Information contained in the news releases are current
as of the date of the press announcement, but may be subject to change without
prior notice. |
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December
29, 2004 |
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Hitachi to Donate 20M yen for Asian Earthquake and Tsunami Relief |
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December 27, 2004 |
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Hitachi to Purchase Clarion Shares |
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December
13, 2004 |
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Highly-reliable low-k material technology for LSIs beyond the 65nm generation |

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New SOI transistor developed beyond 65-nm technology nodes |
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December 7, 2004 |
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Hitachi Establishes Group Manufacturing Standards in Compliance with CSR Requirements and Environmental Regulations |
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December 2, 2004 |
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Hitachi to Repurchase Its Own Shares from Subsidiaries |
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November 11, 2004 |
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Hitachi Announces Plan for Group Pavilion at The 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan |
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October 29, 2004 |
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Hitachi, Toshiba and Matsushita Conclude Agreement for Establishment of TV LCD Panel Joint Venture, IPS Alpha Technology |

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Financial Results for the Half Year Ended September 30, 2004 |
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October 26, 2004 |
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Hitachi Participates in Shanghai Forum 2004 International Entrepreneurs Hosted by the Shanghai Municipal Economic Commission |
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October 22, 2004 |
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Hitachi Revises Business Forecasts for the First Half of Fiscal 2004 |
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October 14, 2004 |
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Automatic seedling growth monitoring technology with an accuracy of 0.5mm |

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Hitachi Announces New China Business Strategy With Aim of Being "The Most Trusted Partner in China" |
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October 8, 2004 |
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Succeeded in record-breaking 16-level per symbol 40 Gbit/s optical transmission |
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October 4, 2004 |
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Development of 3D human image transmission technology with 360 degree viewing |
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October 1, 2004 |
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Hitachi Issues Stock Acquisition Rights as Stock Options |
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Hitachi and NEC Establish Joint Venture Company "ALAXALA Networks" Specializing in Backbone Routers/Switches |
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September 24, 2004 |
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Hitachi Issues Stock Acquisition Rights as Stock Options |
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Hitachi Announces Management Change |
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September 21, 2004 |
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Determination of terms of issue, etc. of Euro Yen Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds due 2009 |
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Issuance of Euro Yen Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds due 2009 |
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September 15, 2004 |
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Hitachi Announces Interim Dividend for Fiscal 2004 |
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September 9, 2004 |
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Development of magneto-cardiograph 3-D visualization of heart current distribution |
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Hitachi signed Syndicated Loan Agreement |
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August 31, 2004 |
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Hitachi, Toshiba and Matsushita Agree to Establish a TV LCD Panel Joint Venture |
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August 3, 2004 |
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Hitachi appoints Sir Stephen Gomersall KCMG as Chief Executive for Europe |
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July 30, 2004 |
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Hitachi and CEOS Provide PON Solution for COLT in Victoria |
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July 29, 2004 |
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Issue of Stock Acquisition Rights as Stock Options |
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Consolidated Financial Results for the First Quarter Ended June 30, 2004 |
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July 20, 2004 |
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New CAM for IPv6 generation Network Routers |
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July 12, 2004 |
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Establishment of Consumer Business Group and Digital Appliance Research Center to Strengthen Management of Consumer Business |
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June 30, 2004 |
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Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery, Hitachi and Maxell Establish Joint Venture Company "Hitachi Vehicle Energy" |
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June 25, 2004 |
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Hitachi and NEC to Establish A Joint Venture Company Specializing In Backbone Routers /Switches |
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June 21, 2004 |
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Appointment of New Executive Officer Accompanying Planned Merger of Hitachi, TOKICO and Hitachi Unisia Automotive |
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June 18, 2004 |
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Development of a four-transistor-type SRAM cell using double-gate FD-SOI transistor |
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June 17, 2004 |
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3-dimensional structure SRAM cell prototype |
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Hitachi and MHI Agree to Integrate Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Operations |
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June 1, 2004 |
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Development of a mobile magneto-cardiograph for heart disease screening |
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May 25, 2004 |
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Hitachi, TOKICO and Hitachi Unisia Automotive Sign Merger Agreement |
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May 14, 2004 |
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Hitachi Sells Shares of ShinMaywa Industries |
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May 11, 2004 |
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Hitachi and Omron Announce Joint Venture Details For Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions, Corp. |
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April 28, 2004 |
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Financial Results for the Year Ended March 31, 2004 |
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Grant of Incentive Stock Options |
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Hitachi Announces New Directors |
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April 22, 2004 |
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Development of 16x-speed technology for DVD-RAM |
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April 19, 2004 |
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Renesas Technology and Hitachi Announce Development of SH-2A 32-Bit RISC CPU Core for High-Performance Embedded Sysytems |
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April 7, 2004 |
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Hitachi to Post Extraordinary Gain/Loss on Unconsolidated Basis in Fiscal Year Ended March 2004 |
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March 31, 2004 |
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Ricoh and Hitachi Reach Basic Agreement on Ricoh's Acquisition of Hitachi Printing Solutions, Ltd. |
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March 26, 2004 |
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Hitachi to Merge TOKICO and Hitachi Unisia Automotive |
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Hitachi and Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Considering Joint Venture for HEV Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Batteries |
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March 17, 2004 |
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Hitachi releases HDD preamplifier "HDL6D300 Series" with world-leading internal data transfer rate of 2.5Gbit/s |
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March 11, 2004 |
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Hitachi Establishes "Hitachi Group Headquarters" |
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Dr. Hideaki Koizumi, Senior Chief Scientist of Hitachi's Research & Development Group, to Be Appointed a Fellow of Hitachi |
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Hitachi Announces New Executive Officers |
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Hitachi Announces the Year-end Dividend for Fiscal 2003 |
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February 27, 2004 |
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Development of an On-chip SRAM Circuit featuring the World's Lowest Standby Current of 25 µA/Mbit and 90% Reduction in Leakage Current under Low-speed Operation |
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February 24, 2004 |
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GROUND-BREAKING ALL-AROUND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY HITACHI |
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February 23, 2004 |
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Hitachi Developing Non-Invasive Blood Sugar Monitoring Device |
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February 16, 2004 |
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Development of The World's Highest-Performance Processor Core for System LSIs used in Next-generation Digital Consumer Appliances |
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Development of Power Reduction Techniques for Next-Generation Cellular Phone System LSIs |
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February 12, 2004 |
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Hitachi Wins an Order for 107 Moving Sidewalks for Thailand Suvarnbhumi International Airport |
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February 4, 2004 |
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Consolidated Financial Results for the Third Quarter Ended December 31, 2003 |
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Progress on the "i.e.HITACHI Plan II" Medium-Term Management Plan |
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A New Framework for Hitachi Home & Life Solutions [Hitachi Home & Life Solutions, Inc.] |
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Board Change for Hitachi Home & Life Solutions [Hitachi Home & Life Solutions, Inc.] |
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February 3, 2004 |
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Casio and Hitachi Announce Joint Venture Details For Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications Co., Ltd. |
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January 26, 2004 |
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Hitachi and Omron Agree to Establish Joint Venture in the Field of ATM 's and Other Information Equipment |
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January 22, 2004 |
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Hitachi and AccSys Deliver First PET Isotope Production System Utilizing Linear Accelerator |
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January 21, 2004 |
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Hitachi/Renesas Announce Settlement and Patent Cross-License Agreement with International Rectifier |
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January 15, 2004 |
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Hitachi releases 144-Mbit Cache DRAM "HDL5KM Series" with world-leading 8ns random access time and 4GB/s data bandwidth |
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