Sumitomo Corp (SSUMF)

Description:

Sumitomo Corp is a trading company incorporated in Japan on December 12, 1919. The Company through its subsidiaries is engaged in providing intellectual capital, and advanced functions in business development, logistic solutions, financial services, IT solutions, risk management and intelligence gathering and analysis. It is engaged in sales of a variety of products and services within Japan, import and export, trilateral trade, and domestic and international business investment. The Company operates in five segments; Metal Products; Transportation & Construction Systems; Environment & Infrastructure; Media, Network, Lifestyle Related Goods & Services; and Mineral Resources, Energy, Chemical & Electronics. The Metal Products Business Unit segment provides metal products including steel products such as steel sheets, tubular products, and non-ferrous metal products such as aluminum and titanium. The Transportation & Construction Systems Business Unit segment is engaged in transactions involving ships, aircrafts, transportation systems, motor vehicles, construction equipment and related components and parts. It includes trading, leasing and financing to designing and arranging the construction of public transportation systems. The Environment & Infrastructure Business Unit segment is engaged in large-scale overseas infrastructure development projects such as power generation and power plant Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC). It also engages in electricity retail in Japan, renewable energy businesses such as wind, solar photovoltaic and geothermal power generation, industrial infrastructure businesses such as industrial facilities and equipments, water businesses, environmental solutions, and storage battery businesses; and in providing logistics services such as delivery, customs clearance and transportation services, arrangements for insurance, and development and operation of overseas industrial parks. The Media, Network, Lifestyle Related Goods & Services Business Unit segment is engaged in cable TV operations, production and distribution of program, movie business, IT service business, cell-phone related business, internet related business, telecommunications, venture investments, and retail businesses such as supermarkets, drugstores, various mail order businesses and fashion business. It also engages in trading, marketing, manufacturing, selling, processing and distribution of food, foodstuffs, cement, timber, building materials, and tires; and real estate activities relating to office buildings and commercial and residential properties. The Mineral Resources, Energy, Chemical & Electronics Business Unit segment is engaged in the development and trading of mineral and energy resources including coal, iron ore, manganese, uranium, non-ferrous metals, precious metals, petroleum, natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG). It also trades petroleum products, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), storage batteries, carbon products, plastics, organic and inorganic chemicals, silicon wafers, LEDs, pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals, household insecticide, fertilizers, and pet supplies and is also involved and invests in those businesses; and operates electronics manufacturing services (EMS) in Asia. The Company also operates through two sets of regional operations (domestic and overseas) including; Domestic Regional Business Units and Offices; & Overseas Subsidiaries and Branches. The Domestic Regional Business Units and Offices segment conducts domestic regional operations in three regional business units, focused in the Kansai, Chubu and Kyushu-Okinawa regions, and two other regional offices. The Overseas Subsidiaries and Branches segment consists of four broad regions, namely, "East Asia", "Asia & Oceania", "Europe, Middle East, Africa & CIS" and "The Americas".