Hitachi

Japanese multinational engineering and electronics company
Organization business Q53238
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Hitachi

Summary

Hitachi is a business[1]. Hitachi ranks in the top 0.64% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,653 views/month, #188 of 29,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hitachi was a member of Linux Foundation[3].
  • Hitachi was a member of World Wide Web Consortium[4].
  • Hitachi was a member of FIDO Alliance[5].
  • Hitachi was a member of World Lottery Association[6].
  • Hitachi was a member of SD Association[7].
  • Hitachi was a member of OpenPOWER Foundation[8].
  • Hitachi is in the country of Japan[9].
  • Hitachi's image is recorded as Nippon Life Marunouchi Building.jpg[10].
  • Hitachi's instance of is recorded as business[11].
  • Hitachi's instance of is recorded as conglomerate[12].
  • Hitachi's instance of is recorded as enterprise[13].
  • Hitachi's instance of is recorded as public company[14].
  • Hitachi's founder is recorded as Namihei Odaira[15].
  • Hitachi's logo image is recorded as Hitachi 2025 logo.svg[16].
  • Hitachi's headquarters location is recorded as Marunouchi[17].
  • Hitachi's chief executive officer is recorded as Toshiaki Higashihara[18].
  • Hitachi's ISNI is recorded as 0000000417639564[19].
  • Hitachi's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 164149294368980522279[20].
  • Hitachi's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81038506[21].
  • Hitachi's IdRef ID is recorded as 23263257X[22].
  • Hitachi's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA01257829[23].
  • Hitachi's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00282559[24].
  • Hitachi's child organization or unit is recorded as Hitachi Vantara[25].
  • Hitachi's child organization or unit is recorded as Hitachi Consulting[26].
  • Hitachi's child organization or unit is recorded as Koki Holdings Co.,Ltd.[27].

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Founding

Hitachi's founder is recorded as Namihei Odaira[15]. +1910-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hitachi[28]. Hitachi's location of formation is recorded as Hitachi[29].

Leadership

Hitachi's chief executive officer is recorded as Toshiaki Higashihara[18].

Operations

Hitachi's headquarters location is recorded as Marunouchi[17]. Subsidiaries include Hitachi Vantara[25], a business[30], in United States[31], founded in 1980[32], headquartered in Santa Clara[33]; Hitachi Consulting[26], a business[34], in United States[35], founded in 2000[36], headquartered in Dallas[37]; Koki Holdings Co.,Ltd.[27], a business[38], in Japan[39], founded in 1948[40], headquartered in Tokyo[41]; Hitachi Construction Machinery[42], a business[43], in Japan[44], founded in 1951[45], headquartered in Tokyo[46]; Hitachi Cable[47], a business[48], in Japan[49], founded in 1956[50], headquartered in Akihabara[51]; and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy[52], a business[53], founded in 2007[54], headquartered in Wilmington[55].

Industry

Industries include consumer electronics industry[56] and electrical industry[57].

Ownership

Stock exchanges include Tokyo Stock Exchange[58], OTC Markets Group[59], and Nagoya Stock Exchange[60].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Hitachi include Hitachi Magic Wand[61], a product model[62], in Japan[63], founded in 1968[64].

Why It Matters

Hitachi ranks in the top 0.64% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,653 views/month, #188 of 29,529).[2] Hitachi has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] Hitachi is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]

Entities named for Hitachi include Hitachi Magic Wand[61], a product model[62], in Japan[63], founded in 1968[64].

References

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  9. [17] . hitachi.com. Retrieved . hitachi.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [18] . hitachi.co.jp. hitachi.co.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [19] . GRID Release 2017-01-10. wikidata.org.
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  14. [22] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  28. [3] . linuxfoundation.org. Retrieved . linuxfoundation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [4] . w3.org. Retrieved . w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [5] . fidoalliance.org. Retrieved . fidoalliance.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [6] . world-lotteries.org. Retrieved . world-lotteries.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [7] . sdcard.org. Retrieved . sdcard.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [8] . openpowerfoundation.org. openpowerfoundation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [28] . wikidata.org.
  35. [29] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [61] . wikidata.org. → on this site

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  26. [64] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [65] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [66] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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