DENSO Announces Management Changes

Changes affect Board of Directors and Managing Officers

TOKYO, April 27 -- DENSO Corporation today announced changes to its board of directors and managing officers. Changes will take place after the annual shareholders meeting on June 27.

  New Directors appointed to the Board:
  Shinro Iwatsuki, Executive Vice President (from Senior Managing Director)
  Oyuki Ogawa, Executive Vice President (from Senior Managing Director)
  Mitsuharu Kato, Senior Managing Director (from Managing Officer)
  Mineo Hanai, Senior Managing Director (from Managing Officer)
  Hiromi Tokuda, Senior Managing Director (from Managing Officer)

  New Managing Officers:

Sakae Kitazawa, Managing Officer (Engineering Research & Development Center)

Yoshitaka Asano, Managing Officer (SIAM DENSO Manufacturing Co., Ltd.)

Michio Adachi, Managing Officer (System Control Components Engineering Department 1)

Tetsuo Kondo, Managing Officer (Engine Control Components Product Division)

  Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Managing Officer (Quality Control Department)

  Board of Directors and Managing Officer retirements include:
  Norio Omori (from Executive Vice President)
  Nobuhiro Miyake (from Senior Managing Director)
  Susumu Harada (from Senior Managing Director)
  Akitoshi Sugiura (from Managing Officer)
  Masayoshi Yagyu (from Managing Officer)

DENSO Corporation, headquartered in Kariya, Aichi prefecture, Japan, is a leading global supplier of advanced technology, systems and components. Its customers include all the world's major carmakers. Worldwide, the company employs approximately 106,000 people in 32 countries and regions, including Japan. Consolidated global sales for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 totaled US$27.3 billion. DENSO common stock is traded on the Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya stock exchanges. For more information, go to http://www.globaldenso.com/ or visit our media website at htpp://www.densomediacenter.com .

In the Americas, DENSO employs more than 15,000 people at 33 companies with consolidated sales of US$5.9 billion for the above fiscal year. Southfield, Mich.-based DENSO International America, Inc. serves as DENSO's North American headquarters. For more information, go to http://www.densocorp-na.com/ .