitachi, Ltd. Annual Report 2007 13
●Industrial Infrastructure Business
While creating and maintaining products with leading market shares by refining advanced technologies, we are aiming for
an operating margin of 5% in fiscal 2009.
Automotive Equipment Systems Business
Hitachi sees responding to environmental issues as an important business concept. Based on this thinking, the entire
Hitachi Group is pushing ahead with the development of hybrid car systems. In fiscal 2006, Hitachi-made motors and
inverters were incorporated in a General Motors Corporation (GM) hybrid vehicle, the Saturn VUE Green Line. In the
battery field, Hitachi Vehicle Energy, Ltd. is striving to speed up development of lithium-ion rechargeable batteries for
automotive applications.
In the automotive field, enhancing automobile safety is expected to gain in importance. That’s why we are also
quickening the pace of development of outside recognition technology that will help to do just that. To this end, we
established Automotive Systems R&D Laboratory, which is now working to strengthen proposal capabilities for customers
by putting in place an advanced technology development system. Moreover, to bolster the car information system
business by increasing efficiency, we made Clarion Co., Ltd., which boasts strengths in in-vehicle audio and navigation
systems, a subsidiary in December 2006. Through collaborative creation, the goal is to achieve a marked increase in
business efficiency.
Industrial Systems Business
In semiconductor, LCD and printed circuit board manufacturing equipment, we are pushing ahead with actions to
upgrade our ability to respond to the needs of overseas customers by quickly launching next-generation equipment. This
equipment utilizes measurement, analysis and other electronics technology and nanotechnology. We are also equipping
bases to handle the needs of overseas customers. Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation is strengthening product
competitiveness further by progressively launching new products and software for CD-measurement SEM (Critical-
Dimension measurement Scanning Electron Microscope), where it commands the leading global share.
In construction machinery, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. is taking
actions to expand and strengthen global business. It has decided to establish two
new plants in Japan: a component plant and a large-scale machinery assembly
plant. Hitachi Construction Machinery is also looking to increase its presence in
global mining markets, including BRICs and VISTA (Vietnam, Indonesia, South
Africa, Turkey and Argentina) countries. For this, it has brought to market highly
reliable ultra-large excavators/loading shovels and new-type dump trucks applying
bullet train technology. In developing these businesses, the company is also
working to add value by strengthening development of battery-powered excavators
and technologies that save energy and reduce the environmental burden.
Hitachi Construction Machinery’s ultra-large
hydraulic excavator “EX8000”