Welcome to the Hitachi Family!
ABB Power Grids officially joined the Hitachi family on 1 July 2020. Welcoming an additional 36,000 employees is a significant step towards Hitachi realising its goal of powering good for sustaining energy. Known as Hitachi ABB Power Grids (Hitachi ABB), the newly established company aims to expand Hitachi’s energy solutions business globally as a core part of its Social Innovation Business.
From their humble beginnings in the copper mine industry, both Hitachi and ABB have had a legacy of more than 100 years in the forefront of technology and energy.
Mr. Claudio Facchin, CEO of Hitachi ABB said, “Both Hitachi and ABB Power Grids have a rich legacy in technology and innovation that goes back over a century. Combining world-class power solutions with Hitachi’s leading open digital platforms presents us with new market opportunities and enables us to deliver greater customer value across the world.”
Today, Hitachi ABB hopes to contribute to society with new technologies, deliver innovation in energy solution, and to provide even more advanced digital solutions to its customers.
With four main business units namely (1) Grid Automation, (2) Grid Integration, (3) High Voltage Products and (4) Transformers in over 90 countries and 200 offices globally, Hitachi ABB Power Grids is set to address the most challenging SDG (Sustainable Development Goal) indicator to build a zero carbon society with the use of renewable energies.
In the South Asia region, Hitachi ABB has over 6,700 employees, nine manufacturing locations and eight specialized centres across India, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand.
President and CEO of Hitachi, Ltd., Mr. Toshiaki Higashihara acknowledged that the establishment of Hitachi ABB could not have been timelier, "With the COVID-19 crisis, the use of digital technologies is expanding at an accelerating rate, making electrical energy a lifeline that’s ever more important. I believe that the launch of this new company will bring about significant opportunities for Hitachi to be able to contribute to creating a sustainable society."
Together, let us work towards increasing the social, environmental, and economic values for customers. Because Hitachi is in the business of powering good for the society and our future generations.
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Read the press release here:
http://www.hitachi.com/New/cnews/month/2020/07/200701.html
Read more from the links below:
https://social-innovation.hitachi/en-eu/topics/abb_powergrid/