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Native name | 住友化学株式会社 |
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Company type | Public (K.K) |
TYO: 4005 Nikkei 225 Component | |
Founded | Ehime, Japan (September 22, 1913 ) |
Headquarters | (Tokyo head office): Tokyo Sumitomo Twin Building (East), 27-1, Shinkawa 2-chome, Chūō, Tokyo 104-8260, Japan (Osaka head office): Sumitomo Building, 5-33, Kitahama 4-chome, Chūō-ku, Osaka 541-8550, Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Masakazu Tokura (Chairman) Keiichi Iwata (President) |
Products | Petrochemicals Alumina products Organic chemicals IT-related chemicals Agrochemicals Pharmaceuticals |
Revenue | US$ 21.8 billion (FY 2013) (JPY 2,243 billion) (FY 2013) |
US$ 359.2 million (FY 2013) (JPY 37 billion) (FY 2013) | |
Number of employees | 32,542 (as of March 31, 2019) |
Website | Sumitomo Chemical global website |
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Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (住友化学株式会社, Sumitomo Kagaku Kabushiki-gaisha) is a major Japanese chemical company. The company is listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the on the Nikkei 225[3] stock index. It's a member of the Sumitomo group and was founded in 1913 as a fertilizer manufacturing plant.