Takuma Kimura (49) was appointed a member of the Management Board of TA Triumph-Adler AG effective May 1, 2008. This was resolved today by the Supervisory Board of the Nuremberg based corporation. He succeeds to Masahiro Watashi, who will as planned assume new tasks in Japan.

Since 2004, Takuma Kimura serves as Senior Director in the Marketing and Sales organization of TA Triumph-Adler Group. He joined the company after having managed regional organisations of Kyocera Mita Corporation both in the USA and Asia. Prior to this he had been appointed to different positions as Sales Manager. Takuma Kimura passed his exams as Bachelor of Law of Hosei University in 1984.

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