Hitachi, Ltd. announces expansion plans. In order to strengthen the environmental business, it will strengthen the global development of additional grids and HVDC, which will enable the efficient transmission and distribution of renewable energy. In terms of operations. It will promote the use of the Hitachi ABB's global operations throughout Hitachi. It expects to invest JPY 30 billion in building a common ERP system, which will reduce cost by JPY 100 billion, having an impact virtually of the JPY 70 billion.