Hitachi's Integrated Development Environment Makes it Easier for Customers to Write Software for Embedded Control Applications

Business Wire, March 11, 2002

Hitachi America, Ltd., a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT), markets and manufactures a broad range of electronics, computer systems and products, consumer electronics and semiconductors, and provides industrial equipment and services throughout North America. For more information, visit: www.hitachi.com

Hitachi, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is one of the world's leading global electronics companies, with fiscal 2000 (ended March 31, 2001) consolidated sales of 8,417 billion yen ($67.9 billion/a) The company manufactures and markets a wide range of products, including computers, semiconductors, consumer products and power and industrial equipment. For more information on Hitachi, Ltd., please visit Hitachi's Web site: http://global.hitachi.com

/a At an exchange rate of 124 yen to the dollar.

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