TTRF/TAIHO KOGYO TRIBOLOGY RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Outline / Directors & Office

The Name of the Corporation: TAIHO KOGYO TRIBOLOGY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Date of Establishment: Nov. 2000
Purposes: To assist research and the exchange of information in industrial tribology, focused on the design, friction, wear and lubrication of interacting surfaces in relative motion in bearings and other mechanical components.
To promote collection of technical data on tribology.
To create a matrix of global internet communication on tribology for the world in real time.
Name of Incorporator: Mr. Nobuo Fukuma (Former President, Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd.)
Directors (Alphabetically): Mr. Masaru Funai
Attorney at Law; Prof. Kenneth G. Holmberg
Research Professor and Chief Engineer Councillor
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland; Prof. Yoshitsugu Kimura
Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
Professor Emeritus, Kagawa University; Mr. Tatehito Ueda
President, Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd.; Prof. Ward O. Winer
Regents' Professor and Chair Emeritus
Georgia Institute of Technology
President of Officers: Dr. Yoshio Kumada
Registered Office: Name of Registered Agent : Masaru Funai
Address : 203 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2500 Chicago, IL 60601-1262, U.S.A.