Hitachi, E Ink partner to bring eNotes to Omika Works
March 26, 2024 at 04:26 pm EDT
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E Ink, the creator of ePaper technology, has partnered with Hitachi Ltd. to bring eNotes to manufacturing sites at Hitachi's Omika Works, according to a press release.
The partnership includes deploying eNotes developed by E Ink's subsidiary Linfiny Japan Inc. on Hitachi's IoT platform.
"At Omika Works, we have been investing in the digitization of internal operations, and one of the most difficult challenges in doing so was to get rid of paper media, as quality assurance work involves checking a wide variety of drawings and documents, which require printing them out," Tatsuya Hiroki, senior director, quality assurance division of control system platform, Hitachi Ltd. Omika Works, said in the release. "To solve this problem, we opted for ePaper, being durable, lightweight, having low power consumption, high visibility, and a handwriting-like feel comparable to using paper, was a very suitable digital device for on-site work and would enable a smooth transition to digitalization without conventional work methods needing to be changed. The introduction of ePaper has proven not only to enable paperless operations but also to prevent checks from being omitted and to enhance management through the utilization of the input data. We expect that, by increasing the number of applications of ePaper in the future, we will be able to reduce costs, optimize labor, and strengthen compliance."
Hitachi specializes in manufacturing and marketing of electronic and industrial equipments. Net sales (including intragroup) break down by family of products and services as follows:
- social infrastructure and industrial systems (24.7%): elevators, escalators, industrial facilities, railway systems, power generation units, etc. The group also provides engineering and construction of nuclear, hydroelectric, and thermal power plants services;
- information and telecommunications products and services (20.1%): systems integration, cloud computing, software, servers, hard disks, PCs, ATMs, data communication base stations, payment terminals, etc.;
- materials and components (16.6%): semi-conductor materials, printed circuit cards, cables, copper and forged steel products, magnetic materials, organic and inorganic chemical products, etc.;
- construction equipment (10%) : hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, mining equipment, etc.;
- automotive systems (9.4%): powertrain systems, control systems, etc.;
- electronic products (9.2%): fiber-optic components, screen tubes, testing and measurement equipment, medical equipment, equipment for manufacturing semiconductors, etc.;
- household appliances (4.7%): heating and air conditioning equipments, refrigerators, washing machines, etc.;
- other (5.3%): mainly transport, financial and logistical services.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (49.2%), Asia (21.3%), North America (12.7%), Europe (10.8%) and other (6%).
HITACHI, LTD. 
