Hitachi Metals, Sumitomo Special tie up in magnet production

Hitachi Metals, Sumitomo Special tie up in magnet production

TOKYO, June 20 Kyodo - Hitachi Metals Ltd. President Yoshihiro Honda (L), Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. President Hiroshi Shimozuma (C) and Sumitomo Special Metals Co. President Tetsuo Toizume (R) pose at a news conference in Tokyo on June 20 after concluding a tie-up agreement on production of permanent magnets used in such products as motors and electronic devices.

Sumitomo Metal to reinforce tie-up with Nippon Steel

Sumitomo Metal to reinforce tie-up with Nippon Steel

TOKYO, Japan - Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. President Hiroshi Shimozuma speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 11. He said his firm will study ways to reinforce its tie-up with Nippon Steel Corp.

Sumitomo Metal, Mitsubishi Materials tie up in joint venture

Sumitomo Metal, Mitsubishi Materials tie up in joint venture

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Nishikawa (L), president of Mitsubishi Materials Corp., and Hiroshi Shimozuma, president of Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd., shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on April 17. They announced that the companies have agreed to integrate their silicon wafer operations by forming a fifty-fifty joint venture next January, creating Japan's second-largest silicon wafer manufacturer in terms of sales after Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.

Sumitomo Metal to reinforce tie-up with Nippon Steel

Sumitomo Metal to reinforce tie-up with Nippon Steel

TOKYO, Japan - Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. President Hiroshi Shimozuma speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 11. He said his firm will study ways to reinforce its tie-up with Nippon Steel Corp.

Hitachi Metals, Sumitomo Special tie up in magnet production

Hitachi Metals, Sumitomo Special tie up in magnet production

TOKYO, June 20 Kyodo - Hitachi Metals Ltd. President Yoshihiro Honda (L), Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. President Hiroshi Shimozuma (C) and Sumitomo Special Metals Co. President Tetsuo Toizume (R) pose at a news conference in Tokyo on June 20 after concluding a tie-up agreement on production of permanent magnets used in such products as motors and electronic devices. (Kyodo)

Sumitomo Metal, Mitsubishi Materials tie up in joint venture

Sumitomo Metal, Mitsubishi Materials tie up in joint venture

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Nishikawa (L), president of Mitsubishi Materials Corp., and Hiroshi Shimozuma, president of Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd., shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on April 17. They announced that the companies have agreed to integrate their silicon wafer operations by forming a fifty-fifty joint venture next January, creating Japan's second-largest silicon wafer manufacturer in terms of sales after Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.