OUTSTANDING TECHINICAL AWARDS
Outstanding Technical Awards are presented at the Fair to the most technically superior new products for which proper applications have been received, based on the rules and regulations specified in Article 23, "Outstanding Technical Awards" in General Regulations. The awards will be granted to some five items after careful examination of both documents and actual exhibits in respect to technological standards, originality and economic effects etc. by fourteen members of judging committee selected from academia and industry.
The winners will be announced on Thursday, November 3, and the Award Ceremony will be held on Friday, November 4 in the Main Hall. The winners will be honored with a testimonial and an original bronze statue.
The members of judging committee are as below:
Kazuo Suzuki
- President
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Bunichiro Tomita
- President
- Wood Technological Association of Japan
Satoru Tsuchikawa
- Director of Chubu Branch
- Wood Technological Association of Japan, Chubu
Yoshiki Kaibori
- Director of Kansai Branch
- Wood Technological Association of Japan, Kansai
Shuzo Kanzaki
- Director
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Chubu
Yasushi Onishi
- Director
- Aichi Industrial Technology Institute
Kikujo Yamashita
- Director
- Nagoya Municipal Industrial Research Institute
Totaro Shoji
- Chairman
- Japan Federation of Wood Industry Associations
Atsuhiro Inoue
- Chairman
- Japan Plywood Manufacturers’ Association
Minoru Nagahara
- Chairman
- Federation of Japan Furniture Manufacturers Association
Sumio Kishi
- President
- Japan Housing and Wood Technology Center
Yasuharu Hosoda
- President
- Japan Laminated Wood Manufacturers’ Association
Rikuro Saito
- Chairman
- Japan Pre-Cut Manufacturers’ Association
Sazahiko Uenaka
- Chairman
- Japan Tategu Association
