Member of the Board: Kenichi Wakabayashi Member of the Board: Jeffrey S. Williams Member of the Board: Katsuhide Yabe Member of the Board: Katsunori Nakamura 2. Purpose of the Stock Acquisition and Management Policies Going Forward The acquisition of machine tool business achieves a mutual complement with our existing businesses. Synergies are expected particularly in the machinery business, element technology development, manufacturing, sales, and other areas of our group’s businesses. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machine Tool started its business in 1936 for manufacturing of lathe in Hiros...