Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. Announces Management Changes, Effective from March 29, 2017
February 28, 2017 at 10:00 am EST
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Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. announced changes in the management scheduled on March 29, 2017. The company appointed Masafumi Tsuji as member of the Board, Executive Officer, General Manager and Fine Carbon Division, Nobuyuki Murofushi as member of the Board, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Responsible for Corporate Planning Department, Masanao Hosoya as Member of the Board, Managing Executive Officer, Responsible for Accounting & Finance Department and Information System Department and Yuji Serizawa as Member of the Board, Executive Officer, Responsible for Human Resources, General Affairs, and Legal Affairs Department. The company also announced the retirement of Toshiaki Fukuda as member of the Board and Yoshinari Kudo as Senior Corporate Advisor.
Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. is one of the Japanese leaders in manufacturing and marketing of coal and graphite products. The group is also producing industrial furnaces. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- coal and graphite products (69.6%): coal, graphite electrodes, special graphite and friction materials primarily for industrial, electronic, energy, automotive and mechanic applications;
- cathodes for smelting aluminum and furnace linings (18.1%);
- industrial furnaces and heating products (6.9%): for thermal processing of ceramic products, electronic components, metals, glasses, etc.;
- other (5.4%).
Net sales break down geographically as follows: Japan (24.6%), Asia (26.7%), the United States (26.5%), Europe (11.6%) and other (10.6%).
TOKAI CARBON CO., LTD. 
