Akebono Brake Industry has appointed Takeshi Saito as assistant to president and CEO. Saito will also continue his current role of senior managing executive officer and in-charge of the Friction Material business unit. Akebono has also appointed Kiyoshi Tanaka as head of the Automotive Sales Division, and Takashi Kudo as assistant to president and CEO, and in-charge of Electric Brake Application Engineering. Hiroshi Idei has been named chief technical officer. The current changes are effect from April 1, 2017.