JCNNetwork: Hitachi Ltd. may need more funds to finance a revamp after selling a record 350.7 billion yen (US$3.9 billion) in stock and bonds.
Hitachi needs money to finance factory closures and job cuts to focus on growing businesses such as trains and medical systems.
Hitachi aims to reverse a multi-decade strategy of expanding into everything from televisions to vacuum cleaners and nuclear reactors after reporting a record loss for a Japanese manufacturer last fiscal year.
The company will reduce about 200 units, merge its unprofitable chip subsidiary with a rival and relocate workers in its plasma-display and automotive units to cut 260 billion yen (US$2.9 billion) in costs this year.
top