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Company Name ESPEC CORP.
Head office

3-5-6 Tenjinbashi, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-8550, Japan

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Founded July 25, 1947
Incorporated January 13, 1954
Capital 6,895 million yen
Stock Listings Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Number of Shares Issued 23,781,394 shares
Number of Employees 1,860 (consolidated)

As of March 31, 2025

Our Directors

■ Director

Representative Director and President

Satoshi Arata

(Born in Oct. 1966)

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Apr. 1991
Joined the Company
Apr. 2018
Senior Executive Officer
June 2018
Director
Apr. 2019
Chief Officer, Environmental Test Equipment Headquarters
Apr. 2021
Chief Officer, International Business Headquarters
Fukuchiyama Plant Manager
Apr. 2022
Representative Director and President (present position)

Director and Managing Executive Officer

Kazuhiro Suehisa

(Born in Nov. 1963)

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Apr. 1987
Joined the Company
Apr. 2018
Senior Executive Officer
June 2018
Director (present position)
Apr. 2021
Chief Officer, Business Development Headquarters
Chief Officer, Production Management Headquarters
Apr. 2022
Managing Executive Officer (present position)
Technical Supervisor (present position)
In charge of Production
Fukuchiyama Plant Manager
Apr. 2024
In charge of Technology (present position)

Director and Executive Officer

Junko Nishitani

(Born in Aug. 1959)

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Apr. 1982
Joined the Company
Apr. 2014
General Manager, Corporate Communication Department
Apr. 2016
General Manager, Espec Vision Support Department
Apr. 2017
Executive Officer (present position)
Apr. 2019
General Manager, Sustainability Management
Apr. 2022
In charge of Sustainability
In charge of IR and PR
Chief Officer, Sustainability Management Headquarters (present position)
June 2022
Director (present position)
Apr. 2024
In charge of Sustainability Management Planning (present position)

Director and Executive Officer

Hideyuki Oda

(Born in Oct. 1974)

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Apr. 1998
Joined the Company
Apr. 2015
General Manager, General Affairs & Human Resources Department
Apr. 2021
Chief Officer of Maintenance and Support Headquarters
Oct. 2023
Director, COSMOPIA HIGHTECH CORP.
Apr. 2025
Executive Officer (present position)
Chief Officer of Corporate Control Headquarters (present position)
Chief Officer of Export Control Headquarters (present position)

Director and Executive Officer

Toshihiko Yoshino

(Born in Mar. 1976)

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Apr. 1998
Joined the Company
Apr. 2018
East Japan Sales Department General Manager
Jul. 2021
Director, ESPEC THERMALTECH SYSTEM CORP.
Apr. 2025
Executive Officer (present position)
Chief Officer, Sales Headquarters (present position)
June 2025
In charge of Marketing(present position)

Outside Director

Akihiko Yanagitani

(Born in June 1955)

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Apr. 1981
Joined Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd.
June 2017
Director, Senior Managing Executive Officers, Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd.
June 2018
Specially Appointed Professor, University of Hyogo (present position)
Jan. 2019
Fellow, Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2019
Guest Professor, Osaka University (present position)
June 2021
Outside Director, the Company (present position)

Outside Director

Kazuo Hirata

(Born in Dec. 1946)

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Apr. 1971
Joined Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation
(Current NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION)
July 1993
Deputy Director, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation.
Apr. 1996
Joined New Japan Radio Co., Ltd
(Current Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc.)
June 2007
President and Representative Director, New Japan Radio Co., Ltd
June 2022
Outside Director, the Company (present position)

Director (Standing Audit & Supervisory Committee member)

Kunikazu Ishii

(Born in May 1958)

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Apr. 1981
Joined the Company
Apr. 2002
Executive Officer
Apr. 2008
President, ESPEC TECHNO CORP. (Current ESPEC THERMAL TECH SYSTEM CORP.)
June 2009
Director
Apr. 2011
Director, ESPEC NORTH AMERICA, INC.
June 2012
Managing Director
June 2019
Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member
June 2022
Director (Standing Audit & Supervisory Committee member) (present position)

Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee member)

Takahiro Tanaka

(Born in Jan. 1973)

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Apr. 2000
Registered with the Osaka Bar Association
Joined Nakanoshima Chuo Law Office
Jan. 2007
Partner, Nakanoshima Chuo Law Office (present position)
June 2010
Outside Audit Supervisory Board Member, Shinko Wire Company, Ltd.
Apr. 2014
Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Intellectual Property, Osaka Institute of Technology (present position)
June 2015
Outside Director, Shinko Wire Company, Ltd.
June 2019
Outside Director, FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
June 2020
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company
June 2022
Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee member) (present position)
June 2023
Outside Director,Nankai Electric Railway Co.,Ltd. (Audit & Supervisory Committee member) (present position)

Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee member)

Yasuko Yoshida

(Born in Nov. 1976)

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Oct. 2000
Joined Asahi & Co. (Current KPMG AZSA LLC)
May. 2004
Registered as a certified public accountant
July. 2005
Registered as a certified tax accountant
Launched Yoshida Certified Public Accountant Office (present position)
Feb. 2019
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, OSAKA ORGANIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY LTD.
May. 2021
Registered as U.S. Certified Public Accountant (State of Washington)
June 2021
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company
June 2022
Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee member) (present position)
Feb. 2024
Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee member), OSAKA ORGANIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY LTD. (present position)

As of June 20, 2025

■ Executive Officer

Kenji Fuchita

Takehiko Umehara

Norihiro Kajiguchi

As of June 20, 2025

Organization chart

As of April 1, 2025