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On January 1, 2007, Takeshi Iimura will assume the role as President of Yushin America, Inc. in the U.S. He presently serves as Executive Vice President.
Personnel change at this time is directed toward the reinforcement of the company’s structure in order to achieve net sales of $30,000,000 (approximately 3,500,000,000 yen) by the year 2010. Yushin America will focus on the Japanese automobile and automobile-related part makers that are now growing favorably in North American market.
Yushin America, Inc. was established in September 1988 with 10% capital subscription of Yushin. In September 1996, Yushin increased the ratio of stock holdings to 60% and made it a subsidiary. In April 2005, Yushin increased the ratio to 100% through further sales promotions, and Yushin America, Inc. became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yushin.
Yushin America’s corporate headquarters is located in the State of Rhode Island which is in the Northeastern part of the United States. It holds five other sales and service offices strategically located in Michigan, North Carolina, California, Texas, and Kentucky and employs approximately 62 people (including 5 Japanese employees from Yushin Japan).
Yushin is a dedicated supplier of take-out robots for injection-molding machines, carrying the motto "Heartful Technology" (President Mayumi Kotani, headquarters in Kyoto City, capital of 1.98566 billion yen).
The export ratio of Yushin’s net sales is 59.1% on the basis of interim consolidated financial results for the fiscal period ending March 2007. The export amount to North America, including Canada, occupies 18.0% of the entire export of Yushin.
Takeshi Iimura
Birthplace: Kyoto
Academic record:
March, 1984 - BA in English Literature, Otemon Gakuin University
Career:
June, 1988 - Joined Yushin.
May, 1994 - Relocated to the U.S. as Regional Sales of Yushin America, Inc.
September, 1999 - Returned to Japan as Assistant Manager of Overseas Division 1 of Yushin headquarters.
March, 2003 - Assigned to Manager of Overseas Division 1 of Yushin headquarters.
September, 2005 - Relocated to the U.S. as Executive Vice President of Yushin America, Inc.
<Yushin America Inc.>
Capital: 8,000 dollar
Net sales: 21,961,590 dollar (Fiscal period, December 2005)
Number of staff: 62 people (including 5 Japanese employees from Yushin Japan)
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