A farewell dinner was held last week by the Friends of Findlay at the Findlay Inn for Kiyoshi Yamazaki and his wife, Midori, of Ada Technologies, Inc. Yamazaki is president of Ada Technologies.
The group recognized Yamazaki's efforts as his tenure ends at the Ada plant. Kiyoshi and Midori will be returning to Japan at the end of April.
Jamie Hall, Assistant Administrator for the Village of Ada, and John Hohn, Director of Economic Development of Hardin County, presented the Yamazaki's with a gift and a proclamation from the Hardin County Commissioners.
Ada Technologies, Inc., (ATI) 805 E. North St., Ada, creates products for the automotive industry. Among its customers are Honda of America and Nissan North America.
ATI was established in May 1996 as an automotive parts manufacturer. Its products are automotive change control assemblies (shifters) and machined internal transmission components.
