Sumitomo Chemical

Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.

Creative Hybrid Chemistry For a Better Tomorrow
Native name	住友化学株式会社
Type	Public KK
Traded as	: Nikkei 225 Component
Founded	Ehime, Japan (September 22, 1913; 103 years ago (1913-09-22))
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	Osamu Ishitobi (Chairman and CEO) Masakazu Tokura (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)
Net income	US$ 359.2 million (FY 2013) (JPY 37 billion) (FY 2013)
Number of employees	30,745 (as of March 31, 2014)
Website	Sumitomo Chemical global website
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US$ 21.8 billion (FY 2013)

US$ 359.2 million (FY 2013)

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 and is a constituent of the on the Nikkei 225. It's a member of the Sumitomo group and was founded in 1913 as a fertilizer manufacturing plant.