Yamazaki Mazak Corp. announces leadership transition

Yamazaki Mazak Corp., Nagoya, Japan, has announced that President Tomohisa Yamazaki will become the company’s chairman and Vice-president Takashi Yamazaki has been named the new president.

The transition, which took effect in June, coincides with the company’s 100th anniversary and is the result of a long-planned leadership evolution designed to position the company for continued growth while cementing its ability to provide support to manufacturers around the world.

“Many evaluate the company’s virtue with the revenue figure, but I won’t be just pursuing that. With 100 years of company history, we would like to continue providing customers in the world greater technologies and better products,” said Takashi Yamazaki.

Tomohisa Yamazaki’s appointment as chairman is the culmination of his career as a longtime leader of one of the world’s largest machine tool companies. In addition to continuing to act as the vice-chairman of the Japanese Machine Tool Builders’ Association, he said, “I will stay involved in making decisions regarding medium- and long-term plans and support the new leadership from a broader perspective.”

Prior to joining the company in 1990, Takashi earned his bachelor’s degree in business from Xavier University. After garnering experience in numerous departments across the company, he became a managing director in 1999 and a vice-president in 2013.