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Lobby organisation

Hitachi Europe Ltd.

Company · Technology & digital · HQ: United Kingdom · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Hitachi Europe Ltd. appears in 16 declared MEP meetings (16 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

16
declared meetings
with current MEPs
16
MEPs met
€50k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
5.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Hitachi Europe Ltd employs over 400 people in 13 countries across Europe, Africa & the Middle East. Head office is in the UK, and R&D laboratories in London, Cambridge, Copenhagen, Munich, and Sophia-Antipolis.”

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“In align with our corporate credo - contributing to society through the development of superior, original technology and products, we engage in the ‘Social Innovation Business’, putting our IT, control, and operational technologies to use in the advanced social infrastructure systems we provide. Through collaborative creation, we are providing solutions in power & semiconductor systems, security and information systems, particle beam therapy systems, digital media & consumer products, industrial components & equipment, procurement & sourcing & Intelligent Fleet Decarbonisation. Hitachi is a Principal Partner of COP26 and strives to achieve carbon neutrality at all its business sites by 2030 & to achieve an 80% reduction in CO2 emissions across the company’s value chain by 2050.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 16 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party638%
Socialists & Democrats425%
Greens/EFA319%
Renew Europe319%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2024–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (9 in 2026). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2024
1
2025
6
2026
9

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Dan Nica
1 meeting · S&D
Jens Gieseke
1 meeting · EPP
Pina Picierno
1 meeting · Renew
Pär Holmgren
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Tomislav Sokol
1 meeting · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
13 Oct 2026Anna CavazziniIAA
9 Jul 2026Tomislav SokolIndustrial policy
23 Jun 2026Pablo Arias EcheverríaEuropean sovereignty in industry and the Industrial Accelerator Act
4 Jun 2026Kathleen van BremptIndustrial Accelerator Act
1 Jun 2026Bart GroothuisCSA2
15 Apr 2026Dan NicaEU-Japan cooperation
15 Apr 2026Borys BudkaEU’s Clean tech and competitiveness goals
8 Apr 2026Marion WalsmannIndustrial Accelerator Act
3 Mar 2026Jens GiesekeEcodesign in the rail sector
25 Jun 2025Kristian VigeninEurope’s industrial competitiveness
22 May 2025Pina PiciernoEU - Japan Strategic Partnership on railways
6 Mar 2025Pär HolmgrenClimate and Environmental policies
6 Mar 2025Isabella LövinClean Industrial Deal
26 Feb 2025Bruno TobbackThe EU Grid strategy
4 Feb 2025Iuliu Winklerthe future of green and digital transition

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