Important Personnel Change April 3, 2006 We are pleased to announce personnel changes of regional managers and other important positions of Japan Air Gases as follows. Important personnel changes（As of April 1, 2006） 　 Newly appointed Formerly titled Name 　 Deputy General Manager, Industrial Customers Business Development Division Region Manager, Minami-Kyushu Region Syuho Iwakuma 　 Deputy General Manager, Equipment Sales DivisionManager, Equipment Sales Department Manager, Gas Equipment Sales Department, Dealers & Equipment Sales Division Masahiro Hamada 　 Deputy General Manager, Electronics Business DivisionManager, Business Development Department Region Manager, Kita-Nihon Region Taro Nanba 　 Region Manager, Kita-Nihon Region Manager, System Engineering Department, Electronics Business Development Division Tetsuro Arita 　 Region Manager, Kita-Kanto Region Manager, Business Development Division, Electronics Business Development Division Keizo Takubo 　 President, Air Gases Hanshin Ltd. Region Manager, Kita-Kanto Region Takashi Takahashi Region Manager, Minami-Kyushu Region Key Customer Manager, Business Development Department, Electronics Business Development Division Hikaru Sugiyama 　 Please refer to the attachment for other region managers. 　 　 Region Managers 　 Hokkaido Region Eiji Kondo 　 Kita-Nihon Region Tetsuro Arita (newly appointed) 　 Tohoku Branch Koji Sumi 　 Kita-Kanto Region Keizo Takubo (newly appointed) 　 Tokyo Region Kiyotsugu Miyake 　 Chubu Region Shoji Kubo 　 Hokuriku Branch Yasukazu Kataoka 　 Kinki Region Tsuneo Matsuo (Senior Manager) 　 Kansai Region Junichi Agatani 　 Chugoku Region Takeshi Hiramatsu (Senior Manager) 　 Shikoku Region Yuji Yasutake 　 Kita-Kyushu Region Masaaki Arishige 　 Minami-Kyushu Region Hikaru Sugiyama (newly appointed) 　 Contact: Toyoyama Shun, Communication Dept, Japan Air Gases Ltd. TEL：03-3536-2642
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