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8-11 Harumi 1-chome, Chuo-ku Tokyo 104-8610, Japan Tel. +81-3-5166-5000 Fax +81-3-5166-6203 |
Type: Public
On the web:
http://www.sumitomocorp.co.jp
Employees:
65,494
Employee growth: 6.5%
Sumitomo Corporation makes general trading its specialty. A Japanese "sogo shosha" (general trading company), Sumitomo imports and exports metals, machinery, electronics, fuels, chemicals, textiles, and food products. It also is active in finance, logistics, and real estate, primarily condominium and office development. The group's top revenue producers are its mineral resources and energy companies and its transportation and construction equipment businesses. Sumitomo Corporation is part of the Sumitomo "keiretsu", a group of companies loosely linked by cross-ownership. Other group companies include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking, Sumitomo Life Insurance, and electronics maker NEC.
Key numbers for fiscal year ending March, 2008:
Sales: $36,969.6M
One year growth: 41.7%
Net income: $2,406.2M
Income growth: 34.5%
Officers:
Chairman: Motoyuki Oka
President and CEO: Susumu Kato
EVP and Director; General Manager, Human Resources Development, Internal Auditing, Financial Resources, and Information Management Group: Noriaki Shimazaki
Competitors:
ITOCHU
Mitsubishi Corp.
Mitsui
