A Next-Generation Company

摘要

Quality in research and development, stabil ity in production, and flexibility in trading in highly sensitive equipment and devices: The newly formed Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation has brought separate business practices together in one integrated business platform.Generally, really small items escape our attention. However, when tiny things could change the course of the world, academic experts take notice. Nanotechnology is one of the major hopes for modern humanity. Numerous private and state companies and institutions are investing in research in this area. However, the term itself means little to most people. Working with materials in such a miniature world -"nano" is Greek for "dwarf" - exceeds imagination. In nanotechnology, components are one thousandth the width of a human hair.