Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. Announces Changes in the Management Scheduled on January 1, 2020
December 24, 2019 at 03:00 am EST
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Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. announced the changes in the management scheduled on January 1, 2020. The company appointed Nobuyuki Murofushi to Member of the Board Executive Vice President Responsible for Corporate Planning, Strategic Investment, and Sales Research & Planning Department from the current position Member of the Board Executive Vice President Responsible for Corporate Planning Department; Masafumi Tsuji to Member of the Board, Executive Officer, Deputy Responsible for Corporate, Planning, Strategic Investment, and Sales Research & Planning Department, General Manager, Corporate Planning Department from Member of the Board Executive Officer, General Manager, Fine Carbon Division; Takashi Masaki to Executive Officer Deputy Responsible for Human Resources, General Affairs, and Legal Affairs Department General Manager, Human Resources Department from Executive Officer, General Manager, Carbon Black Division; Kazuhito Kataoka to Executive Officer, General Manager, Hofu Plant and Hofu Laboratory from Executive Officer, General Manager, Production & Technology Department, Graphite Electrode Division; Hirofumi Masuda to Executive Officer, General Manager, Carbon Black Division from Executive Officer, Managing Director, Thai Tokai Carbon Product Co., Ltd.; Midori Hajikano to Business Director, Deputy General Manager, Carbon Black Division from Business Director, Chief Vice President, Tokai Carbon Korea Co., Ltd.; Megumi Kaminosono to Business Director General Manager, Secretariat and Internal Auditing Office from Business Director General Manager, Secretariat; Tatsuhiko Yamazaki to Business Director, Managing Director, Thai Tokai Carbon Product Co., Ltd. from Business Director, Deputy Managing Director, Thai Tokai Carbon Product Co., Ltd.; Kazuyoshi Haino to Business Director General Manager, Production & Technology Department, Graphite Electrode Division from Business Director General Manager, Hofu Plant and Hofu Laboratory and Mitsuaki Dohzono to Business Director, General Manager, Anode Materials Division from Business Director, General Manager, Anode Materials Division General Manager, Production & Technology Department, Anode Materials Division.
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%).