however. The government entered into extensive railway and public-works construction, and steel production quadrupled in the 1920s. Wartime investment in plant and equipment paid off. The relatively undeveloped Japan moved toward industrial independence, and heavy industries were established. ...
Sumitomo Metal Industries has its roots in the foundation of the Sumitomo group in copper mining in the late 16th century. Its origins as a modern company date from 1897, when Sumitomo Copper works was opened in Osaka, and as a steelmaker from 1901, when Sumitomo Steel works began operation...
∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ Electric Power Sumitomo Drive Technologies | 04 Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. In 1888, the company was formed to provide equipment repair services to the Besshi copper mine. Nearly 50 years later in 1934, the company incorporated...
Sumitomo Heavy Industries, established as a separate company in 1934, became a major producer of steelmaking systems, mass-production machinery, other heavy machinery and equipment, and ships. Three large corporations—Sumitomo Metal Mining Company, Ltd. (Sumitomo Kinzoku Kōzan KK), Sumitomo Metal ...