Hitachi Systems, Ltd. (President and CEO: Naoya Takahashi, Head Office: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, "Hitachi Systems") today launched "GNEXT", a global IT Service Brand that offers one-stop support for the many business challenges faced by its customers' expansion of their global business operations, focusing on China and Southeast Asia region, with the aim to strengthen and expand its global business. Accordingly, a "GNEXT contact window" for customers in the Global Business Group was established on October 7.

Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT / TSE:6501, “Hitachi”) today announced that Hitachi Elevator Asia Pte. Ltd. (Managing Director: Yusuke Takahashi), which oversees the Hitachi Group's elevator and escalator business in the Southeast Asia, India, and Middle East regions, in collaboration with Hitachi Lift India Pvt. Ltd. (Managing Director: Osamu Kubo), an elevator and escalator sales and service company in India, have secured a batch order for 19 elevators from Aria Hotels and Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd. (Chairman and Managing Director: Sushil Gupta), which builds and operates luxury hotels in India.

Hitachi, Ltd. (President: Hiroaki Nakanishi, NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501, “Hitachi”) and Hi-Rel Electronics Pvt. Ltd. (Managing Director: Piyush Shah, “Hi-Rel”) today announced closing of a transaction under which Hitachi has made a majority equity investment in Hi-Rel, in a move to strengthen Hitachi’s and Hi-Rel’s power electronics business in India.

itachi, Ltd. (President: Hiroaki Nakanishi, NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501, “Hitachi”) and SFO Technologies Pvt. Ltd., a NeST Group Company (Managing Director: N. Jehangir, “SFO Technologies”), today announced that they have agreed to establish a joint venture in the field of advanced control systems for thermal power plants.

Hitachi Asia Ltd. today announced that it will showcase its advanced Social Infrastructure Solutions at the 15th Electric, Power & Renewable Energy Indonesia 2011.