Mimaki USA (Suwanee, Georgia), a leading manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers and cutters, has appointed Naoya Kawagoshi to the position of President, effective immediately. He was previously Vice President of Sales for Mimaki USA covering Canada and the United States. Kawagoshi came to Mimaki USA in 2012 from Mimaki Engineering (Nagano, Japan), where he was the Director of the Japan Sales Promotion Department, responsible for all sales promotion and marketing activity in that country. Prior to that, he held progressive sales and management positions at the Mimaki Fukuoka and Tokyo Branch Offices.
Kawagoshi holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from Doshisha University (Kyoto City, Japan). He’ll remain a member of the Mimaki USA Business Planning Division and will retain his office in the company’s Western Region facility, located just outside of Los Angeles, California. Yasuhiro Haba, who previously served as President of Mimaki USA, will return to Japan to lead new sales initiatives for the Americas, Asia/Oceana and China.
Mimaki USA appoints Kawagoshi to President
