Hitachi

Tokyo industrial giant

Hitachi is a Japanese multinational conglomerate known for electronics, heavy machinery, and industrial equipment.

The company name, meaning "sunrise" in Japanese, appears on products from power tools to trains.

In informal usage, Hitachi often refers specifically to the Magic Wand personal massager, a product so associated with the brand that some simply call it a Hitachi: She bought a Hitachi online.

competitors

Toshiba

Japanese electronics manufacturer

  • PanasonicJapanese electronics manufacturer
  • MitsubishiJapanese multinational corporation
  • SonyJapanese electronics and entertainment corporation

Fujitsu · Samsung · LG · Siemens · GE · Caterpillar · Bosch

industrial

excavator

Machine that digs earth

construction · mining · manufacturing · automation · robotics · welding · pneumatics · conveyor · forklift · compressor

conglomerate

multinational

Operating across multiple countries

global · enterprise · revenue · brand · reputation · reliability · quality · consumer · commercial · industry

electronics

television

Broadcast viewing device

  • displayPresentation for viewing
  • LCDLowest shared fraction bottom
  • LEDSemiconductor that glows

plasma · semiconductor · microchip · processor · circuit · motherboard · capacitor · transistor · resistor · diode

innovation

R&D

Creating new products

  • patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
  • laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
  • engineeringDesigning functional systems scientifically

breakthrough · technology · cutting-edge · advancement · pioneering · research · development · prototype · modernization · improvement

Japanese

Tokyo

Japan's capital city

Nikkei · yen · anime · manga · samurai · kimono · sakura · bonsai · origami · sumo

Categories
Opposites
corporate scale and diversification

Hitachicottage industry

Small home-based business

boutique firm · startup · sole proprietorship · microenterprise · artisan workshop

national industrial identity

HitachiGeneral Electric

Multinational industrial conglomerate

Siemens · Philips · Westinghouse · Honeywell · Bosch

corporate philosophy and structure

HitachiWeWork

Coworking space operator

Theranos

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G