Sadao Aoki

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.

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.

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.

Part of ULVAC, Inc., ULVAC-PHI, Inc. is a Japanese company that manufactures and sells surface science instruments. The private company is based in Chigasaki, Japan.

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.

Part of ULVAC, Inc., ULVAC (China) Holding Co. Ltd. oversees investments and operations of ULVAC in Shanghai, CN.

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.