DENSO Corporation announced management changes, which were approved at board of directors meeting held on February 19, 2018. The following management changes will be effective April 1, 2018: Toshiyuki Kato will be appointed to executive vice president. Currently he is a senior executive director. The following will be appointed as senior executive directors: Kazuaki Fujitani, currently an executive director; Yukihiro Shinohara, currently an executive director; Yoshitaka Kajita, currently an executive director. The following will be appointed as executive directors: Hidehiro Yokoo, currently an advisor; Koichi Nagaya, currently director, Quality Control Div.; Hirotaka Yato, currently project director, Corporate Planning Div.; Kazuhiro Iwai, currently general manager, Secretarial Dept.; Hiroshi Kondo, currently deputy head of Electronics Business Unit; Seiji Maeda, currently director, Corporate Planning Div.; Eiji Inoue, currently head of Air-Conditioning Business Unit. Norio Fujimori will be appointed to executive fellow. Currently he is deputy head of ICT Business Unit. The following will resign as senior executive directors: Yoshikazu Makino; Michio Adachi; and Yukihiko Murakami. Hiroyuki Murayama will resign as executive fellow.
Denso Corporation is one of the world's largest producers of automotive equipment. The products include air conditioning systems, radiators, alternators, motors, starters, airbag sensors, etc. The group also offers industrial robots, automated industrial systems, etc.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (41.9%), Asia and Oceania (22.4%), North America (22%), Europe (12.1%) and other (1.6%).