Hitachi: Status of production bases in each countries and regions due to the spread of COVID-19 (2)
April 16, 2020 at 10:43 am EDT
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The following is an update on the current status of the Hitachi Construction Machinery Group's main production bases due to the spread of new coronavirus infection (COVID-19).
As we announced on April 6, it has made it difficult to continue production activities as usual under the prolonged tightening of restrictions by governments in each countries and regions, such as bans on going outside.
Under these circumstances, the impact on people's lives around the world has been affected. The entire Hitachi Construction Machinery Group will cooperate in order to successfully implement measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and to resolve the confusion as soon as possible.
As of April 15, 2020 Underlined parts are updated from the last version
Regions Names of site Address Conditions
Japan 7 sites including Tsuchiura Works Japan Production adjustments in progress at 4 plants
(April to May)*
Europe Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) Netherlands Production adjustments in progress from the beginning of April
China Hitachi Construction Machinery (China) China Resumed production
(Resumed steadily since February 18, and resumed production at all production lines on March 12)
Asia and Oceania Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Company India Halting production at two plants
(March 25 to May 3)
Hitachi Construction Machinery Indonesia Indonesia In operation as usual
Russia, Middle East and Africa Hitachi Construction Machinery Eurasia Russia Resumed production
(Halted production from March 28 to April 7, and resumed steadily since April 8)
*For details, please refer to the ' Production Adjustments at Domestic Bases due to the Spread of COVID-19' dated April 7, 2020.
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%).
HITACHI, LTD. 
