OKI Europe has appointed a new MD. Takaaki Hagiwara, previously VP corporate planning OKI Europe, succeeds Tsukasa Takasawa,who has been appointed into a new business development role in Singapore.
Hagiwara has been with OKI since 1990, and was managing director of OKI Systems (UK) in 2013-2018. As MD of OKI Europe, his focus will be on the continued development of solutions for verticals and new applications within the professional print technology market in the EMEA and India regions, and to explore opportunities for the application of OKI technology that has already been commercialised in other regions.
“I look forward to leading OKI Europe in this exciting new phase of the company’s growth. After a period of transformation, OKI Europe will continue its focus on printing technology, expanding its verticals and applications, including labels and packaging, while also exploring the introduction of additional technologies into the EMEA region that are already commercially available in Japan,” said Hagiwara.
