Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas

About Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc.,

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc., a subsidiary of Hitachi America, Ltd., manufactures, remanufactures and markets a wide range of automotive systems including engine management systems, electric power train systems, drive control systems and car information systems for all major automotive original equipment manufacturers worldwide. For more information about Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc., please visit our website at www.hitachi-automotive.us.

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc. was formed on January 1, 2011 when Hitachi Automotive Products (USA), Inc. merged and consolidated its two subsidiaries, UNISIA OF GEORGIA CORPORATION and TOKICO (USA) INC. Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc. The consolidation is a part of the global initiative by Hitachi Automotive Systems to strengthen the organization and improve the efficiency of operations in the Americas. The company is headquartered in Harrodsburg, KY, with a total of 2000 employees.

Specialties:

Berea, KY - Suspension & Braking Systems

Harrodsburg, KY - Fuel Rail Systems, Air Flow Meters, Control Units

Monroe, GA - Propeller Shafts, Valve Timing Controls, Steering Gears

Farmington Hills, MI - Sales, Research & Development

Los Angeles, CA - After-Market Sales

COMING SOON:

Harrodsburg, KY - Litium Ion Batteries

Berea, KY - HEV Motors

Our employment opportunities are enhanced by superior benefits packages. They include excellent medical, dental, vision, and prescription benefits are well as the following:

• 401(k) Plan with company matching
• Tuition reimbursement for continuing education
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off

As Hitachi expands, we may have an open position in an area suited to you.

• Production
  
• Production Management
  
• Maintenance
  
• Engineering
  
• Information Technology
  
• Safety and Health
  
• Finance & Accouting
  
• Human Resources
  
• Purchasing
  
• Production Control

Hitachi expansion gives boost to Ky.
2011-10-18

Hitachi's selection of Harrodsburg for its North American lithium-ion battery production is a vote of confidence in Kentucky's work force and the future of the state's auto industry.

Hitachi, based in Japan and one of the world's leading developers of technology, had announced in August that it will begin manufacturing electric drive motors for hybrid and electric vehicles in Berea.

Together, the two announcements represent $87 million in investment and 190 new jobs.

Early in his administration, Gov. Steve Beshear focused on positioning Kentucky to be a leader in the development and manufacture of advanced batteries.

Auto manufacturing, with its many offshoots, is a mainstay of the state's economy. Only two other states make more vehicles.

But keeping and growing the auto industry will require innovation as consumers demand more efficient vehicles.

Kentucky must support research and innovation, if we want Kentuckians to be manufacturing the vehicles of the future.

Beshear's strategy was smart, despite some early disappointments.

The biggest was Kentucky being shut out of $2.4 billion in federal stimulus funding for developing better batteries and electric cars, which sunk plans for a consortium of companies to manufacture lithium-ion batteries in Hardin County.

The Beshear administration did succeed in establishing the Kentucky-Argonne National Battery Manufacturing Research and Development Center in Lexington.

The lab's research capability should be an attraction to auto and related industries now and in the future.

Hitachi to add 100 jobs in Berea, mayor says
By Josh Kegley and Greg Kocher — jkegley@herald-leader.com, gkocher1@herald-leader.com - 2011-08-26

By Josh Kegley and Greg Kocher

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas in Berea, which recently secured a contract to manufacture components for the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid vehicle, will soon begin hiring for about 100 new manufacturing jobs.

Depending on the success of the contract, that number could eventually increase to 500, Berea Mayor Steve Connelly said.

Berea City Administrator Randy Stone said Hitachi is expanding into a former Panasonic plant in an industrial park off Exit 77 near Interstate 75.

The expansion will be formally unveiled Tuesday.

The former Panasonic plant, which has been vacant for several years, is near a Hitachi plant on Mayde Road that employs about 1,000 people, Stone said.

The new production line will make components for the motor of the Volt, which is manufactured by General Motors Corp.

Connelly said the plant expansion has been discussed for about a year. A deal was struck "maybe 60 or 90 days ago," he said.

"Our city council probably six months ago passed an ordinance to authorize some of the state incentive programs" including reducing occupational license fees from 2 percent to 1 percent for five years, he said.

In May, the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority board approved $4 million in tax incentives for the new location, which Hitachi estimated would cost $74.51 million.

Connelly said he hopes the focus on energy-efficient vehicles will benefit Berea's job market for years to come.

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Farmington Hills, MI - jobs@hitachi-automotive.us