Kazuma Sekiya
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He joined DISCO in July 1989, became a Director in June 1995, and Managing Director in July 2002. As of the fiscal year ended March 2006, the major shareholders included founding-family members Shinji Sekiya with 4.17% and Kenichi Sekiya with 3.09%, while Daiichi Kigyo and Daiichi Holdings each held 5.95%. He is a career insider and, at the same time, a member of a family with a capital base behind it.
Selection
In April 2009, Sekiya succeeded Hitoshi Mizoroki as Representative Director and President. The global financial crisis had hit demand for semiconductor equipment directly: in the fiscal year ended March 2009, the year before he took office, consolidated net sales fell from ¥91.6 billion the previous year to ¥53.1 billion, and operating income had shrunk to ¥0.1 billion. Even so, the company secured net income of ¥0.2 billion and avoided a loss.
Initiatives
Keeping production in Japan, the company built Chino Plant Building A in Chino, Nagano Prefecture, in June 2010. It expanded the Kure Plant Building C at the Hiroshima Works in January 2012 and Kuwabata Plant Building A, Zone B, in January 2015, and in April 2018 opened the Nagano Works, which includes the Chino Plant. In March 2022 it opened the Haneda R&D Center, and in April that year it moved to the Prime Market under the Tokyo Stock Exchange's market restructuring. Since June 2022 he has served as Director, Representative Executive Officer and President.
Career
Career
Disco
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Jul 1989 | Joined |
| Jun 1995 | Director |
| Jul 2002 | Managing Director |
| Apr 2009 | Representative Director, President |
| Jun 2022 | Director, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, President |