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For over 100 years, Hitachi has been committed to developing innovations that improve lives. Today, this means creating superior technology and products that balance environment, well-being, and economic growth. We integrate IT, operational technology (OT), and products to transform critical infrastructure and industrial systems. Through Hitachi’s process for creating value from data, which we call Lumada, we combine rich industry insight and infrastructure expertise to create measurable, positive change. We operate across four global sectors – Digital Systems & Services, Energy, Mobility, and Connective Industries – plus a Strategic Social Innovation Business Unit developing next-generation solutions. With over 280,000 employees across 618 consolidated subsidiaries in over 140 countries, we partner with our customers to create a harmonized society and build what’s next for people and planet. At Hitachi, we want to foster a professional and respectful community on LinkedIn. Comments containing personal attacks, defamation, or harassment will be removed.

UL is a global leader in advancing safety science and has more than a century of expertise innovating safety solutions — from the public adoption of electricity to breakthroughs in sustainability, renewable energy and nanotechnology. Dedicated to promoting safe living and working environments, UL safeguards people, products and places in important ways, facilitating trade and providing peace of mind. UL evaluates more than 19,000 types of products, components, materials and systems annually with 20 billion UL Marks appearing on 72,000 manufacturers'​ products each year. The UL family of companies includes 68 laboratory, testing and certification facilities serving customers in 102 countries.

The IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) brings together 170 countries, and more than 30,000 experts cooperate on the global IEC platform to ensure that products work everywhere safely with each other. The IEC is the world's leading organization that prepares and publishes globally relevant International Standards for the whole energy chain, including all electrical, electronic and related technologies, devices and systems. The IEC also supports all forms of conformity assessment and administers four Conformity Assessment Systems that certify that components, equipment and systems used in homes, offices, healthcare facilities, public spaces, transportation, manufacturing, explosive environments and energy generation conform to them. IEC work covers a vast range of technologies: power generation (including all renewable energy sources), transmission, distribution, Smart Grid, batteries, home appliances, office and medical equipment, all public and private transportation, semiconductors, fibre optics, nanotechnology, multimedia, information technology, and more. It also addresses safety, EMC, performance and the environment.