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Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science, part of Hitachi High-Tech Group that manufactures and sells analysis and measuring instruments, is opening a new manufacturing facility in Shanghai.
The facility in Laigangxin Bay Technology Innovation Park, Minhang District, has been designed to support a rapid upscaling in the development and production of the company’s analysis equipment to meet increased demand worldwide, Hitachi says in a news release about the facility.
The new site combines the company’s two existing Shanghai locations into a single facility. As the company’s China headquarters, Hitachi says it will support robust demand for analytical equipment from the Chinese industrial sector, as well as supply companies worldwide with advanced quality-control solutions.
Dawn Brooks, managing director of Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science, comments: “As industrial production rapidly picks up around the world, our customers are focusing on optimizing their efficiency and quality-control processes through the smart application of analytics and data. Businesses are returning leaner and more focused on reducing wastage and optimizing throughput while achieving the highest levels of quality needed for today’s high-performance materials and goods. We’re applying this smart factory approach to our own production and, with our new China facility, we’re perfectly placed to support our customers on this journey.”
The new Hitachi High-Tech-Analytical Science China site employs more than 100 specialists engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of the company’s benchtop and portable X-ray fluorescence and laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy instrumentation. These tools are essential to production and end-product quality control as well as compliance and safety assurance applications in hundreds of industries worldwide.