Makoto Kanbe
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
Born in December 1949, he joined the family business run by his father and in April 1973 became Senior Managing Director of Maruwa Ceramic Co., Ltd., founded in Seto, Aichi Prefecture. As his condition for joining, he asked to take on alumina substrates for Kyocera. His father stepped down at the founding, with his brother Yoshiki Kanbe, eight years his senior, as President and Makoto as Senior Managing Director in charge of manufacturing and sales. After sales of ceramics for fixed resistors plateaued at fourth or fifth among seven competitors, he built substrates for chip resistors, proposed by a customer, into the mainstay of the electronic-circuit ceramics business, earning the company a reputation as "Maruwa, the chip maker."
Selection
In June 1992 he became Representative Director and President, taking over from his brother Yoshiki Kanbe, who had been President since the founding in 1973. In December 1989, two and a half years before, he had set up a production subsidiary in Malaysia and a sales subsidiary in Taiwan, serving as president of both, and he moved to the head office presidency while still overseeing the launch of overseas production. As of the end of March 1998, six years after he took office, the largest shareholder was still Maruwa Gomei Kaisha with 31.6%, his brother held 3.1% and he held 2.9%, so the founding family dominated the top ranks.
Initiatives
In August 1995, three years after he took office, the company registered its shares for over-the-counter trading with the Japan Securities Dealers Association, using part of the capital raised to build a third plant at its Malaysian subsidiary. It listed on the Second Sections of the Tokyo and Nagoya stock exchanges in December 1998 and was designated to the First Section in March 2000. In April 2005 it set up MARUWA SHOMEI to enter high-brightness LED lighting, and in December 2012 acquired all shares of Yamagiwa. In April 2022 he stepped back to Representative Director and Chairman, handing the presidency to his eldest son, Toshiro Kanbe.
Career
Career
MARUWA
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 1973 | Senior Managing Director |
| Dec 1989 | Representative Director, President, MaruwaSdn.Bhd. |
| Jun 1992 | Representative Director, President |
| Apr 2022 | Stepped down as President |
Kemaruwa
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Nov 1999 | Representative Director, President |
MARUWAQUARTZ
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 2004 | Representative Director, President |
MARUWASHOMEI
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 2005 | Representative Director, President |
YAMAGIWA
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Mar 2013 | Representative Director, President |
MARUWACERAMIC
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Jan 2015 | Representative Director |
References 4
References (Japanese primary sources)
- MARUWA 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】
- 東海総研マネジメント 1996年4月号（通巻99号）「丸和セラミック社長 神戸誠」
- 証券アナリストジャーナル 1995年 第33巻第10号 別冊付録「企業」『丸和セラミック』（神戸誠）
- 証券 1999年2月号（51巻2号・通巻599号）「新規上場会社紹介 株式会社丸和セラミック」