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Company Information<br />
History<br />
1897 <strong>Sumitomo</strong> Copper Rolling Works was founded<br />
1900 Started production of coated wires<br />
1908 Started production of power cables<br />
1909 Started trial production of telecommunication cables<br />
1911 Established <strong>Sumitomo</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> Wire & Cable Works<br />
Laid first Japan-made high-voltage underground cables<br />
1916 Opened a new factory (now the Osaka Works)<br />
Started production of enamel wires<br />
1920 <strong>Sumitomo</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> Wire & Cable Works incorporated as<br />
a limited company<br />
1931 Started production of cemented carbide tools<br />
1932 Started production of special steel wires<br />
1939 Company name changed to the current name,<br />
<strong>Sumitomo</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> <strong>Industries</strong>, <strong>Ltd</strong>.<br />
1941 Opened the Itami Works<br />
1943 Started production of vibration-proof rubber products<br />
and fuel tanks<br />
1946 Opened a branch office in Tokyo (now the Tokyo Head<br />
Office)<br />
1948 Started marketing sintered powder metal products<br />
1949 Entered into the construction business of overhead<br />
transmission lines<br />
1957 Delivered the first Japan-made television broadcasting<br />
antennas<br />
1961 Opened the Yokohama Works<br />
Delivered the wiring harnesses for four-wheel vehicles<br />
for the first time in its history<br />
1962 Started production of the Irrax TM Tube electron beam<br />
irradiation tubes<br />
The head office was moved from Osaka’s Konohana<br />
Ward to its present location in Chuo Ward<br />
1963 Started production of disc brakes<br />
1964 Started production of electron beam irradiation wires<br />
1968 Entered into the traffic control systems business<br />
1969 Established the first overseas production subsidiary in<br />
Thailand (SIAM <strong>Electric</strong> <strong>Industries</strong> Co., <strong>Ltd</strong>.)<br />
Started development of flexible printed circuits (FPCs)<br />
1970 Started production of compound semiconductors<br />
1971 Opened the Kanto Works<br />
1974 Started production of optical fiber cables<br />
1975 Contracted to construct a power transmission line in<br />
Iran<br />
1976 Received an order for a large telecommunications<br />
network construction project in Nigeria<br />
1978 Delivered and put into operation the world’s first<br />
bidirectional fiber optics CATV system called “Hi-OVIS”<br />
1981 Delivered and installed fiber optic LAN systems for the<br />
first time in its history<br />
1982 Succeeded in producing the world’s-largest-class<br />
(1.2 carats) synthetic diamonds<br />
1996 Developed a technology for producing long-length<br />
oxide high voltage superconducting wires<br />
1998 Developed and started marketing ecology wires and<br />
cables<br />
1999 <strong>Sumitomo</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> Fine Polymer, Inc. (fine polymer<br />
products) started operation<br />
2001 J-Power Systems Corporation (high-voltage power<br />
cables) started operation<br />
2002 <strong>Sumitomo</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> Networks, Inc. (network equipment),<br />
<strong>Sumitomo</strong> (SEI) Steel Wire Corp. (special steel wires) and<br />
<strong>Sumitomo</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> Wintec, Inc. (magnet wires) started<br />
operation<br />
2003 Sumiden Hitachi Cable <strong>Ltd</strong>. (wires and cables for<br />
buildings and industrial equipment) and <strong>Sumitomo</strong><br />
<strong>Electric</strong> Hardmetal Corp. (powder metal and diamond<br />
products) started operation<br />
2004 A.L.M.T. Corp. was made a wholly-owned subsidiary<br />
2006 The HTS cable used in a power transmission grid in the<br />
U.S. started supplying electricity<br />
2007 <strong>Sumitomo</strong> Wiring Systems, <strong>Ltd</strong>. was made a<br />
wholly-owned subsidiary<br />
Nissin <strong>Electric</strong> Co., <strong>Ltd</strong>. was made a consolidated<br />
subsidiary<br />
2008 Opened Technical Training Center<br />
2009 Eudyna Devices Inc. was made a wholly-owned<br />
subsidary and changed its trade name to <strong>Sumitomo</strong><br />
<strong>Electric</strong> Device Innovations, Inc.<br />
2010 Opened WinD Lab, a new laboratory building<br />
SEI Optifrontier Co., <strong>Ltd</strong>. was made a wholly-owned<br />
subsidiary<br />
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SUMITOMO ELECTRIC Annual Report 2012
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