Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. has promoted Yoshiaki Tamura, current senior executive officer, to executive vice president, effective January 1. In addition, he will take on the role of representative director to assist the company’s CEO and will serve as general manager of the company’s technology division. He succeeds Katsuhisa Kato, who is leaving the company, effective March 2013.
Tamura joined Asahi in 1979 and has held a variety of positions during his more than 30 years with the company. He most recently served as senior executive officer and president of electronics.