Article: At Okuma America, Execs Shift.

Kent Shigetomi is now president, CEO and acting chief operating officer of machine-tool builder Okuma America Corp. As president he succeeds John Hendrick, who has been named chairman of the firm by its parent company Okuma Corp. (Oguchi, Japan). The American company has an annual turnover of around $400-million.

 
  Hendrick, who has been president since 1989, becomes the first American 
   chairman of the U.S. firm. His new position give him more policy-making 
   responsibilities. 
 

Shigetomi, 52, joined Okuma out of college in 1969 and moved to the American firm from the parent company in 1985, when it was still on Long Island. He became VP of ...

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