Press Releases

2007

December 3, 2007

Announcement about Organizational Change and Changes in Directors’ Responsibilities

Kurita Water Industries Ltd. hereby announces the establishment of a new division and changes in its directors’ responsibilities, effective as of December 3, 2007. Details are provided below.

1. Organizational change

A new KS Project will be established to install Ultrapure Water Supply Business and provide Tool Cleaning Business to Sharp Corporation and other manufacturers at their new plants to be built at the LCD panel manufacturing complex, located in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture.

2. Changes in directors’ responsibilities

The table below shows changes in directors’ responsibilities.

Position Name New Current
Senior Managing Director Kazufumi Moriuchi General Manager of Facilities Division and General Manager of KS Project General Manager of Facilities Division
Managing Director Mitsuru Ogawa General Manager of Administrative Divison and Deputy General Manager of KS Project(in charge of administration) General Manager of Administrative Divison
Director Kaoru Kajii General Manager of Production Group,Facilities Division and Deputy General Manager of KS Project(in charge of construction) General Manager of Production Group,Facilities Division
Director Tetsuo Kai General Manager of 1st Plant Group,Facilities Division and Deputy General Manager assistant of KS Project(in charge of sales) General Manager of 1st Plant Group,Facilities Division