history
| 1910-1919 |
1910 |
- Founded by Namihei Odaira as an electrical repair shop
- Succeeded in manufacturing three 5hp (3.6775 kW) electric motors as the company first products *figure1
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| 1915 |
- Completed 10,000 hp (7,355 kW) water turbine
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| 1920-1929 |
1924 |
- Completed the first large-scale DC electric locomotive to be manufactured in Japan *figure2
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| 1930-1939 |
1931 |
- Completed 10,000 A hydraulic electrolytic cell
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| 1932 |
- Completed Hitachi’s first electric refrigerator
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| 1940-1949 |
1943 |
- Completed 85,000 kW Francis water turbine and 70,000 kVA alternating current generator
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| 1950-1959 |
1952 |
- Completed 21,000 kW two-stage pump-turbine
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*figure3 |
| 1954 |
- Completed the first large-scale cold strip mill to be produced in Japan
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| 1955 |
- Completed 100,000 kW Francis water turbine and 93,000 kVA alternating current generator
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| 1958 |
- Electron microscopes awarded the grand prix at the World Exposition in Brussels *figure3
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| 1959 |
- Completed electronic computers based on transistors
- Hitachi America, Ltd. established
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