Sumitomo Electric Industries

Sumitomo Denki Kōgyō K. K. (Japanese住友 电 気 工业 株式会社. Sumitomo Denki Kabushiki - Kōgyō gaisha, Eng. Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. ) is a Japanese company with headquarters in Osaka.

The company's history dates back to 1897. Company president is Masayoshi Matsumoto.

The company is part of the Sumitomo Group. Sumitomo Denki Kōgyō has 120 subsidiaries ( as of 2007). At Sumitomo Denki Kōgyō than 130,000 people are employed (as of March 2007). At Sumitomo Denso K. K. (住友 电 装 株式会社, Eng. Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.. ) Are more than 120,000 employees. Both companies, however, are interleaved by an exchange of shares in one another (see Keiretsu ), can not be determined exactly how many employees the company actually have. For example, the Sumitomo Electric wiring systems GmbH is partly owned by Sumitomo Denki Kōgyō and partly to Sumitomo Denso.

Sumitomo Denki holds 24 % interest in the nuclear fuel manufacturer NFI ( Nuclear Fuel Industries, Genshinenryō Kōgyō ).