News
December 25, 2019
Toyoda Gosei Announces Changes in Organizational Responsibilities of Corporate Officers and Organizational Changes
Kiyosu, Japan, December 25, 2019: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. announces changes in corporate officer responsibilities, organizational changes and regular personnel changes that will go into effect as of January 1, 2020
1. Changes in Organizational Responsibilities of Corporate Officers (including transfers of Directors)
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Name | New (changed posts are underlined) | Former |
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Toru Koyama | Executive Vice President (Representative Director) Chief of Audit Div., Corporate Planning Div. |
Executive Vice President (Representative Director) Chief of Corporate Planning Div. |
Masakazu Hashimoto | Director, Corporate Officer President, Toyoda Gosei North America Corp. |
Executive Vice President (Representative Director) Chief of Research and Development HQ |
Takashi Ishikawa | Corporate Officer Chief of Research and Development HQ |
Corporate Officer Deputy Chief of Research and Development HQ; Chief of Product Planning Center |
Ryo Onishi | Corporate Officer Chief of General Industry Products Business Unit |
Corporate Officer Chief of Optoelectronics Business Unit |
Yoshiyuki Fujita | Corporate Officer Deputy Chief of Research and Development HQ; Chief of Product Planning Center |
Corporate Officer President of Toyoda Gosei North America Corp. |
Todd Huber | Corporate Officer Executive Vice President of Toyoda Gosei North America Corp. |
Corporate Officer Chief of IE Parts Production Center, SS Parts Production Center |
2. Organizational Changes (division level and higher)
[Research and Development Headquarters]
• The advanced development functions of the Research and Development Div. and the Material Engineering Div. will be combined into a new Advanced Materials Development Div.
• To strengthen the planning and administration of R&D items, the Technical Planning Div. will be moved from under the Product Planning Center to directly under the Headquarters.
• To accelerate the development of GaN power semiconductors and other devices, R&D resources will be brought together in the Light Source Device Development Div.
• The name of Automotive Lighting Engineering Division will be changed to the Lighting Engineering Div., and that of the Evaluation and Engineering Division will be changed to the Performance Evaluation & Engineering Div.

[Business units in non-automotive fields]
• A new e-Rubber Div. will be established to grow the e-Rubber business.
• With the scaling down of the LED business, the Optoelectronics Business Unit will be changed to the Semiconductor Div.
• A new General Industry Products Business Unit will be established for these non-automotive fields.
