page_title: Hitachi
section_title: Digital media and consumer products
hierarchical_section_title: Hitachi / Products and services / Digital media and consumer products
caption_attribution_description: 中文（繁體）‎: 2008年製造的日立分離式變頻空調室外機RAM-5DNS
context_page_description: Hitachi, Ltd. is a Japanese multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is the parent company of the Hitachi Group and formed part of the Nissan zaibatsu and later DKB Group of companies before DKB merged into the Mizuho Financial Group. As of April 2019, Hitachi operates ten business segments, ranging from IT, including AI and big data, to Construction Machinery.
  Hitachi is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 and TOPIX indices. It is ranked 38th in the 2012 Fortune Global 500 and 129th in the 2012 Forbes Global 2000.
context_section_description: Air conditioning equipment - Joint venture with Johnson Controls
  Hitachi Magic Wand
  Optical disc drives - Joint venture with optical disc drive division of LG as Hitachi-LG Data Storage
  Refrigerators
  Washing machines
caption: 2008 Hitachi air conditioning outdoor unit
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