Hitachi : November 9, 2018Hitachi Donates 6 Million Yen to Support Quake-Tsunami Victims in Palu City, Indonesia
November 09, 2018 at 03:19 am EST
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Jakarta, Indonesia, November 9, 2018 - Hitachi Ltd. (TSE: 6501, 'Hitachi') and PT. Hitachi Asia Indonesia, today announced that the Hitachi Group will donate six million yen (778.9 million Indonesian Rupiah*) to support Indonesia's relief efforts as the city of Palu was hit by an earthquake and subsequent tsunami on September 28.
'We extend our deepest condolences for victims of the earthquake and tsunami. Our thoughts and prayers are with their families and we hope to extend the support and assistance that we can to help them through this time of grief. With Hitachi's support, we wish for the earliest recovery of the people affected by the disaster,' said Mr. Takashi Ikematsu, President Director of PT. Hitachi Asia Indonesia.
*Calculated based on 1 JPY = 129.81065 IDR, and 1 USD = 113.735 JPY
About Hitachi Asia Ltd.
Hitachi Asia Ltd., a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., is headquartered in Singapore. With offices across seven Asean countries - Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam - the company is focused on its Social Innovation Business to answer society's challenges. Hitachi Asia and its subsidiary companies offer a broad range of information & telecommunication systems, power systems, social infrastructure & industrial systems, electronic systems and equipment, construction machinery, high functional materials and components, automotive systems, home appliances and others. For more information on Hitachi Asia, please visit the company's website at https://www.hitachi.com.sg.
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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%).