Hitachi America's New Headquarters, Equipment Center Nears Completion

CARROLLTON, TX-On Nov. 15, Hitachi America Ltd. will get the keys to a 72,000-sf headquarters and distribution center being built on nearly four acres in the Free Trade Zone of the Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport.

The $25-million project, being built by the Crow family of Dallas, represents the US leg of a dual-pronged expansion being undertaken by Hitachi Ltd., parent company of the Carrollton operation. Yesterday in Kudamatsu, Japan, a ground-breaking occurred for a 100,000-sf electronic customer support center that will work in concert with the soon-to-be-relocated TX subsidiary. Stateside, the DFW building means a new North American headquarters and semiconductor equipment center for Hitachi America.

Upon completion, the two projects will link engineers, designers, sales, technicians and customers from their home locations. “We’re trying to maximize our senior technical staff without putting them on airplanes and flying them all over the world,” Craig Kerkove, Hitachi America’s general manager, tells GlobeSt.com.