Tetsuya Sogo (十河哲也)

September 11, 1998: Local newspaper "Le Mans" announcing the establishment of a joint venture between NTN and Renault to manufacture automotive parts, constant velocity joints, in France.

August 1996 - March 2011 Responsible for M&A and Alliances at Corporate Strategy HQ （経営戦略本部） - Past Major Cases of Cross-Border M&A and Alliances - - Europe - (1) Purchase of the CVJ Manufacturing Division of Renault (France): Dec.1998 (2) Purchase of the CVJ Manufacturing Company of IFA (Germany): April 2006 (3) Purchase of the Bearing Manufacturing Company (SNR) of Renault (France): March 2007 (4) Purchase of the Forging Plant of SETFORGE Group (France): April 2008 - Americas - (1) Founding a CVJ Assembly Joint Venture with Seohan (USA): Feb.2007 (2) Purchase of CVJ Assets of tedrive Brasil (Brasil): July 2010 (3) Founding a Hub Turning and Forging Joint Venture with Takao and Asahi (USA): Dec.2010 - Asia - (1) Purchase of Additional Shares of Unidrive (Australia): May 2000 (2) Purchase of Additional Shares of Taiway (Taiwan): Jan.2002 (3) Founding a CVJ Manufacturing Joint Venture with Yulon Group (China): Sep.2002 (4) Founding a CVJ Assembly Joint Venture with KOFCO a...

March 1989 - July 1996 Chief Engineer, Elgin Plant of American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation, one of NTN’s subsidiary companies in the US, with duties of starting up full-blown production of Axle Unit Bearings .

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Kellogg Executive MBA Program (1994-1996) “Management of Organizational Change”, Prof. Robert Duncan An Analysis of ANBM's System-Design for the Change towards Continuous Improvement (Dec. 2, 1995) https://speakerdeck.com/tsogo817421/kellogg-executive-mba-program-1994-1996-management-of-operational-change-prof-robert-duncan

July 2, 1995: American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation in Elgin, IL

Kellogg Executive MBA Program (1994-1996) “Operating Strategy for the General Manager”, Prof. Albert Isenman Management is not a profession (Sep.16, 1994 )