Contemporaneous Events
- October 2001
Hitachi Science Systems, Ltd., Hitachi Naka Electronics Co., Ltd., Hitachi Naka Instruments Co., Ltd., and Instruments Technology Co., Ltd. made subsidiaries.
- March 2002
Japan subsidiary of Giesecke & Devrient GmbH (Germany) established (with Hitachi High-Technologies contributing a 49% investment).
- April 2002
Overseas business activities related to semiconductor manufacturing equipment and measuring equipment reorganized and consolidated, and Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc. established.
- September 2002
7700 Series clinical autoanalyzer allowing integration of biochemical analysis and immune assaying released.
- November 2002
Head Office building of Hitachi High-Technologies Europe GmbH completed in Krefeld, Germany.
- February 2003
The Naka Area Science Laboratory, a facility specializing in the development and proposal of solutions, opens in Hitachinaka.