Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. Announces Executive Changes
January 30, 2018
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Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. has announced that, based on decisions made at a Board of Directors meeting held on January 31, 2018, following Directors will be appointed new positions effective April 1, 2018: Kenji Tomida, Executive Vice President (Representative director) (currently Senior Executive Vice President), Makoto Ogawara, Senior Managing Executive Officer (Representative director), (currently Senior Vice President), and Munenori Ishikawa, Director (Representative director) (currently Senior Executive Vice President), Kazuo Ota, Director Managing Executive Officer (currently Senior Vice President), Tatsuya Watanabe, Director Managing Executive Officer, (currently Senior Vice President), Katsuya Yamamoto, Director Managing Executive Officer (currently Senior Vice President), Kazuo Hida, Director, (currently Senior Vice President), Toshiyuki Kuyama, Director (currently Senior Vice President).
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. specializes in manufacturing and marketing of transportation and industrial machines equipments. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- sale of motorcycles and engines (29.8%);
- sale of aerospace equipments (19.9%): aircrafts, helicopters, missiles, electronic equipments, monorails, etc.;
- sale of gas turbines (19.8%): turbines for naval, marines and industrial applications, generators, propulsion systems, etc. The group also develops naval construction activity (construction of ships, submarines, bulk carriers, oil tankers, etc.);
- sale of precision machines (16.8%): primarily hydraulic machines. The group is also developing a manufacturing of industrial machinery activity (tunnel boring machines, curling machines, grinding machines, etc.);
- sale of railway equipments (8.4%): train cars, electric and diesel locomotives, monorails, etc.;
- other (5.3%).
KAWASAKI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. 
