KYOCERA to Streamline U.S. Management Structure
July 01 2016 - 12:15AM
Business Wire
Under new president, Robert Whisler, KYOCERA
International, Inc. will absorb four wholly-owned U.S.
subsidiaries
Kyocera 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 Kyocera International, Inc.
Hendersonville, North Carolina-based Kyocera Industrial Ceramics
Corporation (President: Robert E. Whisler) will be consolidated
along product lines:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 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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