congratulation on 10th anniversary of omg shigemichi matsuka executive vice president and director hitachi ltd tc tokyo meeting may 19 1999 s vision information & telecommunication systems toward the 21st century copyright all rights reserved 3 28 founded in 1910 incorporated 1920 headquarters japan fy 1998 net sales us 68 567m fortune global 500 revenue ranking 2nd 1988 industry list electronics electrical equip over 330 000 employees 975 subsidiary companies 292 outside at a glance source annual report 1997 98 fin year ending march 31 tsutomu kanai chairman representative etsuhiko shoyama 4 figures are calculated 1 y132 breakdown by segments services other 22 financial pc peripherals general trading property management printing consumer products 8 tvs vcrs video cameras hi