Hitachi Wins Order to Supply 70 Trams to Italian Transport Operator Gruppo Torinese Trasporti SpA
May 18, 2020 at 02:16 am EDT
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Hitachi Ltd. has won an order to supply 70 trams to Gruppo Torinese Trasporti SpA. The Japanese company's group company in Italy, Hitachi Rail SpA, will start delivering an initial tranche of 30 trams worth EUR 63.4 million ($68 million) from the fall of 2021. The new tram model, to be deployed in Turin, will be 28-meters long and can carry 218 passengers with two wheelchair spaces.
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%).
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