VOLUME 23SECOND QUARTER • 2005

ONTHE MOVE

INTERNATIONAL TRAINING HELDAtlantic City, New Jersey

From left to right: Mr. K. Tanigawa, Kanematsu Manager; Mr. YasuhiroOgura, CEO, Ogura group of companies; Mr. F. Flemming, President

Ogura Industrial; Mr. H. Inoue, Manager of overseas operations; Mr. J.Ebisawa, Engineering Manager of OIC

The Ogura Japan website (which can be linked fromogura-clutch.com) has been redesigned for easier naviga-tion allowing visitors to quickly access both technical andgeneral information about Ogura. New pictures andexpanded technical content has also been added. Anexpanded What’s Newsection is now promi-nently displayed on thehomepage and keyproduct categories nowhave individual links.

Because theamount of visitorsattracted to racing isincreasing, the motorsports and drift chal-lenge sections havebeen broken off intotheir own separatewebsites. Links tothese sites are on thenew homepage.

OGURA JAPAN UNVEILSNEW WEBSITE

Ogura Japan Homepage

Every three years, Ogura holds an interna-tional sales meeting for all sales representatives inthe US and Europe to update them on the latestdevelopment within Ogura, and to train them onthe latest products and changes with Ogura’smarkets. Besides the four general group sessionseach rep attended, there were a series of nine dif-ferent training classes spread over a period ofthree days. The classes concentrated on supplying the sales representatives technicalinformation to help Ogura’s customers.

Mr. Yasuhiro Ogura, CEO of Ogura Industrialand CEO of allOgura opera-tions world-wide, alongwith Mr.Inoue, Boardmember anddirector of allo v e r s e a sa c t i v i t i e swere able toattend the

start of the conference. Mr. Ogura gave the open-ing speech welcoming all conference attendees.

Sales representatives in one of the general sessions

Sales representatives in one of the general sessions

New Engineers Hired For 2005OIC EMPLOYEE PROFILE

Tokyo, Japan

Ogura participated in theTokyo auto show last quarter.

On display, were the newcarbon diskclutch and abrand new twinplate clutchcapable of han-dling 550 horse-power engines.

As a specialproject, and as anattention getter,Ogura incorpo-rated a super-charger into aHummer H2.

RICOH has awarded Ogura their CMS certificate. This internal certification qualifies RICOHsuppliers according to their own internal environmen-tal standards. It recognizes and awards suppliers,like Ogura, that have a proactive environmentalmanufacturing policy.

M yname is UlfWahlbeck and Ihave just recent-ly started work-ing as a repre-sentative forOgura inScandinavia. Iwork forCumatix which is a trading company with a long tra-dition of working with Japanese com-panies and products.

A couple of years ago I graduatedfrom the University of Stockholm witha masters degree in Economics andBusiness Administration. However,after working in a bank during mystudies I found it more attractive to gointo the field of technical sales.International trade is a fascinatingthing and I have always had an urgeto travel around and make new con-tacts with people. Before my studiesat the University I went to Japan towork in a factory for 3 months whichhas really helped me in my contactswith Japan today. Furthermore Iwent for a 6 months exchange pro-gram to China. Unfortunately theSARS break-out took place during mytime there and limited my travelingto a great extent.

In my spare time I enjoy playingsoccer together with my friends(amateur level) and we have formed ateam that participates in a small localleague. I also enjoy a good game of golf if I play well, most of the time Iwish I never took up the game in thefirst place.

I’m looking forward to workingwith everyone one at Ogura and pro-moting the Ogura product in Scandinavia.

Ulf Wahlbeckfrom Cumatix

Ulf WahlbeckNew EuropeanSales Representative

New engineers for 2005

Kiryu, Japan

Twenty-five new engineers werehired at the start of Ogura’s fiscal year,April 1, 2005. In welcoming the new

hires, Mr. Ogura made a speech high-lighting innovation and independentthinking as the corner stones to helpguide the new engineers in startingtheir career with Ogura.

RICOH Environmental

Certification

Tokyo AutoSalon 2005

A good crowd was on hand at the Tokyo Auto Salon

Hummer outfitted with supercharger

Ogura Receives CMS Certification From RICOH

How a shrinking number offarmers can feed a constantlyincreasing population is a testamentto innovation and creative thinking.Not many industries can boast theincreased productivity of the average

family farm.Hawes Agro

manufacturesportable grainaugers that givefarmers the flexi-bility to quicklymove their har-vested crop fromthe combine tothe storage bin.The device isbasically a longcylinder housinga screw, called“flights” in theauger business.As the flight is

rotated, it pushes the grain up alongthe cylinder where it is finally dis-charged into the storage bin. Themachines are gasoline engine pow-ered and the ground drive is accom-plished by hydraulic pumps poweringthe wheels.

Hawes Agro engineers commentthat in the past the farmer had to

APPLICATION STORY

A SCREWY APPLICATION

The GT4allows theoperator theconvenienceof engagingand disengagingthe flightswith theflick of aswitch.

switch belts when theywanted to move theauger from one work sta-tion to another. Theywould move the belts tothe ground drive pumpsfor transport and thenback to the auger oncehe was positioned tomove the grain. All thisconsumes valuable timeduring harvest, a seriousinconvenience, and pres-ents real safety issues forthe operator as well.

Hawes Agro engi-neers considered variousalternatives to solvingthe safety and conven-ience problems and final-ly settled on OguraIndustrial’s GT4 clutchas the most cost effectiveand reliable approach.The simple installationand 12 volt operationmade it a natural for theapplication. The GT4allows the operator the convenienceof engaging and disengaging theflights with the flick of a switch. Thehigh torque capacity of the GT4 canmove the flight, loaded with grain,

reliably. Think in terms of 4,500 to6,000 bushels of grain per hour to geta true picture of the work performed.

When the farmer is ready tomove to the next grain cart or the

next storage bin he sim-ply turns the clutch offwhile the engine andground drive systemremain operating. Oncethe auger is repositionedthe switch is thrown andit’s back in business.Hawes Agro notes thatthe convenience of clutchcan’t be overlooked dur-ing harvest when everyminute counts. Equallyimportant is theimproved safety for theoperator. Safety, conven-ience and improved pro-ductivity all accom-plished with a Oguraelectric clutch.Typical grain auger loading truck Typical auger loading storage bin

Auger input with pulley mounted to Ogura clutch

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2005 Lawnmower Racing Off To Another Great StartLocust Grove, Georgia

For the second year in arow, Shane Shellnut is off to anoutstanding start in the USLawnmower Association Seriespoints totals. Shane leads thefield of 38 drivers in pointstandings in the B PreparedClass. If you’d like to followShane’s progress through thisseason, please visitwww.letsmow.com. Both

Product Diversity On Display At SAE Show 2005

Happy Summer

Customers asking questions about Ogura’s automotive related products

Ogura Industrialfrom the staff of

Shane’s and Bobby Cleaveland’spoints totals are listed under the B Prepared category.

Over the past few years,Shane has consistently been oneof the leaders of the B Preparedcategory. This year he is alsoexpanding into the FX (FactoryExperimental) category. Theseason ends at the end of Augustwith the Race of Champions inMansville, OH. So the nextnewsletter will have Shane’sfinal results of the season.Shane on his way to a win in Shelby, NC

Happy Summer

Detroit, Michigan

In April, Ogura Corporation and Ogura IndustrialCorporation jointly exhibited at the SAE Show held inCobo Hall in Detroit. Approximately thirty specialty auto-motive related clutches and brakes were exhibited at theshow covering everything from standard air conditioning

clutches to multiple disk racing clutches.To back up the

samples that were ondisplay, both minigraphics and largegraphics were createdwith cutaways show-ing the operation ofthe clutches.

Although the showhas transitioned overthe years from a show-case for the big three toa supplier show, it wasstill an excellentopportunity to obtainnew inquiries and toestablish new con-tacts with some of thesecond tier suppliersin the automotiveindustry.

Poster showing the variety of electro-magnetic clutches used in engineapplications