Akira Yamada Assumes Presidency at Weastec Inc.
Effective March 3, 2025, Akira Yamada took over as president of Weastec Inc. Mr. Yamada replaces Ohito Takahashi who is return to Japan to assume the roll of general manager in business planning at Toyodenso Co., Ltd. Mr. Takahashi served as Weastec’s president for slightly over four years and had served at Weastec from 2009 to 2016 as a senior engineer at Weastec’s technical center in Dublin, Ohio.
Mr. Yamada brings twenty-two years of experience with the Toyodenso group to Weastec’s leadership. His most recent role at Toyodenso was as senior manager in the design engineering department in our technical center in Tsurugashima, Japan. This will be Mr. Yamada’s second assignment at Weastec, as he served as a senior engineer from 2012 to 2017 at Weastec’s technical center in Dublin, Ohio.