Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. announced that Koichi Kusano has been appointed to a Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan, so he will be resigning from Audit and Supervisory Board Member on January 31, 2019. Therefore, the company will appoint Hiroshi Kimeda, a substitute Audit and Supervisory Board Member, as an Audit and Supervisory Board Member on January 31, 2019. Hiroshi Kimeda is an Outside Director of Advance Create Co., Ltd. He previously held positions as Public Prosecutor at Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office and Special Investigation Department, Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office.
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. is mainly engaged in the manufacture and sale of automotive lighting equipment, aircraft parts, railway vehicles parts, electrical equipment and measuring equipment. The Company mainly operates in six segments, including Japan, China, Asia, North America, Europe and Others. The Companyâs major products include light-emitting diode (LED) head lamps, discharge head lamps, headlights, sign lamps, high mount stop lamps, halogen bulbs, miniature bulbs and other lamp fittings, control equipment for rail vehicles, roads traffic signals, traffic control systems, roads and tunnels illumination lamps, facilities illumination lamps, accommodation equipment, aircraft parts, electronic parts, head lamps cleaners, sheets for aircraft and rail vehicles, as well as environment control equipment. The Company is also engaged in the development and manufacture of forward monitoring operation support systems for advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) through subsidiary.