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08/30/2018

Hitachi and Mitsubishi Corporation Sign a Memorandum of Understanding with Metro de Panamá, S.A. to Provide a Monorail System

Panama City, August 30^th, 2018 – Hitachi, Ltd. (Hitachi), Ansaldo STS SpA (Ansaldo STS), a group company of Hitachi and Mitsubishi Corporation today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding with Metro de Panamá, S.A. (MPSA) to provide a monorail system for Line 3 of Panama Metro.

Image of a monorail system for Line 3 of Panama Metro

The prime contractor for the project, including the civil works portions, will be selected by MPSA, and the subcontractor contract will be signed by the prime contractor and the companies.

Hitachi will provide 28 six-car trains. Signaling systems, telecommunication systems and power systems will be delivered by Ansaldo STS. Mitsubishi Corporation will be in charge of commercial affairs.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency will provide yen-loan to support the improvement of urban transportation systems and efforts to combat climate change, which will be allocated to civil works projects and the procurement of the monorail system.

Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, delivers innovations that answer society’s challenges, combining its operational technology, information technology, and products/systems. The company’s consolidated revenues for fiscal 2017 (ended March 31, 2018) totaled 9,368.6 billion yen ($88.4 billion). The Hitachi Group is an innovation partner for the IoT era, and it has approximately 307,000 employees worldwide. Through collaborative creation with customers, Hitachi is deploying Social Innovation Business using digital technologies in a broad range of sectors, including Power/Energy, Industry/Distribution/Water, Urban Development, and Finance/Social Infrastructure/Healthcare. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.