DENSO Announces Senior Management Changes

Tokyo-based DENSO Corp., parent company of Long Beach, Calif.-based DENSO Sales California, has announced the following management changes, voted upon at a shareholders meeting today. Changes are effective immediately.

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 (from senior manager of the engineering research and development center)
• Yoshitaka Asano (from president of SIAM DENSO Manufacturing Co., Ltd.)
• Michio Adachi (from general manager of the system control components engineering department)
• Tetsuo Kondo (from general manager of the engine control components product division)
• Kenichiro Kamai (from general manager of the vehicle integrated systems R&D department)
• Hiroyuki Wakabayashi (from general manager of the quality control department)

Board of Director and Managing Officer Retirements:

• Norio Omori, executive vice president
• Nobuhiro Miyake, senior managing director
• Susumu Harada, senior managing director
• Akitoshi Sugiura, managing officer
• Masayoshi Yagyu, managing officer
• Shohei Itoh, managing office