Gigaphoton welcomes new CEO and executive management team

March 20, 2012
Oyama, Japan--Lithography light source manufacturer Gigaphoton appointed Hitoshi Tomaru as president and CEO effective April 1, 2012.

Oyama, Japan--Lithography light source manufacturerGigaphoton resolved at a special meeting of its board of directors on February 21, 2012, to appoint Hitoshi Tomaru as president and CEO effective April 1, 2012. Yuji Watanabe, current president and CEO, will become chairman of the board of directors, and Hakaru Mizoguchi, director and CTO, will become executive VP and CTO.

Since its founding in August 2000, Gigaphoton says it has worked to achieve the highest quality and reliability of its products, backed up by its global customer support system. As a result, the company gained an approximately 50% share in the market of excimer laser light sources for semiconductor lithography and established a stabilized business base. This new management team has been appointed to further expand Gigaphoton's excimer laser business as well as to accelerate the marketing of next-generation extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light sources.

Hitoshi Tomaru holds abachelor of Engineering from Shizuoka University (March 1978). Career highlights at Gigaphoton include his role as director (June 2011), senior executive officer and general manager of Business Promotion Division (April 2011), senior executive officer and general manager of Sales Division (April 2009), and a variety of other senior appoints since 2000.

SOURCE: Gigaphoton; www.gigaphoton.com/e/news/20120223.html

IMAGE: Hitoshi Tomaru was appointed president and CEO of Gigaphoton effective April 1, 2012. (Courtesy Gigaphoton)

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