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New president of Mitsubishi Motors Corp.

TOKYO, Japan - Rolf Eckrodt, who was installed as president and chief executive officer of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) on June 28, replacing Takashi Sonobe, who has become chairman.

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Mitsubishi Motors back in black for 1st time in 3 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Rolf Eckrodt (C), vice president of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC), and Takashi Sonobe (R), MMC's president and chief executive officer, speak at a news conference in Tokyo on May 13 about the company's financial results for fiscal 2001. Eckrodt will replace Sonobe as the automaker's president and chief executive officer.

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DaimlerChrysler's Eckrodt to head MMC

TOKYO, Japan - DaimlerChrysler AG's representative at its partner Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC), Rolf Eckrodt (file photo), will take over the presidency of the Japanese carmaker from Takashi Sonobe, MMC sources said on March 26. Eckrodt, 59, chief operating officer at MMC since January 2001, will succeed Sonobe pending approval by an MMC shareholders' meeting in late June.

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MMC posts record 278 bil. yen group net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) president Takashi Sonobe (L), and executive vice president Rolf Eckrodt hold a news conference in Tokyo on May 18. They said MMC registered a record consolidated net loss of 278.14 billion yen for fiscal 2000, sinking into the red for the second straight year on lower sales and extraordinary losses including those related to a scandal over its cover-up of recalls.

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M'bishi Motors to cut 9,500 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Sonobe (L), president of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC), and Vice President Rolf Eckrodt, who was dispatched to work with the troubled Japanese carmaker by DaimlerChrysler AG, announce the company's major restructuring plan at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 26. Under the plan, MMC, hit hard by cover-up scandals involving vehicle defects, will cut some 9,500 jobs, or 14% of its group workforce, by 2003 and close down its key Oe plant in Nagoya.

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DaimlerChrysler's Eckrodt assumes MMC vice presidency

TOKYO, Japan - Flanked by Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) President Takashi Sonobe (L), Rolf Eckrodt of DaimlerChrysler AG speaks at a news conference following his appointment as MMC's vice president and chief operating officer. Eckrodt, who currently heads the DaimlerChrysler group's railway systems division, becomes MMC's second-in-command after Sonobe.

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MMC head to quit after DaimlerChrysler equity purchase

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) announces Sept. 8 the resignation of its president over a cover-up scandal and a revision to its alliance pact with DaimlerChrysler AG. The fourth-largest Japanese automaker said Vice President Takashi Sonobe (L) will replace Katsuhiko Kawasoe as president Nov. 1, after DaimlerChrysler buys a 34% stake in MMC in October in a deal that newly allows the German-U.S. firm to raise its stake three years later without approval from the MMC board. Photo was taken at a news conference held at MMC's head office in Tokyo's Minato Ward on the afetrnoon of Sept. 8.

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Mitsubishi's Kawasoe announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) President Katsuhiko Kawasoe officially announces his resignation Sept. 8 at the Ministry of Transport in Tokyo amid a scandal centering on revelations the automaker hid customer complaints and recalls of defective vehicles from the government for decades. He is expected to be replaced by MMC Vice President Takashi Sonobe.

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MMC posts record 278 bil. yen group net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) president Takashi Sonobe (L), and executive vice president Rolf Eckrodt hold a news conference in Tokyo on May 18. They said MMC registered a record consolidated net loss of 278.14 billion yen for fiscal 2000, sinking into the red for the second straight year on lower sales and extraordinary losses including those related to a scandal over its cover-up of recalls.

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M'bishi Motors to cut 9,500 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Sonobe (L), president of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC), and Vice President Rolf Eckrodt, who was dispatched to work with the troubled Japanese carmaker by DaimlerChrysler AG, announce the company's major restructuring plan at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 26. Under the plan, MMC, hit hard by cover-up scandals involving vehicle defects, will cut some 9,500 jobs, or 14% of its group workforce, by 2003 and close down its key Oe plant in Nagoya.

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DaimlerChrysler's Eckrodt assumes MMC vice presidency

TOKYO, Japan - Flanked by Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) President Takashi Sonobe (L), Rolf Eckrodt of DaimlerChrysler AG speaks at a news conference following his appointment as MMC's vice president and chief operating officer. Eckrodt, who currently heads the DaimlerChrysler group's railway systems division, becomes MMC's second-in-command after Sonobe.

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MMC head to quit after DaimlerChrysler equity purchase

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) announces Sept. 8 the resignation of its president over a cover-up scandal and a revision to its alliance pact with DaimlerChrysler AG. The fourth-largest Japanese automaker said Vice President Takashi Sonobe (L) will replace Katsuhiko Kawasoe as president Nov. 1, after DaimlerChrysler buys a 34% stake in MMC in October in a deal that newly allows the German-U.S. firm to raise its stake three years later without approval from the MMC board. Photo was taken at a news conference held at MMC's head office in Tokyo's Minato Ward on the afetrnoon of Sept. 8.

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Mitsubishi's Kawasoe announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) President Katsuhiko Kawasoe officially announces his resignation Sept. 8 at the Ministry of Transport in Tokyo amid a scandal centering on revelations the automaker hid customer complaints and recalls of defective vehicles from the government for decades. He is expected to be replaced by MMC Vice President Takashi Sonobe.

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Vice President Sonobe to replace Kawasoe as MMC president

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) plans to name Vice President Takashi Sonobe (file photo), 59, to succeed President Katsuhiko Kawasoe as DaimlerChrysler AG has refused to send a top manager to replace Kawasoe, an MMC source says in Tokyo on Sept. 2. MMC, shaken by a scandal involving cover-ups of customer complaints, will formally disclose the management reshuffle by the end of this month after the Transport Ministry announces punishment over the scandal, according to the source.