Kiyosu, Japan, June 16, 2016: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. held an election for Directors and Auditors at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on June 16. After the General Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, the Board decided to transfer some Directors and Corporate Officers and to make partial changes in organizational responsibilities etc. In addition, organizational reform was carried out on the same day, and the content of these changes is as follows.

 

1. Transfer of Directors and partial change in management
   (Only transfers and changes are listed here; the underlined parts are changes) 

New	Previous	Name
Executive Vice President 　Technology Management	Executive Vice President 　Chief of Research and Development 　Headquarters, responsible for the 　Optoelectronics Business Unit	Masayoshi Ichikawa
Director, Senior Managing Officer（promotion） Chief of Corporate Management Headquarters, Chief of Finance and Accounting Headquarters	Director, Managing Officer  Chief of Finance and Accounting  Headquarters, in charge of Audit  Division	Daisuke Kobayashi
Director, Managing Officer (new appointment)   Chief of Sales Headquarters	Managing Officer   Chief of Sales Headquarters	Tomonobu Yamada
Director, Managing Officer (new appointment)   Chief of Purchasing Headquarters, in   charge of Corporate Planning Division	Managing Officer   In charge of Corporate Planning   Division	Toru Koyama
Director, Managing Officer (new appointment)   Chief of Production Headquarters	Corporate Officer   Deputy General Manager of Plastic   Parts Production Center, in charge of   Molds and Machines Manufacturing   Division, Production Engineering   Division	Hiroshi Yasuda
Director (new appointment)	-	Kimio Yamaka

 

2. Appointment of an Audit & Supervisory Board Member

New	Previous	Name
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (new appointment)	Deputy General Manager of Finance and Accounting Division	Hitoshi Mizutani

 

3. Transfer of Directors and partial change in management
   (Only transfers and changes are listed here; the underlined parts are changes (name changes excluded)) 

New	Previous	Name
Senior Managing Officer   Chairman of TGE (*1),President of TG Meteor (*2)	Senior Managing Officer   Chairman of TGE (*1), Chairman of TG Meteor (*2)	Atsushi Sumida
Senior Managing Officer(promotion)   Chief of Research and Development Headquarters	Managing Officer   Deputy Chief of Research and Development Headquarters, General Manager of Product Development Center	Masakazu Hashimoto
Managing Officer   Chief of Quality Assurance Headquarters,   in charge of Environment Division	Managing Officer   Quality Assurance Division, in charge of Plant Engineering & Environment Division	Yasushi Miyamoto
Managing Officer(promotion)   Deputy General Manager of Research and Development Headquarters,General Manager of Product Planning Center, Deputy General Manager of Product Development Center, in charge of Material Engineering Division	Corporate Officer   General Manager of Product Planning Center, Deputy General Manager of Product Development Center, in charge of Material Engineering Division	Takashi Ishikawa
Corporate Officer   Deputy Chief of Production Headquarters,   General Manager of Rubber Parts Production Center	Corporate Officer   General Manager of Rubber Parts Production Center	Kazuaki Maeda
Corporate Officer   Deputy Chief of Finance and Accounting Headquarters,in charge of Audit Division and IT Planning Division	Corporate Officer   General Manager of Finance and Accounting Division, in charge of IT Planning Division	Masaki Oka
Corporate Officer (new appointment)   President of TGCZ (*3)	Senior General Manager   President of TGCZ (*3)	Masahiko Ito
Corporate Officer (new appointment)   resident of TGMO (*4)	Senior General Manager   President of TGMO(*4)	Todd Huber
Corporate Officer (new appointment)   General Manager of Quality Assurance   Division, in charge of Operation   Management Consulting Division	Senior General Manager   General Manager of Quality Assurance Division	Hiroyasu Hirayama

*1: Toyoda Gosei Europe N.V.    *3: Toyoda Gosei Czech, s.r.o.
*2: Toyoda Gosei Meteor GmbH    *4: TG Missouri Corporation

 

4. Organizational Changes (Division level and higher)

  4-1. Purchasing Headquarters
    (1) To strengthen global purchasing operations and supplier management, we have established a new “Purchasing Headquarters” and moved the Purchasing Division from the Corporate Management Headquarters to the new Purchasing Headquarters.

  4-2. Research and Development Headquarters
    (1) To facilitate the development of manufacturing methods in tandem with new product development, we have changed the name of the IE and SS Development Division to the New Product and Process Development Division.

 

  4-3. Production Headquarters
    (1) To strengthen our production technology and production preparation, we have changed the name of the Production Engineering Division to the “Production Engineering Management Division.” At the same time, we changed the names of the various Production Preparation Divisions to “Production Engineering Divisions.”

 

   (2) To strengthen our environmental efforts, we have changed the name of the Plant Engineering & Environment Division to the “Environment Division.”

 

5. Transfer/promotion of Senior General Managers

5-1. Senior General Manager Transfe (Underlines show where changes made)

New	Previous	Name
President of TG Mainteance Inc.	General Manager of Legal Division	Nobuyuki Furuta

 

5-2. Senior General Manager Promotions (Underlines show where changes made)

New	Previous	Name
President of TGASMX (*5)	President of TGASMX (*5)	Katsumi Kawamura
Deputy Chief of Purchasing Headquarters	General Manager of WS Business Planning Division	Norio Hayami
General Manager of Sales Division 1	General Manager of Sales Division 1	Makoto Hasegawa
General Manager of Human Resources Development Division	General Manager of Human Resources Development Division	Katsumi Saito
Deputy General Manager of Plastic Parts Production Center	General Manager of IE Engineering Division	Mitsuhiro Nawashiro

*5：Toyoda Gosei Automotive Sealing Mexico, S.A. de C.V. 

 

5-3. General Manager and Key Post Class 1 Transfers (Underlines show where changes made)

New	Previous	Name
General Manager of Legal Division	Deputy General Manager of Legal Division, Project General Manager of Corporate Planning Division	Yamato Suzuki (Class 1)
General Manager of Design Planning Division	Project Senior Manager of Design Planning Division	Yoshinori Arakawa  (Class 2)
General Manager of New Product and Process Development Division	General Manager of IE & SS Development Division	Hiroshi Mukai (Class 1)
General Manager of IE Engineering Division, General Manager of Exterior Parts Engineering Department	General Manager of Exterior Parts Engineering Department, IE Engineering Division	Nobuo Watanabe (Class 1)
Project General Manager of Production Administration Division	Project General Manager of Operation Management Consulting Division	Noboru Higuchi (Class 1)
Project General Manager of Production Administration Division	Project General Manager of Operation Management Consulting Division	Nobuyoshi Fukuzaki (Class 1)
General Manager of Environment Division	General Manager of IE Business Planning Division, General Manager of IE Business Planning Department	Kazuhiko Nagao (Class 1)
Deputy General Manager of Environment Division	General Manager of Plant Engineering & Environment Division	Tomokazu Mori (Class 2)
General Manager of Production Engineering Management Division, General Manager of Production Engineering Planning Department	General Manager of Production Engineering Division	Ryoji Kagohashi (Class 2)
General Manager of SS Business Planning Division	Deputy General Manager of SS Engineering Division	Yasushi Okada (Class 2)
General Manager of Optoelectronics Production Preparation Division, General Manager of Optoelectronic Chip Production Engineering Department, General Manager of Optoelectronics Package Production Engineering Department	General Manager of Optoelectronics Package Production Engineering Department, Optoelectronics Production Preparation Division	Masaki Hashimura (Class 2)
General Manager of Optoelectronics Manufacturing Division	General Manager of Optoelectronics Production Preparation Division	Takao Sato (Class 1)
Senior Managing Director of TG Welfare Co., Ltd.	General Manager of Purchasing Division	Makoto Kawai (Class 1)
President, TG Opseed Co., Ltd.	General Manager of Optoelectronics Manufacturing Division, General Manager of Heiwacho Plant	Koichi Kaga (Class 1)

Class 1: Key Post Class 1, Class 2: Key Post Class 2 

 

About Toyoda Gosei

Established in 1949 and headquartered in Kiyosu, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, Toyoda Gosei is a leading specialty manufacturer of rubber and plastic automotive parts and LEDs. Today, the Toyoda Gosei group provides a variety of high-quality products internationally, with a network of approximately 100 plants and offices in 18 countries and regions. Through its flexible, integrated global supply system and leading-edge technologies for automotive safety, comfort, and environmental preservation, Toyoda Gosei is a global supplier that aims to deliver the highest levels of quality, innovation, and satisfaction to customers worldwide.