Hitachi Metals, Ltd. announced several personnel changes involving representative executive officers and executive officers decided at a board of directors meeting on February 2, 2017, effective as of April 1, 2017. Current position of Akitoshi Hiraki is Vice President and Representative Executive Officer; General Manager, Technology, Research & Development Division; General Manager, Corporate Quality Assurance Division; Director and new position is Representative Executive Officer; President and Chief Executive Officer; Director. Current position of Kenichi Nishiie is Vice President and Executive Officer; General Manager, Human Resources & General Administration Division; General Manager, Procurement & Value Engineering for Customers Division and new position is Representative Executive Officer; Senior Vice President and Executive Officer. Current position of Hiroaki Nishioka is Deputy General Manager, Finance Division and new position is Representative Executive Officer. Current position of Masahiro Otsuka is Representative Executive Officer; General Manager, Corporate Management Planning Division; General Manager, Corporate Export Regulation Office and new position is Executive Officer. Current position of Hideaki Takahashi is Representative Executive Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer; Director and new position is Chairperson of the Board. Current position of Masato Hasegawa is Executive Officer; President, High-Grade Functional Components Company; Deputy General Manager, Corporate Export Regulation Office and new position is Vice President and Executive Officer. Current position of Katsuro Sasaka is Director & President, Hitachi Metals (China), Ltd. and new position is Executive Officer. Current position of Koji Sato is General Manager, Yasugi Works and new position is Executive Officer. Current position of Naohiko Tamiya is Representative Director & President Hitachi, Ltd. Deputy General Manager, Human Resources Division Hitachi Institute of Management Development and new position is Executive Officer. Current position of Tomoyuki Hatano is Director & President & CEO Hitachi Metals America, Ltd. and new position is Executive Officer. As of March 31, 2017 retiring executive officers are Hideaki Takahashi as Representative Executive Officer President and Chief Executive Officer; Director, Hiroyuki Okada as Vice President and Executive Officer; Chief Financial Officer; General Manager, Finance Division; General Manager, Information Systems Division, Masashi Aisa as Executive Officer; General Manager, Corporate Sales & Marketing Division; General Manager, Eastern Japan Regional Office, Takehisa Seo as Executive Officer; President, High-Grade Metals Company; Deputy General Manager, Corporate Export Regulation Office. As of April 1, 2017, executive officers are Akitoshi Hiraki as Representative Executive Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Kenichi Nishiie as Representative Executive Officer Senior Vice President and Executive Officer General Manager, Corporate Management Planning Division, Hiroaki Nishioka as Representative Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer, General Manager, Finance Division, Masato Hasegawa as Vice President and Executive Officer, President, Functional Components Company, Deputy General Manager, Corporate Export Regulation Office, Ryouji Akada as Executive Officer, President, Magnetic Materials Company, Deputy General Manager, Corporate Export Regulation Office, Masahiro Otsuka as Chairman & President, Hitachi Metals (China), Ltd., Katsuro Sasaka as Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager, Corporate Management Planning Division, Koji Sato as Executive Officer, President, Specialty Steel Company, Deputy General Manager, Corporate Export Regulation Office, Shigekazu Suwabe as Executive Officer, General Manager, Information Systems Division, General Manager, Corporate Quality Assurance Division, Deputy General Manager, Technology, Research & Development Division, Naohiko Tamiya as Executive Officer, General Manager, Human Resources & General Administration Division, Chief Compliance Officer, Eiji Nakano as Executive Officer, General Manager, Technology, Research & Development Division, Tomoyuki Hatano as Executive Officer, Director & President & CEO Hitachi Metals America, Ltd. and Kazuya Murakami as Executive Officer, President, Cable Materials Company Deputy General Manager, Corporate Export Regulation Office.