Setsuo Iwashita

Nippon Life Insurance Co. engages in the provision of life insurance services, agency or administration services to other insurance companies and financial institutions. It also provides the guarantees for liabilities, sale and purchase of government bonds and local government bonds, and sales of investment trust beneficiary securities. The company was founded by Sukesaburo Hirose on July 4, 1889 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.

Ferrotec Corp. engages in the development, production, and sale of ferrofluidic magnetic liquid and ferrofluidic sealing products. It operates through the following segments: Equipment-related, Solar Cell-related, Electronic Device, and Others. The Equipment-related segment handles the production of vacuum seals, quartz products, and ceramic products. It also deals with the processing of silicon wafers. The Solar Cell-related segment manages the production of silicon crystal manufacturing equipment, quartz crucible, and silicon for solar cells. The Electronic Device segment produces thermo-modules and ferrofluids. The Others segment includes saw blades, parts cleaning equipment, machine tools, and surface treatments. The company was founded on September 27, 1980 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Sammy Corp. manufactures and distributes game machines. The firm's products include pachinko, pachislot, arranged-ball, and jankyu machines. The company was founded on November 1, 1975 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Mizuho Trust & Banking Co. Ltd. engages in the trust banking services. Its services include custody and administration, pension trust business, and asset management business. The company was founded on March 12, 2003 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Nissay Asset Management Corp. (NAM) is the asset management subsidiary of Nippon Life Insurance Co. in Japan. The firm was founded in 1998 when Nissay Investment Advisors Co., Ltd. and Nissay Investment Trust Management Co., Ltd. merged. Headquartered in Tokyo with a branch office in Osaka, NAM provides investment advisory services to individual clients, customers of defined contribution plans, investment trusts for business and financial corporations, and group pensions.

MLC Ltd. provides financial and estate planning, investment management, insurance and other related services. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in North Sydney, Australia.

Part of Horiba Ltd., Horiba Stec Co. Ltd. is a Japanese company that manufactures measuring instruments. The private company is based in Kyoto-shi, Japan. Horiba Stec Co. was acquired by Horiba Ltd. on March 21, 2005 for $23.07 million.

Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc. designs and manufactures precise positioning products. It provides solutions geopositioning, construction, precision agriculture, mapping, vertical construction solutions, monitoring, forestry, mining, utilities, OEM, forensic, and education. The firm products are excavating and mass hauling, paving, asphalt and compaction, software solutions, crop sensing, field controllers, rough and fine grading, lasers, levels and theodolites, water conservation, and agricultural machine control. The company was founded on September 14, 1993 and is headquartered in Livermore, CA.

Japan Freight Railway Co. provides rail freight services. It offers general civil engineering, construction design, project execution, advertising and transportation of cargo, rail freight, car park operation and vehicle servicing. The company was founded on April 1, 1987 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Sokkia Topcon Co. Ltd. Engages in research and development, planning, manufacture and sales of total stations, theodolites, levels, GPS/GNSS surveying systems, construction laser equipment, precision laser interferometers, and 3D and 2D industrial measurement systems. It is a JCSS accredited length calibration laboratory meeting ISO/IEC 17025:2005 (JIS Q 17025) requirements and international standards through ILAC-MRA. The company was founded on December 30, 1943 and is headquartered in Atsugi-shi, Japan

The TCW Group, Inc. provides investment management services. The firm's clients include corporate and public pension plans, financial institutions, endowments and foundations in the United States, as well as a number of foreign investors and individuals. It works in partnership with financial advisors to help build the businesses and meet the needs of clients. The company was founded by Robert Addison Day in 1971 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Part of ULVAC, Inc., ULVAC Korea Ltd. is a South Korean company that manufactures and sells vacuum equipment and components. The private company is based in Pyeongtaek, South Korea.

ULVAC TECHNO Ltd., a subsidiary of ULVAC, Inc., is a company headquartered in Chigasaki, Japan, that provides vacuum equipment maintenance services and sells used vacuum devices, vacuum pumps and components of measuring instruments.

ULVAC CRYOGENICS, Inc. specializes in ultra-low hot freezers based on vacuum technology and extremely low temperature technology. ULVAC CRYOGENICS is based in Chigasaki, Japan. The Japanese company's GM freezer has expanded its use in fields that use superconducting, and as the demand for 4K freezers, pulse tubes, and frozen machines has increased, ULVAC CRYOGENICS has responded to expectations by providing advanced industries and research and development with their products. The joint venture company offers basic information, technical information, and the clio pump principle of cryio pump, which is a vacuum pump that makes ultra-high vacuum. and has subsidiaries in South Korea.

ipet Insurance Co., Ltd. engages in the provision of insurance services for pets. It offers medical expenses insurance from pet visits, hospitalizations to surgery. Its products include UchinoKo Plus, UchinoKo, UchinoKo Light, and UchinoKo Cute. The company was founded by Nobuo Shiraishi in May 2004 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Japan Industrial Solutions Co., Ltd. (JIS) is a private equity firm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm was founded in 2010 by a group of institutional investors.

Ulcoat Taiwan, Inc. provides metal coating services. Its products includes large mask blank and black matrix. The company was founded on august 24, 2001 and is headquartered in Tainan, Taiwan.

Part of ULVAC, Inc., ULVAC (Shanghai) Trading Co. Ltd. is a Chinese company that sells vacuum equipment. The private company is based in Shanghai, China.

Part of ULVAC, Inc., ULVAC (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. is a vacuum equipment manufacturer based in Suzhou, China. The Chinese company was established in 2003 with a total investment of $103.50 million and a registered capital of $34.50 million. ULVAC (Suzhou) Co. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ULVAC, Inc., a world-renowned vacuum equipment manufacturer.

Hangzhou Semiconductor Wafer Co., Ltd. engages in the research and development, manufacture, and sale of semiconductors. Its products include single-crystal ingot, polishing sheet, epitaxial wafer, and annealed sheet. The company was founded on September 28, 2017 and is headquartered in Hangzhou, China.

Sapporo Toyota Co., Ltd. engages in the sales, repair and leasing of cars. It also provides the car maintenance services, life and non-life insurance agency services and Lexus business. The company was founded on September 15, 1946 and is headquartered in Sapporo, Japan.

Horiba Europe GmbH engages in the development and manufacture of testing and measurement systems, as well as related services. Its products include automotive test systems, Process and environmental measuring systems, medical diagnostic systems, analytic and control systems for semiconductors, and scientific instruments and systems. The firm's services include product support, maintenance and repairs. The company was founded on December 20, 2004 and is headquartered in Oberursel, Germany.