* PROFILE OF SAKAI *

Corporate Name: SAKAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. President: Ichiro Sakai Paid-in capital: 3,115,190,000 yen Date of foundation: May, 1918 Date of incorporation: May, 1949 Number of employees: 272 Major line of business: Manufacture and sale of construction equipment and industrial machinery, and sale of outsourced industrial machinery. Main products include: Compaction equipment ... Road roller, tire roller, vibrating roller, combined roller, walk-behind roller, vibrating plate compactor and tamper Road maintenance and repair equipment ... Road planer, road stabilizer, asphalt finisher and water absorbent pavement reviver Miscellaneous ... Waste treatment equipment, water sprinkler

* OFFICERS *

President Ichiro Sakai Senior Managing Director Kiyomichi Doi Managing Director Hideki Iwakuma Managing Director Yukihiko Tomitori Director Kazushi Kiyomiya Director Masami Fukuda Director Hideyoshi Watanabe Director Yukinori Tsukimoto Director Ryosuke Watanabe Director Yoshinobu Kurosawa Director Takashi Kato Director Tsuguo Sugawara Auditor Seiji Tsunashima Auditor Koichi Oguro Auditor Masaharu Teraguchi

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