Tokyo, February 22, 2013 - Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501, "Hitachi") and Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd. ("Hitachi Consumer Electronics"), today announced that Hitachi Consumer Electronics? LCD projector "8000 series" has been selected for an iF Gold Award in the 2013 iF Design Awards sponsored by iF International Forum Design GmbH (Hannover, Germany).