Kyocera Announces Resignation of Masaaki Itoh as Executive Officer

Kyocera Corporation specializes in the development manufacturing and marketing of electronic components. The group also sells communication, document management, medical and energy systems and equipments. Net sales break down by family of products as follows: - printing and document management equipments and systems (19.9%); - electronic components and devices (18.4%) : capacitors, crystal devices, clock oscillators, resonators, connectors, etc.; - semiconductor components (17.8%); - communication equipments and systems (14.3%): telecommunications terminals (smartphones, tablets), connectivity devices, telecommunications infrastructure, etc.; - industrial tools (13.7%); - automotive and industrial components (10.9%): fine ceramic products (mainly for the manufacture of automotive equipment), liquid crystal displays, optical components, camera modules, etc.; - other (5%). Net sales break down geographically as follows: Japan (33.4%), Asia (26.4%), the United States (18.6%), Europe (18.4%) and other (3.2%).