Outline / Directors & Office
- Name of Corporation
- Taiho Kogyo Tribology Research Foundation
- Date of Establishment
- October 10, 2000
- Purposes
- To assist research and the exchange of information in industrial tribology that 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 network of global internet communication on tribology for the world in real time - Name of Founder
- Mr. Nobuo Fukuma (Former President, Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd.)
- Directors (Alphabetically)
- Prof. Ali Erdemir
Professor, Texas A&M University - Mr. Bryan Y. Funai
Attorney at Law, MASUDA, FUNAI, EIFERT & MITCHELL, LTD. - Prof. Kenneth G. Holmberg
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland(retired) - Prof. Yoshitsugu Kimura
Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
Professor Emeritus, Kagawa University - Dr. Yoshio Kumada
Former Senior Managing Director
Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd. - Mr. Toshio Niimi
President, Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd. - President of Officers
- Dr. Toru Desaki
- Registered Office
- Name of Registered Agent : Bryan Y. Funai
Address : 200 North Martingale Road, Suite 800, Schaumburg, IL 60173-2033, USA