Background
Hitachi has been developing and manufacturing high performance LCD products for over 25 years. Hitachi Displays Ltd. is a fully owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. and is responsible for the Planning, Development, Design, Manufacturing and Sales of display devices. Hitachi Displays Ltd. has factories in several locations world-wide manufacturing a broad range of monochrome and colour LCD products for equipment manufacturers. The factories are supported by 4 R&D sites within the Hitachi group covering fundamental research of display technologies, production engineering and systems development.
Financial Status
Hitachi Displays Ltd. had sales of 223 Billion Yen in 2004 Financial year. 47% of the sales were for small and medium displays under 10” consumed by the mobile phone, industrial and distribution markets, 39% was for large size displays consumed by the PC and TV markets and the remaining 14% was for other display related technologies, components and licensing.
European Overview
In Europe, Hitachi Displays Ltd. is represented by the Display Products Group (DPG) of Hitachi Europe Ltd. DPG provides direct support to major European customers in the Computer, Communications, Industrial and Automotive fields as well as supporting a wide range of customers through its Distribution network.
Our European goal is “Display Excellence”. This ranges from the products’ performance and quality to the customer service and technical support we provide to customers and distributors.
Many of Hitachi’s standard products were developed specifically for the European Industrial market and features such as wide temperature range, long life backlighting, touch panel integration are available as standard. In addition, for higher volume projects, some product customisation may be possible if special features are required.
Hitachi ’s LCD products and services are available in all European countries either directly or through its wide ranging distribution network. |
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