Seiko Watch Corporation integrates the watch business of Seiko Instruments Inc.

　Seiko Watch Corporation（President, COO, and CMO: Shuji Takahashi, headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan) will integrate the watch business of Seiko Instruments Inc., (President: Tetsu Kobayashi, headquarters: Chiba-shi, Chiba, Japan) as of April, 1st 2020.

　Both SWC and SII are wholly owned subsidiaries of Seiko Holdings Corporation (Chairman and Group CEO: Shinji Hattori, headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan). SWC operates the watch business from planning to sales centering on the Grand Seiko and Seiko brands, and SII operates the manufacturing of mainly mechanical watches. With the organizational unification, SWC will now supervise the watch manufacturing operations and facilities currently under SII and will promote rapid decision-making and aim at accelerating the expansion and profitability of the watch business.