DENSO Wins Medals at 45th WorldSkills International Competition

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Aug 28, 2019, 10:15 ET

KARIYA, Japan, Aug. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- DENSO Corporation today announced that the DENSO Group's representatives from Industrial Mechanics Millwright (Japan) won Gold medal at the 45th WorldSkills International Competition which was held in Kazan, the Russian Federation from August 22 to 27.

Contestant: Yujiro Sakamoto earns Gold Medal

The DENSO Group sent a record number of 20 entrants to the event to compete in 10 skills: 11 Japanese participated in Polymechanics and Automation, Manufacturing Team Challenge, Mechatronics, Mobile Robotics, Industrial Control, Industrial Mechanic Millwright, and Cloud Computing; three Thais in Polymechanics and Automation, CNC Turning, and CNC Milling; two Indonesians in CNC Milling and Industrial Control; two Vietnamese in CNC Turning and CNC Milling; and two Mexicans in CNC Milling and Plastic Die Engineering.

DENSO first entered the WorldSkills International Competition at the 20th event in 1971, and has won a total of 69 medals to date: 33 golds, 18 silvers, and 18 bronzes. DENSO has won its 15th straight gold medal since the 31st contest in 1991.

DENSO considers the development of technology and sophisticated engineering skills and know-how to turn technology into practical applications to be two of the most fundamental components of its monozukuri or the art of making things. DENSO participates in the WorldSkills International Competition not only to accomplish good results, but also to develop promising young technicians mentally, technically, and physically into highly-skilled workers who can inherit DENSO's accumulated skills through systematic, special training for this competition.

DENSO will continue to foster young technicians to pass on its skills to the next generation through training and participation in the WorldSkills International Competition.

Reference: DENSO's contestants and medals won

Skill	Result	Name	Affiliation
Industrial Mechanics Millwright	Gold	Yujiro Sakamoto	DENSO
Polymechanics and Automation	－	Taiki Iwami	DENSO
Polymechanics and Automation	Medallion of Excellence	Sopon Praiwan	DENSO (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Manufacturing Team Challenge	Silver	Koki Kabeya	DENSO
		Mikito Ichikawa
		Shinzaburo Yamashita
Mechatronics	Bronze	Hiroki Matsumoto	DENSO
Mechatronics	Bronze	Ryota Morimoto	DENSO
CNC Turning	Medallion of Excellence	Wutichai Pligsang	DENSO (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
CNC Turning	Medallion of Excellence	Phan van quoc	DENSO MANUFACTURING VIETNAM CO.,LTD.
CNC Milling	Silver	Truong The Dieu	DENSO MANUFACTURING VIETNAM CO.,LTD.
	Bronze	Patcharapol Sugkong	DENSO (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
	Medallion of Excellence	Arvian Iswahyud	PT. DENSO INDONESIA
	－	Jonathan Francisco	DENSO MEXICO S.A. DE C.V.
Industrial Control	Medallion of Excellence	Syota Kayahara	DENSO
Industrial Control	Medallion of Excellence	Lodi Joyo Siswanto	PT. DENSO INDONESIA
Mobile Robotics	Medallion of Excellence	Yuto Shimizu	DENSO
Mobile Robotics	Medallion of Excellence	Jun Nakanishi	DENSO
Plastic Die Engineering	－	Adriana Enriqueta	DENSO MEXICO S.A. DE C.V.
Cloud Computing	Bronze	Tomohiro Hamasaki	DENSO