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Namihei Odaira (小平 浪平, Odaira Namihei, January 15, 1874 – October 5, 1951) was a Japanese entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded Hitachi .
Hitachi’s founder Namihei Odaira was born three years before Hesse, in 1874. After graduating from Tokyo Imperial University, he went on to work at Kosaka mine, the Hiroshima Hydroelectric Power Company, Tokyo Electric Light Company, and, in 1906, at Hitachi mine.
Mar 28, 2024 · Namihei Odaira, Hitachi’s founder. Namihei Odaira was born in 1874 in Ienaka Village (present-day Tochigi City), Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. When he was a student, he chose to study electrical engineering.
Dec 20, 2023 · Hitachi founder Namihei Odaira was born in Tochigi Prefecture in 1874. As Japan struggled to overcome the challenges toward modernization, he developed the founding product "five-horsepower induction motor" while working in a repair shop of a mine.
Hitachi’s founder Namihei Odaira was born three years before Hesse, in 1874. After graduating from Tokyo Imperial University, he went on to work at Kosaka mine, the Hiroshima Hydroelectric Power Company, Tokyo Electric Light Company, and, in 1906, at Hitachi mine.
Nov 25, 2021 · The Odaira Memorial Museum exhibits Hitachi products and other items, and here visitors can learn about Hitachi’s corporate philosophy, the road to its foundation, and its initiatives toward solving social issues.
…in 1910 with its founder, Odaira Namihei, operating an electrical repair shop at a copper mine northeast of Tokyo. While repairing machinery for the mine, Odaira began to experiment with his own designs, and that same year he manufactured the first domestically produced 5-horsepower (3.7-kilowatt) electric motor.
