GLOBAL BUSINESS SUMMARY: Hitachi To Form Home Appliances Joint Venture Wed, 16th Dec 2020 12:38 (Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by global companies, issued on Wednesday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Hitachi Ltd - Japanese conglomerate - Arcelik AS and Hitachi Global Life Solutions Inc sign a share purchase agreement to create a new joint venture company focused on global home appliances, excluding Japan. Hitachi GLS will establish a new firm and transfer its global home appliance business outside of Japan into it, with Arcelik then acquiring a 60% ownership of the new company. Both partners hope to establish this new joint venture in spring 2021, provided regulatory approval and other conditions are met. The transaction value of the deal is calculated to be USD300 million for the 60% stake.