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KYOCERA to Streamline U.S. Management Structure
Kyocera (News - Alert) International, Inc. today announced a reorganization that will
streamline major elements of its U.S. management structure, effective
July 1, 2016. The streamlining is intended to reduce costs, enhance
efficiencies and eliminate redundant processes.
Under the new structure, San Diego-based Kyocera International, Inc.
will absorb four of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, and will operate
their existing businesses as a single enterprise.
Tetsuo Kuba, chairman of Kyocera International, Inc. and chairman of
Japan-based Kyocera Corporation, the group's global parent, will
continue in both executive positions.
Robert E. Whisler, who was named president of Kyocera International,
Inc. on April 1, will lead the operations undergoing consolidation. He
succeeds John S. Rigby, Jr., who retired this year.
Whisler, a 35-year Kyocera veteran, was elected to Kyocera Corporation's
board of directors on June 24, and currently serves as president of two
of the subsidiaries to be consolidated.
Subsidiaries to be Consolidated into KYOCERA International, Inc. on
July 1:
San Diego-based Kyocera America, Inc. (President: Robert E. Whisler)
will become Kyocera International, Inc.'s Semiconductor
Components Group, manufacturing and marketing microelectronic
packages, and providing semiconductor assembly services. It will be led
by Nick Huntalas, currently a vice president of Kyocera America, Inc.,
in his new role as vice president of Kyocera International, Inc.
San Diego-based Kyocera Communications, Inc. (President: Akira Iino)
will become Kyocera International, Inc.'s Communications
Equipment Group, providing sales, marketing, service and support for
Kyocera-brand mobile phones. It will be led by Iino in his new role as
vice president of Kyocera International, Inc.
Scottsdale, Arizona-based Kyocera Solar, Inc. (President: Hitoshi
Atari) will become Kyocera International, Inc.'s Solar
Energy Group, providing sales, marketing and support for solar
photovoltaic modules and systems used in residential and commercial
power generation. It will be led by Atari in his new role as vice
president of yocera International, Inc.
Hendersonville, North Carolina-based Kyocera Industrial Ceramics
Corporation (President: Robert E. Whisler) will be consolidated
along product lines:
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Its Fine Ceramics Division will become Kyocera International, Inc.'s Fine
Ceramics Group, manufacturing and marketing industrial ceramics,
led by Kazuyoshi Togo, who becomes a vice president of Kyocera
International, Inc.
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Its Automotive Components Sales Division will become Kyocera
International, Inc.'s Automotive
Components Sales Division, marketing ceramic components for
automotive applications, led by Kazumi Nishikawa, who becomes a
divisional vice president of Kyocera International, Inc.
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Its Display Division will become Kyocera International, Inc.'s Display
Division, marketing industrial and automotive flat-panel displays,
led by Cynthia Ferrell, who becomes a senior divisional vice president
of Kyocera International, Inc.
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Its Printing Device Sales Division will become Kyocera International,
Inc.'s Printing
Device Sales Division, marketing thermal and inkjet printheads,
led by Doug Potter, who becomes a sales division general manager of
Kyocera International, Inc.
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Its other marketing units specializing in consumer
ceramics, medical
components and optical
components will become Kyocera International, Inc.'s CMO Sales
Division, marketing such products under the leadership of Bill Yermal,
who becomes a sales division general manager of Kyocera International,
Inc.
"Unifying these operations will streamline Kyocera's processes
significantly while enhancing service to all of our business partners,"
Whisler stated. "Our customers will gain efficiencies by transacting
with a single enterprise, and our supply chain will be strengthened by
aggregation."
About KYOCERA
Kyocera
Corporation (NYSE:KYO) (TOKYO:6971) (http://global.kyocera.com/),
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 industrial
components, electronic devices, cutting tools, semiconductor packages,
solar power generating systems, mobile phones, and document solutions
equipment, including printers and copiers. During the year ended March
31, 2016, the company's net sales totaled 1.48 trillion yen (approx.
USD13.1 billion). Kyocera appears on the latest listing of the "Top 100
Global Innovators" by Thomson (News - Alert) Reuters, and is ranked #531 on Forbes
magazine's current "Global 2000" list of the world's largest publicly
traded companies.
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