# clm_AD25A1906065

subject: Preferred Networks (/record/preferred-networks.md)  
predicate: partnership  
value: Hitachi  
valid_from: 2018-01-31  
valid_to: null  
published: 2018-01-30  
recorded: 2026-11-15  
confidence: 0.70  
status: valid  
assertable: true  
superseded_by: null  
last_updated: 2026-11-15  
cite: AsOf. "Preferred Networks partnership: Hitachi", as of 2018-01-31. Claim clm_AD25A1906065, https://asof.is/claim/clm_AD25A1906065, accessed 2026-11-15. Source: https://www.preferred.jp/en/news/pr20180131.  
checked: 2026-11-15 · its source page states the value and the date, as read by an AI model  

> Jan. 31, 2018, Tokyo Japan – FANUC CORPORATION (TSE: 6594, “FANUC”), Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501, “Hitachi”), and Preferred Networks, Inc. (“PFN”) today announced that they have reached an agreement to establish a joint venture company

What https://www.preferred.jp/en/news/pr20180131 says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://www.preferred.jp/en/news/pr20180131 (primary, Preferred Networks, published 2018-01-30)

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