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Hitachi Restricts Service on Some Older Instruments
Hitachi High Tech America has announced that some of its older instruments will be put on the "restricted support" list due to a lack of some replacement parts. Hitachi will continue to honor service agreements as long as replacement parts are available. Most of these instruments were manufactured in the 1990's, and early 2000's. Models in question: H-7500, H-7600, HD-2000, HD-2300, S-2600H, S-2600N, S-3000H, S-3000N, S-3100H, S-3500H, S-3500N, S-3600N, S-4300, S-4300SE, S-43
May 30


Hitachi Releases New HT7800 II 120kV TEM
Tokyo, Japan based Hitachi High-Tech Corporation has recently released a new 120kV TEM, the HT7800II. Hitachi claims the system is extremely stable, high contrast system which takes Tungsten hairpin, or LaB6 filaments and can be run at 20 to 120kV in 100V steps. https://www.hitachi-hightech.com/us/en/news/nr20251219.html
Jan 2


Hitachi Releases High Throughput Ultra-High-Rez SEM
Tokyo based Hitachi High-Tech Corporation recently released the SU9600, and Ultrahigh Resolution SEM. The newest in Hitachi's line of in-lens UHR-SEM's, the SU9600 claims SE resolution of 0.4nm @ 30kV (gap method), and 0.34nm @ 30kV lattice resolution in STEM mode. This instrument is highly specialized and often found in semiconductor manufacturing, or high end research laboratories. https://www.hitachi-hightech.com/us/en/news/nr20251031.html
Nov 22, 2025


Hitachi Opens Service Lab in Oregon
Hitachi High-Tech America has opened an analytical laboratory in their Hillsboro, Oregon facility that is open for commercial use. The...
Oct 8, 2025


Hitachi Releases New Tabletop SEM
Hitachi has released a new version of its popular TM4000 series of tabletop SEM's. The new instruments are called the TM4000III and...
Sep 2, 2024


Hitachi Announces Two New Schottky VP-SEM's
Hitachi High Tech has announced two new Schottky-sourced VP-SEM's. The SU3800SE and SU3900SE are Schottky versions of their...
May 28, 2024


Hitachi Releases GT2000 E-Beam Metrology System
Hitachi High-Tech has released the GT2000, an electron beam metrology system for the semiconductor industry. Hitachi claims the system is...
Feb 9, 2024
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