iTWire Thursday, 01 April 2021 13:21 Hitachi to acquire US digital engineering services company GlobalLogic Featured Japanese manufacturing giant Hitachi is set to acquire US-headquartered digital engineering services company GlobalLogic. Hitachi announced on Thursday that the acquisition is based on the definitive agreement among Hitachi Global Digital Holdings Corporation, a US subsidiary, and GlobalLogic Worldwide Holdings, Inc., the parent company of GlobalLogic. The transaction is subject to customary conditions and regulatory approvals and expected to be completed by the end of July 2021. Hitachi says the acquisition will accelerate the digital transformation of “social infrastructure on a global scale” by aligning GlobalLogic's advanced digital engineering services with Hitachi’s Lumada portfolio.