Hitachi Establishes PT. Hitachi Asia Indonesia - Hitachi Singapore

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContacts:Indonesia: Herry Cahyono Singapore: Jonel GuittapWeber Shandwick IndonesiaHitachi Asia Ltd.021 5292 1881 +65 6212 1796Rcahyono @webershandwick.comjaguittap@has.hitachi.com.sgHitachi Establishes PT. Hitachi Asia IndonesiaTo focus on Social Innovation Business as Hitachifurther expands and strengthens operations in IndonesiaJakarta, July 18, 2013 --- Hitachi Asia Ltd. today announced that it has established itssubsidiary, PT. Hitachi Asia Indonesia in Jakarta, Republic of Indonesia to growoperations and further expansion of its Social Innovation Business in Indonesia. Thenew company was established with initial capital of US$3 million, and will start itsoperations in October 2013.“Hitachi considers Indonesia as the biggest opportunity market in the ASEAN region.As the country targets to be the 10 th largest economy in the world by 2025, as laid outin the ‘Indonesia Economic Master Plan’ or MP3EI, it’s inevitable that the governmentneeds to invest in social infrastructure like transportation and power generation,” saidYukio Toyoshima, Managing Director of Hitachi Asia Ltd. “This presents plenty ofbusiness opportunities for Hitachi in providing social infrastructure products andsolutions to the Indonesian market.”Although Indonesia’s economy is projected to increase by less than 6% this year, thegovernment is raising infrastructure spending from 2% to 2.5% of GDP designed tocounter slowing growth. In four of the past five years, Southeast Asia’s largesteconomy grew by more than 6%.“We are excited about the setting up PT. Hitachi Asia Indonesia because now Hitachiwill gain greater flexibility to grow our social infrastructure business and will betterenhance our competitiveness as we continue to build solid relationships withIndonesian businesses,” said Hiroyuki Yagi, President Director of PT Hitachi AsiaIndonesia. “Through our wide range of business portfolio, we are confident that we- more -

- 3 -About Hitachi, Ltd.Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading globalelectronics company with approximately 326,000 employees worldwide. Thecompany’s consolidated revenues for fiscal 2012 (ended March 31, 2013) totaled9,041 billion yen ($96.1 billion). Hitachi is focusing more than ever on the SocialInnovation Business, which includes infrastructure systems, information &telecommunication systems, power systems, construction machinery, high functionalmaterial & components, automotive systems and others.For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website athttp://www.hitachi.com.# # #