Hitachi Social Innovation Forum held in Milan to Accelerate Collaborative Creation, Targeting the Expansion of the Social Inn...
2017年10月19日 - 10:35AM
JCN Newswire (英)
Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501) has hosted the "Hitachi Social
Innovation Forum 2017 Milan." The aim of the Forum is to develop
and strengthen partnerships with customers as part of measures
aimed at expanding the Social Innovation Business using digital
technologies in Italy. By providing solutions which resolve the
issues that Italy is facing, such as growing medical costs, while
increasing energy efficiency and productivity and improving the
efficiency of public transportation, Hitachi will strive to expand
the scale of its business from the current level of 1.2 billion
euro to 1.5 billion euro in FY2020.
Italy is currently planning extensive infrastructure investments
and technology innovations aimed at achieving sustainable growth.
There has been a particularly strong demand to improve productivity
using IoT, and to increase the efficiency of social infrastructures
such as water and energy. In addition to improving both the quality
and efficiency of medical services as part of measures designed to
resolve increasing medical costs, the country has been facing a
number of other issues, including the need to put in place highly
efficient public transportation to alleviate traffic jams arising
as a result of urbanization, and to reduce the environmental burden
from CO2 emission volumes.
Hitachi's Social Innovation Forum 2017 in Milan will demonstrate to
customers and partners the concrete activities that it has
undertaken to resolve the social issues that Italy is facing, as
well as solving the customers' management issues. By promoting
Collaborative Creation with customers and local partners to provide
digital solutions incorporating the IoT platform "Lumada," along
with the knowledge and experience that it has accumulated up to
now, Hitachi will contribute to the further development of Italian
society and to improving the quality of life for its citizens.
Hitachi has been involved in business in Europe for more than 50
years, and Europe is now one of the most important strategic
regions, accounting for 11% of earnings for the Hitachi Group as a
whole. Hitachi's policy is to strengthen the business platform in
Italy, in order to further expand business in the future with a
focus on the railway, power and energy businesses in Europe.
Hitachi's entry into the electronic component and home appliance
businesses in Italy in 1981 offered the opportunity to roll out
other businesses as well, including the information &
telecommunication systems, healthcare, and industrial device
businesses. In 2015, Hitachi acquired all shares of AnsaldoBreda,
and by 2016, it had acquired over 50% shares of Ansaldo STS in the
railway systems business. In 2017, Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.
acquired majority shares of FIAMM Energy Technology S.p.A. in the
storage battery business.
In the future, Hitachi will use Lumada along with the business
platforms, experience and expertise that it has cultivated up to
now to create added value from device and system data and develop
digital solutions with a focus on the railway systems, energy,
water, and healthcare business fields.
Comments from Hitachi President and CEO Toshiaki Higashihara
"Hitachi is striving to become an innovation partner in the IoT
era, through the global rollout of Lumada, using our expertise in
OT(1) and IT. We believe that it is possible to create and provide
digital solutions that will resolve the issues faced by customers
and by Italian society. By providing solutions that combine
Hitachi's digital technologies, including IoT, robotics, and
artificial intelligence, with products and systems in the railway,
healthcare, and industrial device fields, through Collaborative
Creation with customers and local partners in Italy, we will
contribute to the further development and digitalization of Italian
society."
(1) Operational Technology
About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, delivers
innovations that answer society's challenges with our talented team
and proven experience in global markets. The company's consolidated
revenues for fiscal 2014 (ended March 31, 2015) totaled 9,761
billion yen ($81.3 billion). Hitachi is focusing more than ever on
the Social Innovation Business, which includes power &
infrastructure systems, information & telecommunication
systems, construction machinery, high functional materials &
components, automotive systems, healthcare and others. For more
information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at
www.hitachi.com.
Source: Hitachi, Ltd.
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