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Founded February 23, 1998 Capital JPY 900 mil (Sumitomo Corporation 100% share)
Sales JPY 208.2billion (fiscal year 2022) Employees 281 (as of March 31, 2023)
Executive Officers
Representative Director, Executive President Naruyuki Ando
Representative Director, Managing Executive Officer Tetsuya Sakakibara In charge of Corporate Officer and General Manager of Administrative Office I
Director, Managing Executive Officer Yoshinari Okura In charge of Functional Chemicals Business Unit, Inorganic Chemicals Business Unit, Semiconductor & Battery Materials Business Unit, Electronic & Functional Materials Business Unit
Director, Managing Executive Officer Norimichi Inoue In charge of Plastics Business Unit, Organic Chemicals Business Unit, Green Chemicals Business Unit
Director (part time) Takanori Kagohashi
Director (part time) Takuya Mihira
Director (part time) Daisuke Fukami
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Atsushi Maekawa
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (part time) Fumio Nakabayashi
Managing Executive Officer Shinichi Asahina Assistant to the Officer in charge of Functional Chemicals Business Unit and Inorganic Chemicals Business Unit & General Manager of Specialty Chemicals Business Unit
Executive Officer Shin Udatsu Assistant to the Officer in charge of Semiconductor & Battery Materials Business Unit and Electronic & Functional Materials Business Unit &General Manager of Electronics & Functional Materials Business Unit
Executive Officer Toshiyuki Sugiyama General Manager, Organic Chemicals Business Unit
Executive Officer Masayoshi Kobayashi General Manager of Administrative Office 2 & Corporate Planning & Coordination Department
Executive Officer Takeshi Mutoh General Manager,Plastics Business Unit
Executive Officer Hideyuki Imamura General Manager, Semiconductor & Battery Materials Business Unit
Executive Officer Hidenori Eto General Manager, Inorganic Chemicals Business Unit
Executive Officer Ken Iwasaki General Manager, Green Chemical Business Unit
Executive Officer Yoshiro Taira Assistant to Corporate Executive Officer
Executive Officer Osamu Murayama Assistant to General Manager, Plastics Business Unit & General Manager, Osaka Plastics Group & General Manager, Kansai Office
Offices
Headquarters 8F, Sumitomo Shoji Takebashi Bldg., 2-2, Hitotsubashi 1-Chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0003 Tel : +81-3-5220-8200
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Kansai Office 7F, Sumitomo Bldg., 5-33, Kitahama 4-Chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 541-8576 Tel : +81-6-6105-4000
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Nagoya Office 44F, JR Gate Tower, 1-3, Meieki 1-Chome, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi 450-6644 Tel : +81-52-583-2180
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Hiroshima Office 10F, Ginsen Hiroshima Bldg., 3-2, Kamiyacho 1-chome, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima 730-0031 Tel : +81-82-248-8393
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History

= Sumitomo Shoji Chemicals Co., Ltd.
Year / month Sumitomo Shoji Chemicals Co., Ltd.  
July, 1968 Sumisho Chemicals & Plastics, Inc. was fully founded by Sumitomo Corporation.  
April, 1992 Merged Tokyo Sumisho Polymer Technics K. K. and Osaka Sumisho Polymer Technics K. K. Tokyo Sumisho Polymer Technics K.K. and Osaka Sumisho Polymer Technics K.K.
February, 1998 Sumitomo Shoji Plastics Co., Ltd. was fully founded by Sumitomo Corporation (capital JPY 450 mil)  
April, 1998 Acquired plastics sales business from Sumisho Chemicals & Plastics, Inc. Sumisho Chemicals & Plastics, Inc. divested plastics sales business
April, 1999 Sumitomo Shoji Chemicals Co., Ltd. acquired chemical business excluding agro chemicals from Sumisho Specialty Chemicals International Co., Ltd.
August, 1999 Sumitomo Shoji Plastics Co., Ltd. increased JPY 900 mil in capital.  
May, 2001 Headquarters relocated to Harumi Island Triton Square  
July, 2002 Sumitomo Shoji Plastics Co., Ltd. merged Sumisho Plaschem Co., Ltd. Sumisho Plaschem Co., Ltd.
July, 2004 Sumitomo Shoji Plastics Co., Ltd. acquired organic chemical business from Sumitomo Shoji Chemicals Co., Ltd. Sumitomo Shoji Chemicals Co., Ltd. divested organic chemical business
July, 2005   Sumitomo Shoji Chemicals Co., Ltd. acquired chemical business from Sumisho Medichem Co., Ltd.
October, 2005 Sumitomo Shoji Plastics Co., Ltd. merged Sumitomo Shoji Chemicals Co., Ltd. and Sumisho Chemicals & Plastics Nagoya Co., Ltd. Sumitomo Shoji Plastics Co., Ltd. changed its trade name to Sumitomo Shoji Chemicals Co., Ltd. Sumitomo Shoji Chemicals Co., Ltd. Sumisho Chemicals & Plastics Nagoya Co., Ltd.
April, 2008 Sumitomo Shoji Chemicals Co., Ltd. acquired electronics device business from Sumitronics Corporation Sumitoronics Corporation divested electronics device business.
April, 2018 Sumitomo Shoji Chemicals Co., Ltd. merged Soda Ash Japan Co., Ltd.
Sumitomo Shoji Chemicals Co.,Ltd took over the Nagoya Plastics and Hiroshima Chemicals businesses split from Sumitomo Corpration “Simple Absorption-Typr Split”.
Soda Ash Japan Co., Ltd.
Sumitomo Corpration`s Nagoya Plastics & Hiroshima Chemicals businesses.
May, 2018 Headquarters relocated to Sumitomo Shoji Takebashi Bldg.  
October, 2023 Sumitomo Shoji Chemicals Co.,Ltd took over part of the trading busuness of the Inorganic Chemical & Electronics Functional Materials Busuness split from Sumitomo Corpration “Simple Absorption-Typr Split”. Part of the Sumitomo Corpration`s Inorganic Chemcals and Electronic Functional Materials businesses.
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  • Headquarters

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    8F, Sumitomo Shoji Takebashi Bldg., 2-2, Hitotsubashi 1-Chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0003 Tokyo Metro Tozai Line (T08) “Takebashi” Exit [1B] Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line (Z07), Toei Mita Line (I10) and Toei Shinjuku Line (S06) “Jimbocho” Exit [A8] Tel : +81-3-5220-8200
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  • Kansai Office

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    7F, Sumitomo Bldg., 5-33, Kitahama 4-Chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 541-8576 Osaka Metro Midosuji Line (M17) “Yodoyabashi” Exit [4] Tel : +81-6-6105-4000
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  • Nagoya Office

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    44F, JR Gate Tower, 1-3, Meieki 1-Chome, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi 450-6644 JR “Nagoya” (directly connected) Tel : +81-52-583-2180
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  • Hiroshima Office

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    10F, Ginsen Hiroshima Bldg., 3-2, Kamiyacho 1-chome, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima 730-0031 Hiroshima Electric Railway “Kamiyacho-higashi” ASTRAM Line “Hondori” Bus “Kamiyacho” Tel : +81-82-248-8393
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