Jamie Foster is the procurement director for Hitachi Rail and here he is being very good humoured about standing about in the cold at the draughty end of Platform 14 at St Pancras recently for a magazine shoot. Here's three facts about Hitachi. The name is derived from the Japanese for Sun (Hi) and Rise (Tachi). They are a multinational conglomerate with a turnover of around £60Bn. In addition to rather swish trains, they also manufacture the world's best selling vibrator. Not a lot of people know that......
