Westwood, Mass.- June 7, 2001- Hitachi America, Inc., a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), today announced a corporate monitor trade-in program that makes it easier for large companies to upgrade their monitors. Under the new program, corporations can receive financial credit toward the purchase of a new Hitachi monitor, for every working monitor they trade in. This reduces the overall cost of upgrading their monitors while also saving the costs and hassle associated with recycling or disposing of the older monitors.

Hitachi will accept 15” - 21” monitors of any brand toward the purchase of a current new Hitachi monitor. Also as part of the program, Hitachi offers a service that provides environmentally safe recycling or disposal of non-working monitors. 

Available to corporate customers who meet the minimum required monitor trade-in quantity, Hitachi will offer this program through its authorized ChannelConnect™ partners. Corporate customers can attain details about the program by calling Hitachi monitor pre-sales support at 1-800-441-4832 or by contacting a participating Hitachi ChannelConnect™ partner. 

Hitachi ChannelConnect™ partners can find program details and forms in the password protected partners section at the Hitachi web site. To become a ChannelConnect™ partner, call 1-800-441-4832 or visit www.hitachidisplays.com and download the application from the “partners” section. 

About Hitachi
Hitachi America, Ltd, monitor sales group is a leading supplier of display technology in the U.S. With numerous product awards for excellence, Hitachi displays provide superior quality at value prices to business, education, government and professional markets. For more information please contact Hitachi America Display Customer Relations at 1-800-441-4832, or via email to [email protected] Information is also available on the World Wide Web at http://www.hitachidisplays.com.
Hitachi America, Ltd., a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., markets and manufactures a broad range of electronics, computer systems and products, consumer electronics and semiconductors, and provides industrial equipment and services throughout North America. For more information, visit www.hitachi.com

Hitachi, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is one of the world’s leading global 
electronics companies, with fiscal 2000 (ended March 31, 2001) consolidated sales of 8,417 billion yen ($67.9 billion*). The company manufactures and markets a wide range of products, including computers, semiconductors, consumer products and power and industrial equipment. For more information on Hitachi, Ltd., please visit Hitachi's Web site at http://global.hitachi.com.

*At an exchange rate of 124 yen to the dollar.