Unipres Corporation passed a resolution at a meeting of its board of directors on March 7, 2017, to make the following personnel changes. Nobuya Uranishi is appointed as Executive Vice President, Sales Strategy, Cost Planning. Takayuki Miura is appointed as Senior Vice President General Manager of Cost Planning Department, Takayuki’s former position was President of Unipres India Private Limited. Hiroshi Maeda is appointed as Senior Vice President, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department, former position was Cost Planning. Cal Vickers as Senior Vice President, President of Unipres North America Inc. and Vickers’ former position was Executive Vice President of Unipres North America Inc. Kunio Yamamoto is appointed as Senior Vice President; General Manager of Quality Assurance Department and Yamamoto’s former position was Corporate Officer. Hideo Kanazawa is appointed as Senior Vice President Responsible for Europe Region, President of Unipres Europe, SAS, Chairman of Unipres (UK) Limited, Executive Vice President of MA Automotive Brazil Ltd. Executive Vice President of UM Corporation, SAS and Kanazawa’s former position was Corporate Officer. Junichi Takahashi is appointed as Senior Vice President, President of PT. Unipres Indonesia, Takahashi’s former position was General Manager assigned to Human Resources Department. Kazushi Sakuma is appointed as Senior Vice President President of Unipres U.S.A. Inc. and Sakuma’s former position was General Manager assigned to Human Resources Department President of Unipres Zhengzhou Corporation. Toshiya Watanabe is appointed as Director Executive Vice President, Sales. Hiroyoshi Yamakawa as Executive Vice President, Plastics Business, Director and Executive Vice President of UNIPRES R & D Co. Ltd., former position was Director. Takeo Sato is appointed as Corporate Officer, Improvement of Plant (Global) Standard and Sato’s former position was General Manager assigned to Human Resources Department President of Unipres U.S.A. Inc. Kiyotaka Kawashima is appointed as General Manager assigned to Human Resources Department, President of UNIPRES ALABAMA, INC. and Kawashima’s former position was General Manager of Russia Project Office, General Manager assigned to Engineering Division, President of UNIPRES RUSSIA LLC., General Manager assigned to Body Engineering Development Center of UNIPRES R & D Co. Ltd. Yutaka Kunugida is appointed as General Manager of Russia Project Office, President of UNIPRES RUSSIA LLC., General Manager assigned Corporate Planning Department. Tetsuya Koizumi is appointed as General Manager assigned to Human Resources Department, President of Unipres Zhengzhou Corporation, former position was General Manager of Production Control Department. Akira Tanaka is appointed as General Manager assigned to Human Resources Department, President of Unipres India Private Limited, former position was General Manager of Cost Planning Department. Kei Katou is appointed as General Manager assigned to Human Resources Department, Executive Vice President of Unipres North America Inc., Executive Vice President of Unipres U.S.A. Inc., former position was Deputy General Manager of Engineering Division, Deputy General Manager of Production Engineering Development Center of UNIPRES R & D Co. Ltd. Toshio Mochizuki is appointed as General Manager assigned to Human Resources Department, Executive Vice President of Unipres U.S.A. Inc., former position was Deputy General Manager assigned to Human Resources Department, Unipres U.S.A. Inc. Yutaka Mizuno is appointed as Executive Vice President of UNIPRES ALABAMA, INC. as General Manager assigned to Human Resources Department, former position was Executive Vice President of Unipres North America Inc. Hirokazu Wakabayashi is appointed is appointed as General Manager assigned to Human Resources Department, Executive Vice President of Unipres Mexicana, S.A. de C.V., former position was Plant Manager of Tool & Die Plant. Akio Ishikawa is appointed as General Manager of Production Control Department, General Manager of UPS Promotion Office. Masaki Watanabe is appointed as General Manager of Human Resources Department, former position was General Manager of Purchasing Department. Toyoaki Terui is appointed as General Manager assigned to Human Resources Department, former position was General Manager of Human Resources Department. Nobuyuki Miyake is appointed as General Manager assigned to Sales Department, former position was Marubeni Corporation Branch Manager of Toronto. Kazuya Kawabata is appointed as General Manager of Purchasing Department, former position was Deputy General Manager of Purchasing Department. Fujio Toyama is appointed as General Manager assignedto Quality Assurance Department, former position was General Manager assigned to Human Resources Department, Executive Vice President of Unipres North America Inc., Executive Vice President of Unipres U.S.A. Inc.
UNIPRES CORPORATION is a Japan-based company which is mainly engaged in the manufacturing and sale of press processing parts for automobiles. The Company operates in four business segments which are Japan segment, the Americas segment, Europe segment and Asia segment. The vehicle body press parts business is engaged in the manufacture and sale of vehicle body press parts. The transmission parts business is engaged in the manufacture and sale of transmission parts. The resin parts business is engaged in the manufacture and sale of resin parts. Other businesses include the design and construction of plants, as well as the provision of insurance agency and freight transportation services.