Kubota Corporation announced appointed Masato Yoshikawa from Director and Managing Executive Officer to Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer and Takao Shomura, Yuji Tomiyama, Kazunari Shimokawa, Mutsuo Uchida and Nobuyuki Ishii from Executive Officer to Managing Executive Officer. The board appointed Koichiro Kan as (General manager of Farm Machinery Engineering Europe Dept), Hirohiko Arai as (General Manager of Tsukuba Plant), Tomohiro Iitsuka as (Deputy General Manager of Farm Machinery Japan Operation and General Manager of Farm Machinery Japan Operation Planning and Sales Promotion Dept.) and Kazushi Ito as (General Manager of Strategic Planning Dept.), with effect from January 01, 2018 and the board announced that resignation of Satoshi Iida as Executive Officers, with effect from December 31, 2017.
Kubota Corporation specializes in the manufacturing and marketing of industrial and agricultural machines and water purifying and distribution equipments. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- industrial and agricultural machines (84.9%): tractors, harvesters, transplantors, mowers, etc.;
- water purifying and distribution systems (13.9%): ductile cast iron, steel and plastic pipes, valves, recycling pumps, incinerators, ceramic filters, used water purifiers, etc.;
- other (1.2%): industrial pieces, steel tubes, building machines, etc.
Net sales break down geographically as follows: Japan (27.4%), Asia (18.5%), North America (37.3%), Europe (13%) and other (3.8%).