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Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
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 PROFILE
Japan's second-largest chemical producer, Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, makes a wide variety of chemicals, from basic chemicals and petrochemicals to specialty chemicals. The company's basic chemicals and petrochemicals segment (54% of sales) produces chemicals used to make products ranging from PCs to cars. The specialty chemicals group makes fine chemicals (analgesics and antibiotics), pharmaceuticals (diagnostic reagents and health care products), and agricultural chemicals (fungicides and insecticides, animal health products). Sumitomo Chemical sells its products worldwide. The company is a part of Japan's Sumitomo Group and is in talks to merge with Mitsui Chemicals Inc. under a joint holding company.

 COMPETITION
Asahi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (ASHSY)
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MUCCY)
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (dossier)

 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: March
2000 Sales (mil.): 9,007.30
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 15.7%
Employees: 17,474
Revenue per employee: $515,468.70

 KEY PEOPLE
• Hiromasa Yonekura
    CEO
• Yasuo Okamoto
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
27-1, Shinkawa 2-chome, Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104-8260, Japan
Phone: 81-3-5543-5102
Fax: 81-3-5543-5901
Online: Web Site

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