Overview

Sony NEC Optiarc Inc. is a new joint venture company established on April 3. 2006 by Sony Corporation and NEC Corporation.
Combining the technologies and expertise of its parent companies, Sony NEC Optiarc Inc. is engaged into the global business activities to offer the best optical disc drive products in the industry.

Company name :
Sony NEC Optiarc Inc.

Field of Business :
Development, design, manufacturing, marketing
and sales of optical disc drive products

Established :
3 April 2006

Employees : 
415 (As of July, 2007)

Capital :
1,490 million yen

Share Holders :
Sony Corporation 55%
NEC Corporation 45%

Directors :
Shinichi Yamamura
Representative Director, President Member of the Board

Eiichi Ichikawa
Director, Deputy President Member of the Board

Katsumi Ihara
Executive Deputy President, Sony Corporation

Konosuke Kashima
Executive Vice President, and Member of the Board, NEC Corporation

Kiyoshi Nishitani
Senior Vice President, Sony Corporation

Hidenosuke Kanai
Senior Vice President, Sony Corporation

Yukio Ito
Associate Senior Vice President, NEC Corporation

Executive officers :
Akira Ikawa
CTO

Kazuhiko Takeda
CFO

Kazuo Chiba
CS Officer

Auditors :
Katsuhiro Sugisaki
Sony Corporation

Takayuki Morita
NEC Corporation

The European headquarter of Sony NEC Optiarc Inc. is Sony NEC Optiarc Europe GmbH located in Ismaning, nearby Munich,Germany.