The Sumitomo Electric Group is a global network of 390 group companies in 40 countries. The organization started in 1897 with the founding of Sumitomo Electric Industries, our parent company in Osaka, Japan.

The company's original business was copper wire production for electric power cables. Since then, we have diversified into five major business segments: automotive, infocommunications, electronics, environment and energy, and industrial materials.

Today, the Sumitomo Electric Group employs more than 270,000 people worldwide.