While Hitachi Europe Rail Group stressed that its withdrawal from bidding for the new Thameslink fleet was a strategic decision aimed at ensuring successful delivery of current programmes, industry insiders report that the impact of the global financial crisis on its parent corwpany was also a factor. On April 1 Takashi Kawamura took over as Chairman, President & CEO of Hitachi Ltd. An electrical engineer by training, he first joined Hitachi in April 1962. This move reflected the severity of the crisis facing Hitachi along with other international engineering groups. The company's results for the three monthsrnto December 31 2008 showed a 16.5% fall in revenue and a year-on-year turnaround from a profit of V12.5bn to a net loss of ¥371bn.
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机译：日立欧洲铁路集团（Hitachi Europe Rail Group）强调，退出新Thameslink车队的投标是一项旨在确保成功交付当前计划的战略决定，但业内人士报告说，全球金融危机对其母公司的影响也是一个因素。 4月1日，川村隆志（Takashi Kawamura）接任日立有限公司（Hitachi Ltd.）董事长，总裁兼首席执行官。他是一名电气工程师，受过培训，他于1962年4月首次加入日立。这一举动反映了日立以及其他国际工程集团所面临的危机的严重性。该公司在截至2008年12月31日的三个月中的业绩显示，收入下降了16.5％，同比扭亏为盈，从利润125亿越南盾变为净亏损3,710亿日元。
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