Speech by President
I am
Thank you for joining this joint press conference by Daihatsu and
First, we would like to apologize for any inconvenience or concern caused to our customers as a result of the procedural irregularities by
Yesterday, we resumed production and shipment of
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to our customers who have warmly encouraged us, as well as to our suppliers and dealers and all related authorities who have supported us, as we prepared to resume operations.
Last Friday, Daihatsu President Okudaira reported to the
Embracing the vision of the
Daihatsu's starting point is to support the lives of its customers through compact cars such as minivehicles, which could collectively be called
Manufacturing high-quality, affordable vehicles, including the efforts in its DNGA initiative, is one of Daihatsu's inherent strengths, and we aim to return to that starting point and restore Daihatsu's uniqueness with the determination to rebuild the company.
Based on this thinking, we will once again define Daihatsu's business domain as a company centered on minivehicles. As for its overseas businesses, we will consider in detail how to change Daihatsu's planning, development, and production to being outsourced from
Also, we will consider in what way Daihatsu can assume the role in the future as "a mobility company that focuses on compact cars with last-mile mobility solutions in mind."
Based on this direction, Daihatsu will change its management structure to steadily implement measures to prevent recurrence and promote the building of a foundation for the future.
Effective
The post of chairman will be abolished, and the new president will be
President-to-be Inoue has for many years been working on structural reform of
Despite the many difficult decisions he has had to make, he is a leader who has moved reforms forward by implementing thorough dialogue with frontline members.
Utilizing this experience, he will lead the revitalization of Daihatsu as the person responsible for "on-site management."
Executive Vice President-to-be Kuwata will promote corporate cultural and organizational reform initiatives by leveraging his experience in human resources and on-site management.
Daihatsu Executive Vice President Hoshika will continue to be in charge of building a system for regulation-related and certification-related operations that do not cause certification irregularities as the chief officer of Daihatsu's
Also,
She will support the execution of reliable certification operations by leveraging her extensive knowledge of legal certification.
Going forward, Daihatsu and
We ask for your continued cooperation and support.
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