Blog

Hitachi Ltd., is a Japanese multination company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. We know Hitachi from their earthmoving equipment, however, they also range in businesses in I.T. services which include AI (Artificial Intelligence), and big data analysis. In previous years, Hitachi has been on the list of Fortune Global 500. Over the years they have decided to sell off or restructure a lot of their other businesses, from a total of 22 at its peak, down to now just 4. Hitachi was founded by an …

Kobelco started with their first piece of machinery back in 1930 in Japan, where they created their 50k electric mining shovel. However, Kobelco’s roots are in steel, under the name of Kobe Steel, which started 25 years earlier in 1905. In the 1950’s Kobelco released their first truck cranes in Japan, and 2 years later signed a deal with U.S. company P&H to introduce new technologies to these cranes. In 1963 their first wheel excavator was released, the TY45, followed 4 years later by …