Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.

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NEWS FROM THE STANDARD Report: IBM Scores $15B Outsourcing Deal With NTT Oct 31 2000 08:14 AM PST Japan May Get an ECN Jan 11 2000 12:00 AM PST Now Everyone Wants To Be an Incubator Aug 23 1999 12:00 AM PDT Japanese IPO Stands Tall Aug 05 1999 12:00 AM PDT E-Brokers Take Over the World May 10 1999 12:00 AM PDT  PROFILE When it comes to pipe, Sumitomo Metal Industries (SMI) has a seamless operation. The company rates as Japan's #1 seamless pipe producer; it also makes other steel products such as steel sheet. To tap into the growing information revolution, SMI manufactures silicon wafers, as well. Its other businesses include engineering services. Faced with losses in its steel operations, SMI has announced its intention to stop producing stainless steel in 2001. Instead, the company will purchase stainless steel from Nippon Steel. Low sales have forced SMI to initiate an all-out restructuring that included the liquidation of Read-Rite SMI Corp., its magnetic head production joint venture with Read-Rite Corp.  COMPETITION Kawasaki Steel Corporation (KSKSY) NKK CORPORATION (NKKCY) Nippon Steel Corporation (5401)		STOCK ANALYSIS  View by:  Day   Day   Month   Month   Year   Year  FURTHER ANALYSIS • Advanced Charting • Deals  FINANCIAL OVERVIEW Fiscal Year-End: March 2000 Sales (mil.): 13,497.70 1-Yr. Sales Growth: 19.4% Employees: 15,295 Revenue per employee: $882,491.01  KEY PEOPLE • Hiroshi Shimozuma     CEO  CONTACT INFO 5-33 Kitahama 4-chome, Chuo-ku Osaka 541-0041, Japan Phone: 81-6-6220-5111 Fax: 81-6-6223-0305 Online: Web Site

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