Sumitomo Rubber Industries

Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
住友ゴム工業株式会社
Company typePublic K.K.
TYO: 5110
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1909; 115 years ago (1909)
Headquarters3-6-9 Wakinohama-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 651–0072, Japan
Key people
Ikuji Ikeda [jp]
(Chairman)
Satoru Yamamoto(businessman) [jp][1]
(President and CEO)
Products
Brands
RevenueIncrease JPY 877.8 billion (FY 2017) (US$ 7.8 billion) (FY 2017)
Increase JPY 46.9 billion (FY 2017)
(US$ 419 million) (FY 2017)
Number of employees
36,650 (as of March 31, 2018)
SubsidiariesDunlop Sport
Websitesrigroup.co.jp
Footnotes / references
[2][3][4]
Headquarters (Kobe, Japan)

Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. (住友ゴム工業株式会社, Sumitomo Gomu Kōgyo Kabushiki-gaisha) is a global tire and rubber company based in Japan. It is part of the Sumitomo Group. The company makes a wide range of rubber based products, including automobile tires, golf balls and tennis balls. Sumitomo tire brands include Dunlop (in certain regions of Asia, Africa, and Latin America), Falken and Ohtsu.[5] Sumitomo also manufactures and sells sport equipment under the Dunlop Sport brand.

  1. ^ "Message from President｜Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd".
  2. ^ "Company Outline". Sumitomo Rubber Industries. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  3. ^ "About the company". Financial Times. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  4. ^ "Company Snapshot". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  5. ^ "Ohtsu Tires". Ohtsu-Tires.com.