The Life Science Division of Hitachi High Technologies America is a key contributor to the life sciences industry. Hitachi has developed innovative instrumentation to meet the needs in the biotechnology, chemical, pharmaceutical and life science industries by supplying a wide range of analytical equipment.
Sales and Service
The Life Sciences Division markets, sells and services HPLCs, Mass Spectrometers, Amino Acid Analyzers, and UV-Vis/NIR and Fluorescence Spectrophotometers. Maintaining close end-user contact is key to maintaining a competitive advantage in a highly competitive market. Customer contact is crucial to understanding market demand for future market trends. With this in mind, Hitachi launched a new LC/MS System, NanoFrontier, in 2006. This state-of-the-artLC/MSwith thenLC 2D chromatography systemhas the latest hardware and software innovations to meet the stringent demands of the field of proteomics.
Hitachi has leveraged its strengths in manufacturing through strategic, global OEM alliances for several products. This has resulted in Hitachi being the leading global manufacturer for its DNA sequencers and DNA isolation equipment. In addition, OEM alliances for analytical and clinical instruments increase business opportunities in the biotech and clinical business sectors and niche markets.
Hitachi has aligned with key software providers to increase flexibility on broader software platforms. Thus, Hitachi’s software platform allows control of analytical instruments manufactured by multiple vendors. The advantage to the customer is that multiple instruments from different vendors can be controlled with the same software. In addition to instrument control, data collection and storage, this softwarefacilitates regulatorycompliance.