Ube Industries, Ltd. announced the promotion of Tokuhisa Okada to Senior Managing Executive Officer, Company President of Machinery Company from current position of Managing Executive Officer, Company President of Machinery & Metal Products Company, Masahiko Nojima to Managing Executive Officer, General
Manager of Engineering Plastics, Caprolactam and Industrial Chemicals Business Unit, General Manager of Europe and Americas Operational Unit Chemicals Company from current position of Executive Officer, with responsibility for Synthetic Rubber Business Unit and Engineering Plastics, Caprolactam and Industrial Chemicals Business Unit, General Manager of Europe and Americas Operational Unit and Masataka Ichikawa to Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Production & Technology Division, Cement & Construction Materials Company, with responsibility for Material Recycle Division and Technical Development Center from current position of Executive Officer, General Manager of Production & Technology Division, Cement & Construction Materials Company, with responsibility for Material Recycle Division and Technical Development Center. The company appointed Yasushi Konno to Executive Officer, General Manager of Pharmaceutical Division from current position of Executive Trustee, General Manager of Pharmaceutical Research Laboratory, Corporate Research & Development, Yuuki Nishida to Executive Officer, General Manager of Battery Materials and Fine Chemicals Business Unit, Chemicals Company from current position of General Manager of Battery Materials and Fine Chemicals Business Unit, Chemicals Company, Tadashi Matsunami to Senior Managing Executive Officer, Company President of Cement & Construction Materials Company and General Manager of Cement Dept. from current position of Senior Managing Executive Officer, Company President of Cement & Construction Materials Company, Junichi Misumi to Managing Executive Officer, with responsibility for Environment & Safety Dept., Intellectual Property
Dept., and Information System Dept. from current position of Managing Executive Officer, with responsibility for Environment & Safety Dept., Pharma Quality Assurance Dept. and Intellectual Property Dept., Masato Izumihara to Managing Executive Officer, Vice President of Chemicals Company from current position of Managing Executive Officer, Vice President of Chemicals Company, with responsibility for Administration Dept. and Strategic Operational Department, Takafumi Tanaka to Executive Officer, General Manager of Administration Dept., Chemicals Company from current position of Executive Officer, with responsibility for
Polyimide and Specialty Products Business Unit and Battery Materials and Fine Chemicals Business Unit, Chemicals Company, Makoto Koyama to Executive Officer, with responsibility for Group Company Dept. and Genera Manager of Resources & Production Dept. from current position of Executive Officer, with responsibility for Group Company Dept. and Resources & Products Dept., Cement & Construction Materials Company. The company announced the stepping down of Nobuyuki Taenaka, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Pharmaceutical Div. (to be appointed as an Advisor as of April 1, 2016) - Mitsuhiko Imoto, Executive Officer, General Manager of Cement Dept., Cement & Construction Materials Company, and Managing Executive Director of Ube-Mitsubishi Cement Corporation. (to be appointed as an Advisor of Ube Industries as of April 1, 2016 and to continue as a Managing Executive Director of Ube-Mitsubishi Cement Corporation) as executive officers as of March 31, 2016.