Hitachi High-Tech

Hitachi High-Tech Corporation is a subsidiary of Hitachi Group headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, that develops and manufactures electron microscopes, automated hematology analyzers, clinical chemistry analyzers, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and industrial measurement systems. In the scientific research domain, Hitachi High-Tech's field emission scanning electron microscopes (FE-SEMs), including the SU9000 and Regulus series, deliver ultra-high resolution imaging at low accelerating voltages, enabling sensitive imaging of beam-sensitive biological and polymeric specimens with minimal sample damage. Their transmission electron microscopes, including cryo-TEM configurations, are used in structural biology and materials research at universities and institutes worldwide. Hitachi introduced the negative staining and cryogenic specimen preparation techniques that became foundational to biological electron microscopy. In life science diagnostics, Hitachi's laboratory automation systems for clinical chemistry and immunoassay testing are installed in tens of thousands of hospital and reference laboratories globally, processing millions of samples daily. Their LABOSPECT and NESCALINK laboratory automation lines provide high-throughput sample routing, pre-analytical processing, and post-analytical management for clinical labs. For semiconductor research and manufacturing, Hitachi High-Tech produces electron beam critical dimension measurement SEMs (CD-SEMs) and defect review tools. Their Fourier transform infrared spectrometers and near-infrared analyzers serve process analytical technology applications in pharmaceutical manufacturing and food science research.