Hitachi

Hitachi Global Storage Products

Hitachi logo used since 1992.

Status

Defunct, acquired by Western Digital and renamed HGST until dissolution in 2019.

Headquarters

San Jose, United States

Website

http://www.hgst.com/ (archived)

Regulatory information

UL File Number

E182155

KCC/MSIP Company Code

HTB (prior to 2018)

BSMI code

D33373

WWN prefix

5 000cca

Timeline and ownership

Year established

2003

Year of closure

2012

Preceded by	Succeeded by
IBM	HGST Western Digital Toshiba

Hitachi

Status

Active

Headquarters

(still under investigation)

Service locations

Australia and New Zealand

Timeline and ownership

Year established

1956

Year of closure

currently still running

Preceded by
Orbitz Elevators (distributor)

Hitachi is a Japanese manufacturer of elevators and previously hard drives. In Australia, Hitachi elevators started to be distrubuted by generic company Orbitz Elevators in 2018.

Former products[edit | edit source]

Travelstar[edit | edit source]

Hitachi Travelstar was a line of hard drives designed for laptop PCs.