Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. Announces Retirement of Kazuyuki Kakehashi as Audit & Supervisory Board Member
February 13, 2024 at 01:00 am EST
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Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. announced the retirement of Kazuyuki Kakehashi as Audit & Supervisory Board Member. The retirement is scheduled when the fiscal year 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders closes on March 28, 2024.
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%).