Dr. Masahiko Mori to speak at the 2005 Machine Tool Technologies Research Foundation General Assembly in San Francisco

DAVIS, Calif.- May 6, 2005- The Machine Tool Technologies Research 
Foundation (MTTRF), a non-profit advocating and supporting the education of 
students and scholars in the machine tool and related manufacturing 
industries, will hold its annual general assembly meeting on July 7, 2005, 
at the Mark Hopkins Inter-continental in San Francisco. This special 
evening will summarize the activities, scholarships and activist movements 
of the foundation during the past year and feature Dr. Masahiko Mori, 
president of Mori Seiki Co., Ltd, lecturing on the Machine Tool Industry 
and its Future.