Sumitomo Metal Industries
Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.. (Japanese住友 金属 工业 株式会社, Sumitomo Kinzoku Kōgyō kabushiki - gaisha ) is a Japanese company with headquarters in Osaka. Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.. is one of 37 companies of the Sumitomo group (see h Sumitomo Group).
The company is engaged in mining. The company's history dates back to 1897.
Main fields of activity
At Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd.. worldwide, are 25 subsidiaries with 100 % participation, 23 with a majority stake of over 50 % and 26 with a stake of less than 50%. Currently build Vallourec (61%) and Sumitomo ( 39%) of the Tubos do Brasil Ltda. a tube factory with 600,000 tons of capacity in Brazil.
The main fields of activity are:
- Steel Sheet, Plate, Titanium & Structural Steel Company, Steel and Titanium Products
- Pipe and Tube Company, Pipiline and tubes
- Railway, Automotive, & Machinery Parts Company, a supplier for railway, automobile and engineering industries
- Engineering Company, bridge, buildings (steel construction )
- Silicon wafer
The Japanese subsidiary of Sumitomo Sitix was connected to the silicon area of the company Mitsubishi. From this, the Japanese company SUMCO (Sumitomo Mitsubishi), who is currently (2010) second largest producer of silicon wafers, wafers originated.