MANILA, Philippines - One of the conglomerates that continuously exert effort to rouse hope among Filipinos is the Hitachi Group of Companies. Last December at the South Arcade Area of the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City, it initiated a Christmas wish tree lighting ceremony entitled Hitachi Wish Upon a Tree, where a “Christmas Gift” donation was handed to the Philippine National Red Cross to aid in the rehabilitation of the victims of typhoon Ondoy and Pepeng. PNRC’s representative, program officer Ibrahim Badiee, received the donation.
In attendance were Hitachi Company chiefs and stakeholders, along with key company employees and media partners headed by Takaaki Heishi, president of Hitachi Industrial Machinery Phils. Corp. and chairman of Hitachi-Kai (also known as the Hitachi Group Meeting), who shared some very inspiring words.
Members of the Hitachi Group of Companies that participated include Hitachi Asia Ltd., Babcock-Hitachi (Philippines) Inc., Clarion Manufacturing Corporation of the Philippines, Hi-Eles Industrial Corporation, Hitachi Air Conditioning Products Philippines Inc., Hitachi Cable Asia Ltd.- Philippine Branch, Hitachi Cable Philippines, Inc., Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Philippines Corporation, Hitachi High-Technologies Pte. Ltd., Hitachi Industrial Machinery Philippines Corporation, Hitachi, Ltd.-Philippine Branch, Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.-Philippine Branch Office, Hitachi Terminals Mechatronics Philippines Corporation, Hitachi Via Asia Pte. Ltd. Philippine Branch, Manila International Freight Forwarders, Inc., PHCP, Inc., PHCP Co., Ltd. Inc., Philippine Precision Technology, Inc. and San Technology, Inc.
Indeed, in its continuous efforts to make people’s lives bright, joyful and easy, Hitachi, which literally means “sunrise,” proved itself worthy of its name.