Announcement of Changes in Board of Directors and Reorganizatio

25. Feb, 2021

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JP Steel Plantech Co., a steelmaking plant engineering manufacturer (President: Nobuyuki Nada: head office: Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa), will change its directors/officers and organization effective April 1, 2021.

 · Change in directors/officers (scheduled)
1. Newly appointed director (effective April 1)
Keiji Wakahara, Director and Executive Officer 

2. Resigning director (effective March 31)
Hirotsugu Kubo, Corporate Advisor (full time)
In charge of technical education and PMS 

3. Newly appointed executive officer (effective April 1)
Shigeru Oyama, Executive Officer 

4. Resigning executive officer (effective March 31)
Eiji Mukae, Trustee
Project Manager of Advanced CGL Project 

[Organization and respective assignments in April 2021 and later]
■ Directors
Nobuyuki Nada, CEO, President and Representative Director

Taizo Tsutsui, Vice President and Representative Director
Assist the President in all aspects of management operations.
In charge of Corporate Sales Div.; Business Operation Manager under the Construction Business Law

Hiroshi Hisamori, Vice President and Representative Director
Assist the President in all aspects of management operations.
In charge of Safety/Health Promotion Office, Quality Assurance Dept., Procurement Dept., and India Subsidiary

Akihiko Yoshizato, Director and Executive Officer
General Manager of Plant Engineering Div.; In charge of Project Management Div. and System Solution Div. 

Keiji Wakahara, Director and Executive Officer
In charge of Planning Dept. and Administration Dept. 

■ Executive Officers

Toru Shirai, Executive Officer,
General Manager of Sales Div. 

Yasuki Mikami, Executive Officer,
General Manager of System Solution Div. 

Shigeru Oyama, Executive Officer,
General Manager of Project Management Div.
Deputy General Manager of Plant Engineering Div. (Special assignment to assist the General Manager) 

■ Auditor

Teruo Murata, Corporate Auditor

 · Reorganization
Change from the sector system to organization by business function
Project Div. and Plant Engineering Div. are created with the following departments each:

Project Div.
(Project Planning and Administration Dept. and Project Promotion Dept.) 

Plant Engineering Div.
(Pig-iron Making Engineering Dept., Steelmaking Engineering Dept., Continuous Casting Engineering Dept., Kurashiki New Continuous Casting Project, Steel Bar Rolling Engineering Dept., Steel Sheet Engineering Dept., and Advanced CGL Project) 

In order to make a matrix of technical/business strategy organization and enhance PDCA, the current sector system will be changed to organization by business function. Along with this, the Sector Group (*) of each product will be established and short-, medium-, and long-term business operation and profit management will be conducted.
(*) Consists of the following seven Groups and accompanying five small Groups:
Pig-iron Making Group, Converter/OG Group, Electric Furnace Group, Continuous Casting Group, Steel Bar Rolling Group, Steel Sheet Group, and Smart Products Group 

Integration of Smart Products Development Dept. and Control Technology Div.
The new name is System Solution Div. and will be organized as follows:

System Solution Div.
(Smart Products Development Dept., First Control System Dept., and Second Control System Dept.) 

The Smart Products Development Dept., which was newly established in FY2019, has delivered significant results for the last two years. This department will be integrated with the Control Technology Div. in order to strengthen our system, with the aim of constructing smart factories in the future. The new organization will create a new engineering field that crosses technological boundaries. 

Reorganization of Sales Div.
The Sales Div. will be organized as follows:

Sales Div.
(First Sales Dept., Second Sales Dept., Third Sales Dept., and Overseas Sales Dept.) 

It is currently organized based on important issues, but it will be changed to a customer-oriented organization to enhance connection with customers further and promote proposal-based sales.

Change in general managers (new appointments and changes only)
Prior position is indicated in [ ].
■ Safety/Health Promotion Office
Yoshifumi Abe, Office General Manager
[General Manager of Pig-iron Making Engineering Dept., Pig-iron/Steel Making Sector] 

■ Sales Div.
Daiya Kohama, General Manager of First Sales Dept.
[Deputy General Manager of Sales Div. and General Manager of First Sales Dept.] 

Hideaki Matsunaga, General Manager of Second Sales Dept.
[General Manager of Smart Business Sales Group, Sales Div.] 

Akihiko Ikumi, General Manager of Third Sales Dept.
[General Manager of Second Sales Dept., Sales Div.] 

Yoshihiko Adachi, General Manager of Overseas Sales Dept.
[General Manager of Group 2 of First Sales Dept., Sales Div.] 

■ Project Div.
Shigeru Oyama, General Manager of Project Div., Deputy General Manager of Plant Engineering Div., and General Manager of Project Promotion Dept.
[Head of Process Sector] 

Kenichi Ueda, General Manager of Project Planning and Administration Dept.
[General Manager of Project Planning and Administration Dept.] 

■ Plant Engineering Div.
Akihiko Yoshizato, General Manager
[Head of Continuous Casting Sector] 

Takeshi Sekiguchi, General Manager of Pig-ion Making Engineering Dept.
[Head of Pig-iron/Steel Making Sector] 

Kazuhiko Miyazaki, General Manager of Steelmaking Engineering Dept.
[General Manager of Steelmaking Engineering Dept., Pig-ion/Steel Making Sector] 

Shigeo Nakamura, General Manager of Continuous Casting Engineering Dept.
[General Manager of Continuous Casting Engineering Dept., Continuous Casting Sector] 

Koji Nishida, Project Manager of Kurashiki New Continuous Casting Project
[Project Manager of Kurashiki New Continuous Casting Project, Continuous Casting Sector] 

Hiroshi Goto, General Manager of Steel Bar Engineering Dept.
[General Manager of Steel Bar Rolling Engineering Dept., Rolling Sector] 

Toru Aoyama, General Manager of Steel Sheet Engineering Dept.
[General Manager of Steel Plate Rolling Engineering Dept., Rolling Sector] 

Eiji Mukae, Project Manager of Advanced CGL Project
[Head of Rolling Sector] 

■ System Solution Div.
Yasuki Mikami, General Manager
[General Manager of Control Technology Div.] 

Yasushi Matsushita, General Manager of Smart Products Development Dept.
[General Manager of Smart Products Development Dept.] 

Hiromitsu Kurokawa, General Manager of First Control System Dept.
[General Manager of First Control Technology Dept., Control Technology Div.] 

Kenji Shimohagi, General Manager of Second Control System Dept.
[General Manager of Second Control Technology Dept., Control Technology Div.]

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