Notice Regarding Changes to the Responsibilities of Directors within the Company
At a Board of Directors meeting held on February 28, 2012, an informal decision was made with respect to thetransfer of directors to new posts within the Company. Details of the decision are provided below:
DETAILS(As of April 1, 2012)
New Post(s)/Title(s)Senior Executive Vice President

General Manager, Corporate
Planning and Development
Department
Executive Vice President
General Manager, Energy andEnvironment Group

Executive Vice President
General Manager – Ehime
Works
Regional General Manager –Kansai Office
General Manager – Corporate
Marketing Department
Senior Vice President
Representative Director andPresident – Sumitomo Heavy
Industries Techno-Fort Co., Ltd.
Senior Vice President

Previous Post(s)/Title(s)Executive Vice President
General Manager –Corporate Finance,
Accounting and
Administration Group
General Manager –Plastics Machinery
Division
Senior Vice President
Regional General Manager– Kansai Office
General Manager –Corporate Marketing
Department
Senior Vice President

Part-Time Consultant
Full-Time Consultant

Name
Shunsuke Betsukawa
Director withRepresentative Rights

Yuji Takaishi
Director, ExecutiveVice President
Osamu Sekiya

Representative Directorand President –Sumitomo Heavy
Industries Engineeringand Services Co., Ltd.

Katsuhide Yokota

General Manager –Logistics and Parking
Systems Division

Junjiro Nogami
Senior Vice President

Director – Sumitomo
Heavy Industries
Techno-Fort Co., Ltd.

Kazuto Kaneshige

Representative Directorand President –Sumitomo (SHI) Demag
Plastics Machinery
GmbHSenior Executive
Director – Sumitomo(S.H.I.) Construction
Machinery Co., Ltd.

Vice President

Vice President

Post(s)/Title(s) Retained
Chief Financial Officer,
General Manager –Export Administration
Department

General Manager – Small
Geared Motor Department(Power Transmission andControls Group)
Executive Vice President
General Manager – Energy
and Environment Group
Senior Vice President

1

Tetsuya Okamura

Akio Yoshikawa

Isao Kohno

Noboru Mimoto
Representative Directorand President – Nihon
Spindle Mfg Co., Ltd.

Mamoru Mishima

General Manager – Corporate
Finance, Accounting and
Administration Group
General Manager – General
Administration Group
General Manager – Purchasing
Department
General Manager – Plastics
Machinery Division
General Manager – Defense
Systems Group
General Manager – Logistics
and Parking Systems Division
Representative Director andPresident – Sumitomo Heavy
Industries Business Associates,Ltd.
Representative Director andPresident – Izumi SupportCorporation

Acting General Manager –Corporate Finance,
Accounting andAdministration Group
General Manager –General Administration
Department (GeneralAdministration Group)
General Manager – Sales
Planning Department(Power Transmission andControls Group)
Deputy General Manager –Ningbo Sumiju
Machinery, Ltd.
Chief Staff Manager –Defense Systems Group
General Manager –Engineering Department(Logistics and Parking
Systems Division)
General Manager –Purchasing Department

Hideo Suzuki

General Manager – Ehime
Works

Hisao Nakajima

Kazutoshi Tsuchiya

Yuji Imasato

Kazuo Hiraoka
Hirozumi Suzuki
Keizo Kawasaki

Utsumi Nogi

※Please note Sumitomo (S.H.I.) Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Heavy Industries Engineering
Services Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Heavy Industries Techno-Fort Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Heavy Industries Business
Associates Co., Ltd., Nihon Spindle Mfg Co., Ltd., and Izumi Support Corporation are all wholly-owned
subsidiaries of Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
(End of June 2012)
1. Candidate for New Director

Yoshiyuki Tomita

2.

Retiring Director

Kohei Takase

3.

Candidate for New External
Corporate Auditor
Retiring External Corporate
Auditor

Takeo Wakae

4.

Current Position(s):Executive Officer
General Manager – Technology Research Center(Corporate Technology Operations Group)
Current Position(s):Director
Representative Director and President – Sumitomo
Heavy Industries Techno-Fort Co., Ltd.
Upon retirement, Mr. Takase will continue on as aconsultant to Sumitomo Heavy Industries
Techno-Fort Co., Ltd.

Seishiro TsukadaEND2