Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. Announces Notice on Changes in the Management
February 09, 2023 at 01:00 am EST
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Tokai Carbon decided on the following personnel change effective as of March 30, 2023. (1) New Member of the Board. New Position: Member of the Board
Executive Officer (Director & Managing Director, THAI TOKAI CARBON PRODUCT CO., LTD.), Name: Tatsuhiko Yamazaki. Current Position: Business Director
(Director & Managing Director, THAI TOKAI CARBON PRODUCT CO., LTD.). (2) Retirement from Member of the Board. Current Position: Member of the Board
Executive Officer Responsible for Human Resources, General Affairs and Legal Affairs Department, Name: Yuji Serizawa. Post-Retirement: (Audit & Supervisory Board Member). (3) New Audit & Supervisory Board Member. New Position: Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Name: Yuji Serizawa. Current Position: Member of the Board Executive Officer Responsible for Human Resources, General Affairs and Legal Affairs Department. . New Position: Audit & Supervisory Board Member (External), Name: Yoshinori Matsushima. (4) Retirement from Audit & Supervisory Board Member. Current Position: Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Name: Masanao Hosoya. Post-Retirement: -. Current Position: Audit & Supervisory Board Member (External), Name: Motokazu Hiura. Post-Retirement: -. (5) New Substitute Audit & Supervisory Board Member. New Position: Substitute Audit & Supervisory Board Member (External), Name: Toshiya Onuma. Current Position:-. (6) New Executive Officer. New Position: Executive Officer Responsible for Strategic Planning Department, Name: Tsunayuki Sato. Current Position: Business Director General Manager, Strategic Investment Department. (7) Changes in Member of the Board and Executive Officer. New Position: Member of the Board
Executive Officer Responsible for Human Resources, General Affairs and Legal Affairs Department, Name: Masafumi Tsuji. Current Position: Member of the Board
Executive Officer Responsible for Corporate Planning, General Administration for Group Companies, Strategic Investment, Sales Research & Planning and Business Incubation Department General Manager, Corporate Planning Department. New Position: Member of the Board Executive Officer General Manager,
Technology & Engineering Division, Name: Syunji Yamamoto. Current Position: Member of the Board Executive Officer (Director, TCCB Genpar LLC). New Position: Executive Officer Responsible for General Administration Department for Group Companies Name: Hiroshi Takahashi. Current Position: Executive Officer
General Manager, General Administration Department for Group Companies. (8) Other Changes. New Position: (Retirement), Name: Nobuyuki Murofushi. Current Position: Executive Fellow Executive Officer to the President.
Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. is one of the Japanese leaders in manufacturing and marketing of coal and graphite products. The group is also producing industrial furnaces. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- coal and graphite products (69.6%): coal, graphite electrodes, special graphite and friction materials primarily for industrial, electronic, energy, automotive and mechanic applications;
- cathodes for smelting aluminum and furnace linings (18.1%);
- industrial furnaces and heating products (6.9%): for thermal processing of ceramic products, electronic components, metals, glasses, etc.;
- other (5.4%).
Net sales break down geographically as follows: Japan (24.6%), Asia (26.7%), the United States (26.5%), Europe (11.6%) and other (10.6%).
TOKAI CARBON CO., LTD. 
