Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc. to Exhibit NanoFrontier(R) LC/MS with Hamilton's Microlab(R) STAR Liquid Handling Workstation at Upcoming Tradeshows.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc. of San Jose, CA and the Hamilton Company of Reno, NV will be combining the strengths of their individual platforms and exhibiting a high throughput LC/MS platform at Lab Automation in Palm Springs January 29th - 31st (Booth #115) and at AAFS in San Antonio February 21st - 23rd. The newly released hybrid linear ion trap time-of-flight mass spectrometer (LIT-TOF MS) is the first commercially available instrument to combine the reproducibility and robustness of a true splitless nanoflow LC with the sensitivity and mass accuracy of a linear ion trap time-of-flight mass spectrometer. The combination of Hamilton's Microlab([R]) STAR liquid handling workstation on the front end of the NanoFrontier presents a high throughput LC/MS platform that offers reproducibility not only with data analysis but with sample preparation prior to mass spectrometric analysis.

With an ever increasing demand for mass spectrometry-based biomarker validation, it is essential for mass spectrometry platforms to provide high throughput solutions, high mass accuracy, increased sensitivity and most importantly sound quantitative analysis. Achieving this level of quantitative performance requires sound software, high sensitivity and sufficient dynamic range. The NanoFrontier([R]) LC/MS platform is a hybrid system that combines the unparalleled separation of a nanoLC with the high sensitivity of a linear ion trap and the high mass accuracy and resolution of a time-of-flight mass analyzer. In addition, this system has the flexibility to operate in either LIT mode for MSn or Q-TOF mode for MS/MS. This novel LC/MS platform in conjunction with the STAR implements features specifically geared towards the requirements of metabolomics, biomarker discovery and validation, and protein identification.

About Hitachi

Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc., a subsidiary of Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation, Japan, offers a wide breadth of product and service offerings, including: semiconductor manufacturing equipment, analytical instrumentation, scientific instruments, bio-related products, industrial equipment, information equipment, electronic devices, and electronic and industrial materials. For more information please visit: www.hitachi-hta.com/LCMS. Hitachi High Technologies Corporation is a Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT) Group Company.

Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE:HIT)(TOKYO:6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 356,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2005 (ended March 31, 2006) consolidated sales totaled 9,464 billion yen ($80.9 billion). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors including information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials and financial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.