Interview
Interview—
Isao Muraoka, Seika Machinery
Born in 1970, Kanagawa, Japan, Isao Muraoka is the executive vice president of Seika Machinery Inc. He
holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, Japan, and a diploma
in the study of the international trade from the Trade Career Institute in Long Beach, CA. He’s been with
Seika Corporation since 1998, where he began as an associate in the international sales operation. In 2001,
he was relocated to Seika Machinery, Inc., and served as an account executive, and in 2005 he moved to
sales manager. He has been the general manager/executive vice president since 2006.
Q1. Tell us about Seika Machinery, Inc. in Kanji or Japanese characters is SEI,
or West, where we established our first
Seika Machinery, Inc. is the U.S.
office, and KA, which translates to Glory.
subsidiary of Seika Corporation in Tokyo,
The two characters together symbolize
Japan, and a member of the Mitsubishi
“Excellence in Western Japan.” This
global corporate group. The company
is rather a rough translation but is
specializes in the distribution of
meant to emphasize our role in
machinery, equipment and materials
representing high quality products
for the electronics assembly market
and services to our customers.
with engineering services provided
Our parent company, Seika
worldwide.
Corporation, was established in
Our products are from top
Japan in 1947. Its main business
Japanese brands in the area of SMT
is wholesale and distribition of
for board assembly, inspection and
heavy-duty industrial machinery
quality assurance. We have been in
and equipment, such as power
the SMT industry for more than 15
generators, industrial boilers, special
years, providing services to electronics
instruments, factory automation
manufacturers from two main locations
and electronics assembly equipment
in the US—Torrance, CA (headquarters)
and materials. Our shares have been
and Norcross, GA. Additionally, we have
listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange since
more than 20 sales representatives and
1961. October 1, 2007, was Seika’s 60th
distributors in North America.
anniversary. Currently, Seika Corporation
has 14 offices in Japan, nine international
Q2. When were your parent company and
branches including Germany,
Seika Machinery, Inc., established?
Shanghai, Korea and two in the U.S.
The origin or meaning of SEIKA with more than 574 employees
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