DENSO Announces Senior Management and Organizational Changes
TOKYO, June 27 -- DENSO Corporation today announced senior
management and organizational changes, which were voted upon at today's
shareholders meeting. Senior management changes are effective today, while
organizational changes will be effective July 1.
New directors appointed to the Board were:
* Minoru Ohta (General Manager, Engine Control Components Product
Division)*
* Kazuo Hironaka (General Manager, Toyota Sales Department)
* Sojiro Tsuchiya (General Manager, Body Electronics Components Product
Division)
* Hikaru Sugi (General Manager, Air-conditioning R&D Department 1)
* Takeshige Tabuchi (Vice President, DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee, Inc.)
Board of Director promotions included:
* Takao Inukai, Executive Vice President (Senior Managing Director)
* Norio Omori, Executive Vice President (Senor Managing Director)
* Hiroshi Uchiyama, Senior Managing Director (Managing Director)
* Kazuo Matsumoto, Senior Managing Director (Managing Director)
* Isao Maekawa, Senior Managing Director (Managing Director)
* Koichi Fukaya, Senior Managing Director (Managing Director)
* Satoshi Watanabe, Managing Director (Director)
* Susumu Harada, Managing Director (Director)
Shareholders also approved merging the Environmental Systems Product Division with the Air-conditioning Product Division, effective July 1. DENSO expects that the merger will foster technical synergy and use resources more effectively.
DENSO's New Organization Chart
Following is DENSO's new organization. Director biographies will be available tomorrow at www.globaldenso.com in the "Press Release" section.
Effective June 27, 2002
Title Name Main organizational responsibility
Chairman Akira Takahashi
President & CEO Hiromu Okabe
Executive Vice
Presidents Takao Inukai Sales and Business Development
Norio Omori R&D, Engineering, and Product
Development
Senior Managing
Directors Hiroshi Uchiyama Sales Group
Kazuo Matsumoto Electric Systems Group
Isao Maekawa Administration Center
Koichi Fukaya Production Promotion Center
Managing Directors Ryuzo Tsuyama OEM Sales
Masami Manabe Engineering Research & Development
Center
Oyuki Ogawa Powertrain Control Systems Group
Shinro Iwatsuki Production Promotion Center
Masatoshi Ano Corporate Center
Nobuhiro Miyake Tokyo Office
Satoshi Watanabe Thermal Systems Group
Susumu Harada Electronic Systems Group
Directors Shoichiro Toyoda
Mitsunobu Takeuchi Chairman of DENSO International
America, Inc.
Michio Fukuzaki President of DENSO Europe B.V.
Mitsuharu Kato ITS Product Division
Mineo Hanai System Control Components Product
Division
Tatsuhiko Nishio Human Resources Dept.
Hiroshi Fujinami Safety & Chassis Systems Product
Division
Hiromi Tokuda Diesel Injection Product Division
and Gasoline Injection Product
Division
Nobuaki Katoh Corporate Planning Dept. and
Procurement Dept.
Kenji Ohya Aftermarket Sales
Mitsuo Matsushita President of DENSO International
America, Inc.
Minoru Ohta Quality Control Dept.
Kazuo Hironaka Toyota Sales Dept.
Sojiro Tsuchiya Production Engineering Dept. and
Product Engineering R&D Dept.
Hikaru Sugi Air-conditioning Product Division
Takeshige Tabuchi Body Electronics Components
Product Division
DENSO Corporation, a global supplier of advanced automotive technology, systems and components, employs 87,000 people in 30 countries and regions. Consolidated sales for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002 totaled US$ 18.1 billion. DENSO common stock is traded on the Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya stock exchanges in Japan.
In North America, DENSO employs 14,000 people at 25 companies. Consolidated sales for the Americas (North America, Central America and South America) for fiscal year ended March 31, 2002 totaled $4.8 billion.