People on the move

Kazuto Koyama was named president of AISIN Holdings of America, Seymour, Ind., which oversees AISIN’s production and R&D in NA comprised of 17 companies and 11,000 employees. Koyama has been with AISIN for 37 years and also holds the position of senior executive officer of the parent company. Most recently he was president of AISIN Body Products in Japan. Shin Sasaki was named president of AISIN Tech. Center of America, Northville, Mich., and FT Techno of America, AISIN’s 950-acre test track in Fowlerville, Mich. Sasaki also maintains his position as EVP of OE Sales and Energy Solutions in NA, and executive officer of AISIN in Japan. He joined AISIN in 1993 to work in automatic transmission design and powertrain engineering & development.