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KYOCERA Mita America Appoints Stalin Calvache as Product and Solutions Manager, Printers

Fairfield, NJ - October 25, 2006 - Kyocera Mita America, one of the world's leading document imaging companies, announced Stalin Calvache has been appointed product and solutions manager for printers effective October 16, 2006.

Mr. Calvache will oversee all aspects of product marketing including printer product pricing analysis, product launch strategies, and competitive analysis for printers and related software and utilities. In addition, Mr. Calvache will collaborate with a team of product managers to support Kyocera's award-winning line of products. He reports to Bill Cassidy, associate director of product and solutions marketing at Kyocera.

"I'm confident Stalin will contribute to Kyocera's product and solutions marketing initiatives to propel our product line to even great heights," said Bill Cassidy, associate director of product and solutions marketing, for Kyocera Mita America. "Stalin's extensive industry experience combined with his extremely progressive ideas will be an asset to my department and to the entire Kyocera team."

Mr. Calvache has more than twelve years of experience in both product management and IT support. Prior to joining Kyocera, Mr. Calvache served as a quality assurance manager in the engineering group and as a media liaison with Samsung Electronics America, Inc. He published numerous articles for PC Magazine while employed as a hardware technical analyst and contributing editor. Mr. Calvache holds Bachelor of Science degree from City College of New York.

Kyocera: Awards and Recognition
Kyocera continues to earn numerous honors and distinctions for its products' high performance, reliability and cost efficiency, as well as for superior customer service. Kyocera's 3050 has been named "Editor's Choice" by Better Buys for Business, a highly regarded testing organization of office imaging equipment. In addition, Buyers Laboratory Inc. awarded both a Fall "Pick of the Year" Award and "Highly Recommended" distinction to the KM-1820, KM-6030, and KM-8030. Kyocera printers and copiers/multifunctional products (MFPs) have also been recognized by Industry Analysts for outstanding reliability. Kyocera has also been honored with a BERTL's Best Award for the most cost-efficient digital imaging product line as well as a 4-star "Highly Recommended" Award for the KM-6030 and KM-8030.

About Kyocera Mita America, Inc.
Kyocera Mita America, Inc. (www.kyoceramita.com/us), headquartered in Fairfield, N.J., is a leading provider of computer-connectable peripherals, including network-ready digital copiers/printers, laser printers, color copiers/printers, digital laser facsimiles, and multifunctional and wide format imaging solutions. Kyocera Mita America is a group company of Kyocera Corporation, the world?s leading developer and manufacturer of advanced ceramics and associated products, including telecommunications equipment, semiconductor packages and electronic components. Kyocera Mita America, one of the first document solutions companies with third-party certified sales data, has earned numerous honors for its products' high performance, reliability and cost efficiency. Kyocera Corporation?s consolidated net revenues totaled $10 billion during the year ending on March 31, 2006.