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.
Contemporaneous Events