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　　日立近日宣布，关于对3月11日发生在日本东部的大地震采取了有效的措施。

　　日立总部作为震后恢复重建的控制中心，日立将利用所有的公司资源以达到最快程度的恢复灾区建设。

　　3.11地震发生后，在日立集团立即启动了的应急救援中心，以帮助修复会坏的热电站。到目前为止，已有约 300名工程人员被分配到热电站。日立集团仍继续对发电机的零部件提供补给，例如涡轮机等，用以援助各电力公司。另外，为了解决电力供应短缺，日立启动了集团所有的发电设施以帮助电力公司。

　　公司的几大生产基地目前正在恢复生产。同时，另外几大生产基地也已部分或全部恢复生产。
　　3月29日，日立集团所属的电力系统公司，主要以生产涡轮机 发电机的工厂，其某些生产线已经重新开工。为国内外客户生产气流涡轮机的工厂，已经恢复到了震前的90%。为了达到四月底全面恢复生产的目的，日立目前正在进行生产线准确度的测试。

　　在电梯、自动扶梯生产领域，日立集团所属的城市计划发展体系公司的自动扶梯和电梯电路板已经部分恢复生产。日立集团目前正在加速恢复其生产能力。
 

Hitachi Announces Effects of the Great East Japan Earthquake, and its Responses (4 th Report)
Source:Hitachi.com
Hitachi,Ltd. announced following information regarding the effects on the Hitachi Group of the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, and regarding the responses of Hitachi.
Hitachi expresses deep condolences for victims of the earthquake and sincerely hopes for the earliest possible recovery in all regions involved. Utilizing the Hitachi Group Headquarters for Post-earthquake Reconstruction and Redevelopment (led by Hitachi, Ltd. President Hiroaki Nakanishi) as its control tower ,Hitachi is combining all of the Group’s resources in promoting the following activities aimed at achieving the fastest possible recovery in its damaged bases of operation.
1.Providing Support in Affected Regions
Up to now, the Hitachi Group has already decided to provide support with a total value 750 million yen, including the provision of flat panel TVs, dry cell batteries, and Disaster Victim Support Systems for local municipalities with no charge and others to victims of the disaster and to assist in recovery efforts. The Group will continue to offer additional support quickly , in response to conditions in the affected areas.
2.Status of Employees
Hitachi will continue confirming the status of Hitachi Group employees and their families who have been affected by the disaster .
3.Assistance at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station of TEPCO
The 24-hour Emergency Response Center for Nuclear Power was established at the Hitachi, Ltd. Head Office immediately after the earthquake struck on March 11. In addition to dispatching engineers from Hitachi to work on joint teams formed in collaboration with The Tokyo Electric Power Company , Inc. (TEPCO) and the Japanese government, a work team comprising about 370 engineers and other workers has been formed, and up to now about 300 employees have been dispatched to the site, where they are concentrating every possible effort into recovering electricity within the power station, assisting in the cooling of the nuclear reactor pressure vessels and pools for spent nuclear fuels, and draining the water out from turbine buildings and tunnels. Also, over 1,000 staff members within the Hitachi Group are providing support and assistance where it is needed, collaborating with General Electric Co., a partner of nuclear power systems business. Devoting all available resources of the Hitachi Group, Hitachi will continue to fully cooperate with TEPCO and the Japanese government in efforts to improve the situation, for example through technical support and procurement.
4. Assistance in resolving the power supply shortage
Immediately after the earthquake on March 11, the Emergency Response Center for Thermal Power was established at Hitachi, Ltd. to provide support in resuming operations at damaged thermal power plants. Up to now, about 300 engineers have been dispatched to the power plant sites. Hitachi continues to offer proposals for new- and additional-installation of power-generating equipment, such as turbines, in response to requests from various electric power companies. Additionally , in order to prepare and resolve the electric power supply shortages, Hitachi operationalized its privately-owned electrical power facility to be able to respond to requests from power companies.
5. Status of Recovery at Business and Production Bases
Recovery operations are currently underway this time, main production bases are either partially or fully operational.
In the Power Systems business, on March 29, production resumed with the exception of some production line at the Hitachi, Ltd. Power Systems Company , Hitachi Works (Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki Pref.), where mainly manufactures turbines and power generators.
For gas and steam turbines for domestic and overseas customers, production resumed and recovered 90 percent of its production capacity in comparison with the capacity before the earthquake. Aiming to operate with full capacity at the end of April 2011, Hitachi is running an accuracy test for its production lines.
In the Information & Telecommunication Systems business, support staff  have been dispatched from  Hitachi bases across the country to affected regions, where they continue their efforts to recover customers’ systems.
In the Elevators and Escalators business, escalators and printed circuit board for escalators and elevators production partially resumed at the Hitachi, Ltd. Urban Planning and Development Systems Company , Mito Works (Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Pref.). Hitachi is accelerating its initiatives to recover its full-scale production. At manufacturing bases for automotive components where production had been temporarily suspended due to the effects of the earthquake, production operations partially resumed at Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Sawa Works (Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Pref.) and Fukushima Works (Date-gun, Fukushima Pref.) on March 25, and both domestic and overseas shipments have begun. Hitachi also recovered most of its production lines in the week of March 28. Hitachi will continue to resume production on an increasing number of components, and to invest all its energies into ensuring a stable supply of products.