New name supports the company's growth and strategic vision while marking an inspiring next chapter for its global compressed air businessHitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd. (“HIES”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced the establishment of Hitachi Global Air Power, a new company bringing together its global compressed air business. Effective immediately, Sullair will change its company name and operate under Hitachi Global Air Power.“We are the same organization, ownership, leadership, and staff, but now we have a name that more clearly demonstrates Hitachi’s breadth of compressed air solutions, product lines and innovation that both Sullair and Hitachi bring to the market,” said Yasuhiro (Charlie) Takeuchi, President and CEO of HIES. “In today’s relentlessly transforming society, Hitachi Global Air Power is uniquely positioned to raise the bar on the value we deliver to customers through our comprehensive portfolio of compressed air products and solutions such as Air as a Service.”Hitachi Global Air Power will be instrumental to HIES accelerating significant global growth through green (sustainable) and digital products and solutions that match today’s environment and digital age. Hitachi Global Air Power seeks to provide ultra-high-efficiency compressed air products and connected solutions that help customers achieve more energy savings and operational efficiencies.Sullair was founded on July 14, 1965, and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. on July 13, 2017. In the nearly six years since the acquisition, HIES has leveraged the Sullair global sales network and complementary portfolio products and services to substantially increase the size, strength, and competitiveness of its global air compressor business. Hitachi Global Air Power will continue to offer a full range of integrated compressed air solutions, including portable air compressors, industrial air compressors (oil-free and oil-flooded), aftermarket OEM parts, fluids and more.Hitachi Global Air Power will leverage a multi-channel, multi-brand strategy. While Sullair will change its corporate name, the branding will remain intact on its products, including Sullair, Champion and Air-One. By maintaining market appearance, customers and distributors will continue to recognize the familiarity of the Sullair logo and color (Sullair green).“The company name change from Sullair to Hitachi Global Air Power is only the latest move in a growing list of Hitachi's commitments to our business and brand,” said John Randall, President and CEO of Sullair. “Since our acquisition, Hitachi has invested more than $45 million in our company, and Hitachi has been instrumental in allowing us to expand our caliber and capabilities. We are excited about the opportunities ahead of us—for our business, employees, customers, channel partners and communities.”The new company name combines nearly two centuries of expertise in the compressed air business—Hitachi since 1911, Sullair since 1965, and Champion Compressors (Australia) since 1983.For more information about the name change or to learn more about Hitachi Global Air Power, please visit www.hitachiglobalairpower.com.

Sullair China celebrated 2022 annual party at Crowne Plaza Hotel Suzhou on November 7th, 2022.The celebration was kicked off with a beautiful dance. Kawabata san, the General manager of Sullair Asia made the opening speech, he reviewed the excited achievements in the past year, and expressed his appreciation for all the employees’ consistent efforts.Trophy and awards have been presented to outstanding employees in 2022 and employees who served the company for a long time, appreciating their exceptional performance and long-term dedications.During the performance show, the versatile colleagues performed dance, poetry recitation, singing…showing the acting talents. The party was in full of passionate as everyone enjoyed nice foods, games, performances and the best part nobody could miss——lucky draw.

From August 24 to 27, 2022, Hitachi and Sullair made an impressive appearance at the 2022 Tairos/Automation Taipei trade show with the high efficiency oil-free air compressors.As the world’s leading manufacturer of air compressors, Sullair has always been known for its innovative technology and quality service. During the 4-day exhibition, Sullair welcomed quite many visitors to the booth, the visitors showed great interest in Sullair and Hitachi, and were given the chance to obtain in-depth information of both company’s products.Early in 1990s, Sullair has been appeared in the Southeast Asian market. After more than 20 years efforts, the air compressors market in Southeast Asian is now in the stage of rapid recovery. This amazing appearance of this show has demonstrated the strength and confidence of Sullair’s actively invest in the Southeast Asian market, which will bring an even more promising future.

Sullair China celebrated its 5-year anniversary of becoming a Hitachi Group Company on July 13, 2022.This all-employee event was held in Sullair Suzhou canteen, where employees who based in Suzhou were treated with tea break and desserts, and employees based in other offices joined the celebration through teams.Senior executives from Hitachi and Sullair global CEO sent the congratulations via video. Kawabata san, the General manager of Sullair Asia made the opening speech, he reviewed the excited achievements of Hitachi-Sullair cooperation and delivered his expectations for the company’s overall growth in the future.Hitachi acquired Sullair as part of the Hitachi Industrial Equipment & System group in July 2017. In the past 5 years with the backing of Hitachi, Sullair China has been continued to invest in the people, facilities and products, which will help Sullair to achieve the long-term goals. We believe that the next five years are worth looking forward to.

On June 27, the 2022 distributor conference of Sullair China was grandly held at Changsha, China. Nearly 100 distributors from China gathered together to review the brilliant achievements of Sullair in 2021 and discuss the ambitious strategy for 2022.Due to the pandemic impact on travel, two senior executives from Hitachi——the President and Director Charlie Takeuchi san and the Managing Director of Global Air Compressor Operations group Henry Tanaka san recorded a speech for the conference. In the video, Hitachi executives encouraged Sullair distributors to be more innovative and flexible to meet the new challenges of the changing markets.John Randall, Sullair global President and CEO delivered the opening speech virtually via video conference. John expressed his appreciation for Sullair China’s achievements in the past year and his expectation back to China to visit the distributors. Kawabata Natsuki san, General Manager of Sullair Asia extended a warm welcome to all the distributors. In his speech, Kawabata san highly recognized the huge growth of Sullair China in 2021, and proposed new targets and strategies for the new year.Following the management’s speech, the representatives from Sullair China sales, operation, quality, finance, marketing, channel management, legal, engineering and product management team also made the presentations.

In February 2022, Sullair China signed the Energy Management contract with Suzhou Yuwei New Energy company to start the 999.53kW solar panel project. The project construction was started from May 2022 and officially connected with Grid on June 30, 2022.With 20-year life of the solar panel project, it is estimated to be able to generate 21,117,500kwh, which means saving 6,715 tons coal and reducing carbon dioxide (CO?) emissions by 21,054 tons.

2021 Vogel pharmaceutical engineering international forum has successfully ended. As a provider of high-quality oil-free compressed air solution, Sullair attened the forum with its oil-free compressors –-- VT series and DS75 compressors, displayed high quality pharmaceutical solutions, and addressed a speech about Sullair oil-free products. VT series oil-free scroll air compressor VT series oil-free scroll air compressor has passed TUV Class 0 oil-free certification and medical device certification, which can support 1.0mpa air supply pressure, safety and reliability. The integral structure of air storage tank and cold dryer is more compact, which improves the quality of air supply comprehensively while saving installation space.> Neo involute tooth technology and imported scroll air end> Durable for long service life> Low noise and requires no noise reduction> Can be used indoors to avoid noise pollutionDS75 Dry Screw Oil-free Compressor > Patented double gear transmission ensures high precision, with benefits of reliability, low noise, high efficiency and energy savings.> Efficient TEFC motor> Environment friendly and safety consider?ation.

On July 22, 2021, xiangfen of Shanxi Province was hit by a heavy rainstorm. A large number of rocks and silt were inclined on the railway, covering an area of 12,600 square meters.At the moment of crisis, Sullair engineers rushed to the site with 3 portable compressors and carried out rescue operations in full. Sullair engineers raced against time to provide technical assistance to the rescue site with their own expertise. In addition, 3 Sullair compressors are participating in the drilling of the reinforcement holes of railway bridge piles in a stable and orderly status, providing a solid supporting for the rescue operation. The 3 portable compressors have been in service for more than 8 years, but still maintain strong power.