Message from the Newly Appointed President

MISUMI Group Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) today issued the following message from Arata Shimizu, who assumed the position of President and Representative Director effective April 1, 2026.
With Deep Customer Insight as our starting point, we aim to build an AI platform that connects customers and suppliers. By strengthening digital manufacturing in the age of AI, we will further accelerate the global growth of our businesses. At the same time, by driving process innovation in emerging growth industries, we are committed to contributing to the advancement of the global Monozukuri (manufacturing) industry.

Arata Shimizu, Representative Director and President

Since its founding in 1963, MISUMI has expanded its services worldwide, with a strong focus on Monozukuri industry. Today, we are proud to serve more than 320,000 customers globally. By continuously innovating our business model to meet the diverse needs of customers engaged in design and manufacturing, we have continued to grow over the years.
Starting with catalog sales, MISUMI has been an industry pioneer—expanding into EDI integration and e-commerce, and more recently into technology-driven services such as meviy, which uses AI to provide automatic quotations from 3D CAD data. We have also strengthened our product lineup by establishing a network of in-house manufacturing facilities and partner companies, enabling us to deliver products quickly and reliably while realizing true mass customization.
One of MISUMI’s core strengths has been our focus on our customers’ Monozukuri processes themselves. With the aim of improving the convenience of those processes, and by placing strong emphasis on our customers’ “time value,” we have continuously innovated them while advancing our own business model.
Today, technological progress is accelerating at an unprecedented pace, and we are moving beyond digitalization into the era of generative AI. We believe this shift represents a major inflection point for MISUMI from two important perspectives. First, it enables us to further strengthen and accelerate our core capability in process innovation—an area in which we have long excelled. Second, the growth of the AI market itself is expected to drive expansion across many of our customers’ markets. In particular, AI is fueling growth in industries such as semiconductors, infrastructure, robotics and humanoids, agritech (smart agriculture), and optical-electronic convergence. At the same time, we see significant potential to deliver further process innovation in our established customer industries, including automotive and factory automation.
By combining the Monozukuri capabilities and IT expertise we have cultivated over the years with advanced AI utilization, we will further enhance the value and competitiveness of our products. We also aim to build an AI-enabled platform that connects suppliers and customers, creating new sales channels that serve as key points of customer engagement. Moreover, by strengthening our supply chain capabilities at a global level, we will continue to pursue sustainable growth.

Name:　　　　  Arata Shimizu
Date of Birth: 　June 1, 1972
Place of Birth:　Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Education:
March 1997 – Bachelor of Engineering, Seikei University
(Faculty of Engineering; now Faculty of Science and Technology)
•    April 1997  Joined Accenture Japan Ltd.
•    September 2005  Appointed Executive Partner, Accenture Japan Ltd.
•    July 2015  Executive Officer, General Manager of Strategy Consulting　Headquarters, Accenture Japan Ltd.
•    March 2017  Representative Director, Vice President, and COO, SEAOS Inc.
•    June 2017  Outside Director, Interworks Co., Inc.
(currently Interworks Confidence Inc.)
•    September 2017  Outside Director, Trust Tech Inc.
(currently Open Up Group Inc.)
•    June 2020  Outside Director, MISUMI Group Inc.
•    June 2021  Director, P&E Directions Inc.
•    June 2024  Senior Executive Director, MISUMI Group Inc., CIO, and Representative Corporate Officer, Digital Transformation System Platform, MISUMI Group Inc.
•    October 2025  Director, Senior Executive Corporate Officer, CIO, and Representative of NEWTON Global Development Center, MISUMI Group Inc.

MISUMI provides mechanical components in the Monozukuri industry, along with tools, consumables, and other related products, serving more than 323,000 companies worldwide (as of March 2025). Our unique Business MODEL—combining in-house manufacturing and distribution of third-party products—is built on a strong Business Foundation. This approach enables MISUMI to uphold its commitment to Globally Reliable and Quick Delivery, thereby contributing to enhanced customer convenience.