For Immediate Release Global Component Technologies Acquires Konosu Plant, Holds Re-launch Ceremony to Mark Start of Operations under New Ownership Tokyo, January 15, 2015—Global Component Technologies Corporation. (headquarters: Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo; president: Toru Morita), a subsidiary of UniCarriers Corporation (headquarters: Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo; president: Akira Shiki), has acquired the UD Trucks’ Konosu Plant as of December 26, 2014, and held a re-launch ceremony to mark the start of operations under new ownership on January 5. The Boxing Day handover was witnessed by dignitaries such as Marcus Wahlberg, CPM director of Volvo Group Trucks Operations, and Takamitsu Sakamaki, vice president of Volvo Powertrain Production Japan. The UniCarriers group was represented by Morita and Motoaki Kuniyasu, senior vice president of UniCarriers, and the event was a lively success. Subsequently, at the January 5 re-launch ceremony, Shintaro Kodama, factory head of the Konosu Plant, was bullish about the future, saying the re-launch was “the first step in our quest to be the world’s number one developer, manufacturer, and seller of forklift engines.” Previously, the plant cast engines and components for UD Trucks and Nissan Motors, as well as diesel engine components for UniCarriers’ forklifts. Following the transfer of operations to Global Component Technology, the plant will begin by concentrating on casting forklift engine components and gradually expand in FY2015 to incorporate the whole production process, including machining and assembly, thus giving the UniCarriers Group the capability to manufacture its own engines. UniCarriers and Global Component Technology aim to use this development to boost the group’s global expansion and achieve ever higher levels of customer satisfaction. Global Component Technology Konosu Plant 1. Address 3121 Mida, Konosu-shi, Saitama 365-0062 Japan 2. Transfer of ownership December 26, 2014 3. Start of operations January 5, 2015 4. Operations Casting of engine components 5. Size Site: 71,721m2; plant building: 28,102m2 6. Employees 149 (counting only full-time employees as of transfer of operations) Please direct enquiries regarding this article to: Makoto Suzuki or Saeka Ota UniCarriers Corporation Corporate Strategy Office Bellport E Tower, 6-22-7 Minami Oi, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Phone: 03-6730-3105 Fax: 03-6730-3101 E-mail: [email protected]