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• Sumitomo, Cree Make $180M Deal (Electronic News)

  - 2006-06-05

  Japanese distributor Sumitomo will buy $180 million worth of Cree Inc.'s light-emitting diode LED and wafer products over the next year, the companies announced in a statement Wednesday. The acquisition is slated to be made during Cree's fiscal year ending in June 2007, subject to...

  Tags: Cree, Engineering, SALES, Sumitomo Corp.

• Outokumpu laterite nickel expertise to boost efficiency for launch of Rio Tuba.(Brief Article)

  - 2005-02-21

  Feb 21, 2005 (AusIMM Bulletin - ABIX via COMTEX) Located in the Philippines, the Rio Tuba laterite nickel project is due to begin operating in late 2004. The project is being developed by a joint venture called Coral Bay Nickel Corporation, of which Sumitomo ...

  Tags: Engineering, Philippines, Sumitomo Corp.

• Sumitomo to Sell Online Korean Versions of Japanese Comics.

  - 2003-11-10

  Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 10--TOKYO--Sumitomo Corp. said Monday it will start marketing Korean-language versions of Japanese comics via the Internet next year, enabling Korean readers to download the content onto personal computers and other Web-savvy terminals....

  Tags: Engineering, FINANCE, INTERNET, Sumitomo Corp.

• Sumitomo Chemical Co. May Build LCD-Parts Plant in China.

  - 2003-09-29

  Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 29--TOKYO--Sumitomo Chemical Co. is studying the idea of building a plant for producing polarizing film for liquid crystal displays LCDs in China, a company spokesman said Monday. "We have just built...

  Tags: China, Components, Engineering, HARDWARE, spokesman, Sumitomo Corp., Tokyo

• Cree Inc. (Industry News).(Sumitomo Corp agrees to purchase Cree Inc LED products)(Brief Article)

  - 2003-06-01

  Cree Inc. announced that Sumitomo Corp. has agreed to purchase approximately $100 M of Cree's light emitting diode products through Cree's fiscal year ending June 2004 subject to end customer demand and other terms and conditions. Cree and Sumitomo anticipate that the purchases will cover Cree's...

  Tags: Cree, Engineering, Sumitomo Corp.

• News Digest

  - 2003-04-07

  Chemical firms drop merger plan Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. and Mitsui Chemicals Inc. have called off their merger plan, which would have created the world's fifth-largest chemical company. The firms said they couldn't agree on a consolidation ratio for their various assets. The combination would...

  Tags: China, Cooper, Engineering, FINANCE, General Electric Co., Investment, merger, Sumitomo Corp.

• Japanese electronics firm sells building in Oceanside

  - 2002-06-24

  Sumitomo, a Japanese manufacturer of chassis for television and computer screens for clients such as Sony and Mitsubishi, has sold one of its manufacturing facilities in Oceanside for $9.35 million. Mel Coffman and Patrick Quinn of San Diego-based IPC Commercial/TCN represented Sumitomo in the transaction, which closed June 13....

  Tags: electronics, Engineering, Manufacturing, Sumitomo Corp.

• Japanese firms post weak results. (Asia/Pacific).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

  - 2002-05-29

  Most leading Japanese chemical companies reported losses or declining profits for their fiscal year ended March 31 table. They cite the global recession, falling petrochemical prices, high feedstock costs, and slumping information technology IT markets. "It was a tough year for petrochemicals as well as for...

  Tags: chemicals, earnings, Engineering, Mitsui & Co., Strategy, Sumitomo Corp., yen

• Cree to Open Japan Office.

  - 2002-05-01

  Cree, Inc. (2810 Meridian Parkway, Durham, NC 27713; Tel: 919/313- 5300, Fax: 919/313-5452) has announced plans to open an office in Tokyo, Japan. Sumitomo Corp. has been named as Cree's strategic partner in connection with the establishment of the new office. This partnership with Sumitomo replaces Cree's existing distributorship...

  Tags: Cree, Engineering, Fax, FINANCE, HARDWARE, Japan, Sumitomo Corp.

• Chemical companies do not make Top 100 in Deloitte's global manufacturing index. (Management).(Brief Article)

  - 2002-04-22

  A NEW REPORT BY Deloitte Consulting, which names the top 100 performing global manufacturers, based on current as well as future expected performance, shows little representation from the chemical industry. The study, which evaluated the world's largest 1,000 manufacturing companies, used a framework to gauge how...

  Tags: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, DuPont Co., Engineering, Manufacturing, performance, Sumitomo Corp.