KYOCERA Corporation Names Hideo Tanimoto as New President
February 24 2017 - 7:05AM
Business Wire
Veteran of company’s core fine ceramic
components business unit to assume role April 1; current president
Goro Yamaguchi to become chairman
Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) announced that Mr.
Hideo Tanimoto will be promoted to president, effective April 1,
following a unanimous vote of its board of directors held today.
Tanimoto, currently director and managing executive officer, will
become Kyocera’s president, representative director and executive
officer — taking over from Mr. Goro Yamaguchi, who will become
chairman and representative director.
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Hideo Tanimoto, President (Photo:
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During his 35 years with the company, Tanimoto has been
instrumental in developing innovative new materials and
manufacturing processes as an engineer in the fine ceramic
components business. He was appointed general manager of the
company’s Corporate Fine Ceramics Group in 2014 and joined the
board of directors in 2016.
“Today, Kyocera supplies a diverse range of products, from
semiconductor components and electronic devices to solar modules,
document equipment and mobile phones,” said current president
Yamaguchi. “At our core is the fine ceramic components business,
which has continued to grow in step since the company’s founding in
1959. Tanimoto will bring best practices from that pioneering
division and implement fresh ideas to help maximize profits for all
Kyocera business units.”
Tanimoto stated that he aims to maximize group synergies by
strengthening horizontal linkages among the Kyocera Group’s diverse
business segments to further expand sales while nurturing Kyocera’s
corporate culture. Personal priorities, he added, include never
forgetting his gratitude toward others and always remaining
humble.
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About KYOCERA
Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971), the parent and
global headquarters of the Kyocera Group, was founded in 1959 as a
producer of fine ceramics (also known as “advanced ceramics”). By
combining these engineered materials with metals and integrating
them with other technologies, Kyocera has become a leading supplier
of printers, copiers, mobile phones, solar power generating
systems, electronic components, semiconductor packages, cutting
tools and industrial ceramics. Kyocera appears on the “Top 100
Global Innovators” list by Clarivate Analytics and is ranked #531
on Forbes magazine’s 2016 “Global 2000” list of the world’s largest
publicly traded companies.
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