Since our foundation more than a century ago, we, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (SEI), have been achieving steady growth mainly through the production and sales of products that support social infrastructures, such as electric wires and power cables. Using our production and materials technologies for electric wires and cables, we have created various unique products and technologies that serve social needs, thus opening new business opportunities and contributing to the development of society.

With the arrival of the 21st Century, the globalization of the world economy has proceeded at an accelerated pace due to rapid expansion of the broadband network, bringing the industrial and economic structures of Japan to a significant turning point. Aiming to sustain growth under such a drastically changing environment, the entire Sumitomo Electric group has been carrying out the reform of business structure to improve strength. Also, in order to swiftly and flexibly meet the diversified needs of customers, we adopted the new systems such as an Executive Officer System and a Business Unit System, and achieved the improvement in speed for consolidated management.

We will mobilize all available resources of Sumitomo Electric group to develop new products and technologies, and continue to provide highly reliable products and services that satisfy our customers' needs. Moreover, following the Sumitomo business principle of "prime importance on integrity and sound management", we will always be aware of our social responsibility and strive to win further trust from the international community.

To this end they continue to satisfy customer needs by developing new products and new technologies indispensable to infrastructure maintenance. They maintain a regard for the environment, and a firm awareness of social responsibilities.

They aim to strengthen, expand and improve overseas business bases, and develop new and original businesses and products, with particular emphasis on such industrial growth sectors as information and communications, new materials and new energy.