Hitachi, Ltd. Announces Executive Appointments, Effective April 1, 2016
March 08, 2016
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Hitachi, Ltd. announced that Hiroshi Sato, senior vice president and Executive Officer, CEO of Building Systems Business unit to President of company, Alistair Dormer appointed from Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, CEO of Railway Systems Business Unit, and Executive chairman of the board of the company, Mitsuaki Nishiyama as Representative Executive Officer, Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, CFO, General Manager of Finance Group and Project Leader of Administrative Operations Transformation Project, Smart Transformation Project Initiatives Division, Hiroyuki Ugawa, Vice President and Executive Officer, CEO of Manufacturing & Commerce Business Unit and Deputy General Manager of Manufacturing & Water Division, Ryuichi Otsuki as Vice President and Executive Officer, CEO of Hitachi Data Systems Corp., and Deputy General Manager of ICT Business Group, Atsushi Oda as Vice President and Executive Officer, CEO of Electric Power Business Unit, General Manager of Transmission & Distribution Systems Division and Deputy General Manager of Power and Energy Business, Kaoru Kawano as Vice President and Executive Officer, CMO of Industrial Products Business Unit, General Manager of Sales & Marketing, Kunizo Sakai as Vice President and Executive Officer, CEO of Water Business Unit and General Manager of Manufacturing & Water Division, Yoshitaka Tsuda as Vice President and Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager of Corporate Sales & Marketing Group, CMO of Finance/Public/ICT/Healthcare Business, General Manager of Sales & Marketing Division, ICT Business Group and Deputy General Manager of IoT Promotion Division, John Domme as Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive for the Americas, Chairman & CEO of Hitachi Information & Telecommunication Systems Global Holdings Corporation and Chairman of the Board, Hitachi America, Ltd, Hiroshi Nakayama as Vice President and Executive Officer, Head of MONOZUKURI Strategy Division & Corporate Quality Assurance Division, General Manager of MONOZUKURI Strategy Division, Deputy General Manager of Smart Transformation Project Initiatives Division, and Project Leader of End to End Operating Process Transformation Project, Smart Transformation Project Initiatives Division, Katsumi Nagasawa as Vice President and Executive Officer, CEO of Nuclear Power Business Unit, COO, General Manager of Global Nuclear Energy Business Division, Electric Power Business Unit, and General Manager of Power and Energy Business, Masaaki Nomoto as Vice President and Executive Officer, CEO, General Manager of System Engineering Division, Energy Solutions Business Unit and Deputy General Manager of Power and Energy Business.
Hitachi specializes in manufacturing and marketing of electronic and industrial equipments. Net sales (including intragroup) break down by family of products and services as follows:
- social infrastructure and industrial systems (24.7%): elevators, escalators, industrial facilities, railway systems, power generation units, etc. The group also provides engineering and construction of nuclear, hydroelectric, and thermal power plants services;
- information and telecommunications products and services (20.1%): systems integration, cloud computing, software, servers, hard disks, PCs, ATMs, data communication base stations, payment terminals, etc.;
- materials and components (16.6%): semi-conductor materials, printed circuit cards, cables, copper and forged steel products, magnetic materials, organic and inorganic chemical products, etc.;
- construction equipment (10%) : hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, mining equipment, etc.;
- automotive systems (9.4%): powertrain systems, control systems, etc.;
- electronic products (9.2%): fiber-optic components, screen tubes, testing and measurement equipment, medical equipment, equipment for manufacturing semiconductors, etc.;
- household appliances (4.7%): heating and air conditioning equipments, refrigerators, washing machines, etc.;
- other (5.3%): mainly transport, financial and logistical services.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (49.2%), Asia (21.3%), North America (12.7%), Europe (10.8%) and other (6%).