ALPS Electric Appoints Mr. Wilfried Baumann as New President of ALPS ELECTRIC EUROPE

Munich, November 05, 2013 – As of September 01, 2013, ALPS Electric Co., Ltd. appointed Mr. Wilfried Baumann (51) as president for ALPS ELECTRIC EUROPE GmbH, based at the European headquarters in Munich. Wilfried Baumann succeeds Mr. Yoichiro Kega, who returned to Japan in September 2013 to take care of new tasks at the ALPS headquarters in Tokyo. In the new position Mr. Baumann is responsible for further strategic developments and the successful implementation of the company’s products in the European market. ALPS is a leading manufacturer of electromechanic components, with five main business segments providing versatile innovative electronic products: mechatronic and magnetic components as well as components for communications electronics, peripheral products and automotive electronics. Mr. Baumann has been with ALPS since 1990 and has held during this time various executive positions, most recently as General Manager Sales & Marketing Europe. His successor in this position is Mr. Nobuto Okawa.

ALPS Electric Co., Ltd. ALPS Electric (Tokyo: 6770) is a leading global manufacturer of high-quality electronic components for mobile devices, home electronics, vehicles and industrial equipment. With the philosophy of "Perfecting the Art of Electronics" ALPS Electric supplies over 40,000 different components to about 2,000 companies all over the world. For more information, visit www.alps.com. ALPS ELECTRIC EUROPE GmbH, a subsidiary of ALPS Electric Co., Ltd., was established in 1979. Since 1989 the European Head Office has been located in Düsseldorf, where a team of specialists works in Sales, Marketing, and Product Engineering. The activities of our branch offices in Munich, Paris, Milton Keynes, Gothenburg, and our sales office in Milan are coordinated from Düsseldorf.