Manufacturing Industry
Hirabayashi - another Everest to climb? (interview with Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. executive Katsutoshi Hirabayashi) (Postscript) (Column)
European Rubber Journal, September, 1992 by Shaw, David
Surely the only rubber executive to have stood on top of the world's highest mountain, Katsutoshi Hirabayashi now has the task of doubling Sumitomo Rubber Industries' general rubber goods sales
In 1971, less than 50 people had reached the summit of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain; Katsutoshi Hirabayashi was one them. Now, Hirabayashi is in charge of Sumitomo Rubber Industry's non-tyre rubber goods division, and has the task of generating an extra [Yen]50 billion ($400 million) in sales revenue by 2001.
He does not say which is the easier task.
Hirabayashi is a famous mountaineer in Japan, having planted the Japanese flag on top of Everest in 1970, and lead the joint Chinese-Japanese climbing team on the first successful assault on...
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