Hitachi has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the New South Wales Government of Australia to illustrate its commitment to collaborate with the State on the development of its Western Parkland City and Western Sydney Aerotropolis.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian joined senior Hitachi representatives including its President and CEO Toshiaki Higashihara at a signing ceremony at Parliament House.

“Hitachi is one of the world’s largest companies operating across energy, construction, water and railway systems to defence, digital systems, healthcare technology and more,” Ms Berejiklian said. “This MOU will see Hitachi throw its support behind the Western Sydney Airport Aerotropolis.”

Hitachi will lend its expertise to provide the NSW Government, in conjunction with the Federal Government and eight municipalities in the Western Sydney region, with state-of-the-art precinct design and social infrastructure services.

Potential areas of cooperation identified in the MoU include collaborations in healthcare precincts, the provision of operations facilities in areas of heavy engineering, and the development of a technology-led centre of excellence in the Western Sydney Aerotropolis, either independently, or in collaboration with other research and academic organisations.

Minister for Western Sydney, Stuart Ayres, said getting Hitachi on board was another big coup for NSW which last month signed MOUs with two other Japanese giants, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group.

“Japan is NSW’s second largest trading partner and invested over $219 billion in Australia last year. Getting these big Japanese multinationals with their global networks is a major step in our efforts to help develop industry precincts around Western Sydney Airport,” Mr Ayres said.

The NSW Government is hoping to create 200,000 jobs around the Western Sydney Aerotropolis, a bustling 10,000-hectare economic zone for the new world class Western Parkland City that is being developed in a joint effort between NSW, the Commonwealth and Local governments.

In September, the University of Newcastle, University of NSW, University of Wollongong, and Western Sydney University announced the creation of a world-class higher education institution at the Aerotropolis.

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