Hitachi GST

Despite a 25 per cent rise in hard disk drive shipments last year and a profitable fourth quarter, Hitachi GST has yet to finish a year in the black.

尽管去年硬盘驱动器发货量增长25%，且第四季度实现赢利，但日立环球存储科技公司还是没能实现全年赢利。

But most fail, and Hitachi GST likes to brag that its merger was the first in its sector in more than 20 years where the combined operations increased their revenue in the first year.

而日立环球喜欢吹嘘说，20多年来，在这个领域，合并后业务在第一年收入就增加的，它还是头一家。

This week Hitachi GST is playing host to 170 representatives from its 80-odd suppliers, and – as in previous years – its message to them will not be subtle.

本周，日立环球正款待来自80多家供应商的170名代表，而且与往年一样日立环球向他们传达的信息也不会难以捉摸。

To this Hitachi GST added a new$ 500m hard disk drive plant, which opened in December 2004.

在此基础上，日立环球又增建了一家价值5亿美元的硬盘驱动器工厂，于2004年12月投产。

From having just 15 per cent of its global manufacturing capacity in China last year, Hitachi GST estimates its China operations will account for 50 per cent of production by 2008.

日立环球去年只有15%的全球制造产能来自中国，但该公司预计，到2008年，中国业务的产量将占到公司总产量的一半。

Based in San Jose, California, Hitachi GST adopted English as its internal language a cultural attribute that applies even in China, where it employs just 13 expatriates.

日立环球总部位于美国加利福尼亚州圣何塞，它将英语作为内部语言这种文化特征甚至也适用于中国，而在那里只有13名海外雇员。