Sumitomo Chemical Europe

Advanced Medical Solutions

The Advanced Medical Solutions Sector is engaged in leading-edge medicines CDMO (Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization) business, including long-chain oligonucleotides, small molecule drugs. We are also engaged in the manufacture and sale of RI diagnostic agents and research and development of regenerative medicine and cell therapies. Through these solutions and products, we aim to meet a diverse range of medical and healthcare needs, contributing to healthier and more fulfilling lives.

Pharmaceutical Chemicals

Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. is a leading Japanese manufacturer of APIs and Advanced Intermediates for supply to the global pharmaceutical industry. Based upon our own state-of-the-art technology platform, highly sophisticated quality assurance system, and our experience in regulatory services, our mission is to provide the best integrated service to customers, as a supplier of pharmaceutical chemicals.

For APIs and Advanced Intermediates, Sumitomo Chemical has four main production sites in Japan. At these sites, our manufacturing facilities are constructed and operated in accordance with cGMP and regularly inspected by FDA. With our flexible production network, robust risk management and reliable scale-up technology, Sumitomo Chemical can offer a stable supply of APIs and Advanced Intermediates to customers.

By investing continuously in the development of novel synthesis methodology, Sumitomo Chemical also supports our customers’ process development work and provides a competitive advantage to them throughout their products’ lifecycles.

Sumitomo Chemical is YOUR BEST PARTNER - Reliable & Trustworthy - well supported by over 40 year experience in API production, and a proven track record supplying to global pharmaceutical companies.

Sumitomo Chemical Europe is responsible for the sales & marketing of pharmaceutical chemicals in EU and East half of USA.

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ICT & Mobility Solutions

Sumitomo Chemical Europe provides a wide variety of functional chemical products that contribute to reducing the environmental impact as well as to conserving energy and natural resources. Such products include alumina and aluminum used for energy-efficient products, high-performance polymer additives and rubber chemicals, as well as super engineering plastics and lithium-ion secondary battery materials used in electronic components and next-generation vehicles.

For the semiconductor industry we offer a wide range of process materials as photoresists, high-purity chemicals, color resists and sputtering aluminum targets. Our portfolio includes further also compound semiconductor materials used for power applications, antenna switches and other components of communication terminal equipment. Our high-value added products for next-generation technologies are capitalized on a profound knowledge and expertise we have accumulated in chemistry.

Super Engineering Plastics

Super engineering plastics are high-performance resins that have excellent heat resistance, strength, chemical resistance, and processability. As materials that meet the needs for lighter and finer articles, super engineering plastics include liquid crystalline polymer, which is used in the manufacture of electrical and electronic products and is expanding into applications in the industry and automobile areas, and polyethersulfone, which, in addition to electrical and electronics applications, is also being used as a carbon fiber composite in aircraft, as a high-performance separation membrane material, and as a heat-resistant coating.

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Specialty Chemicals

We offer a wide variety of Specialty Chemicals including products as Resorcinol, which acts as a critical raw material for reinforced rubber product adhesion systems, and Penacolite, used for steel-cord adhesion and to augment the adhesion of traditional RFL-dipped cords.

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Compound Semiconductor Materials

Compound semiconductors are used for antenna switches and laser diodes of communication terminals in this age of IoT. They are increasingly used because of their advantages in speed and breakdown voltage over silicon semiconductors.

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Semiconductor Process Chemicals

Technological progress in semiconductors, which has supported the world’s IT revolution, never stops. Sumitomo Chemical manufactures and supplies photoresists and sputtering targets—both essential materials for semiconductor production processes—by utilizing our long-cultivated basic technologies in organic chemical synthesis, polymer synthesis and high purification.

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Agro & Life Solutions

The Agro & Life Sciences Sector is engaged in the R&D, Manufacture and Sales of crop protection chemicals, fertilizers, feed additives, household insecticides, products for control of infectious diseases and active pharmaceutical ingredients. By developing and providing these products, we want to contribute to a stable and safe supply of crops, help feeding our growing population on our planet, prevent and control spread of infectious diseases, and achieve for all of us a comfortable, healthy, and sustainable standard of living.

Feed Additives

We manufacture and sell methionine, which is mainly used in chicken farming. Methionine is a type of essential amino acid that promotes the growth of animals fed with it.

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Essential & Green Materials

The Essential & Green Materials Sector meets the diverse needs of customers by providing chemical products that underpin a variety of industries. The products include synthetic resins such as polyethylene, polypropylene and polymethyl methacrylate resin, as well as raw materials for synthetic fibers and various industrial chemicals.

Sumitomo Chemical decided to change the former name of its Petrochemicals & Plastics Sector into the “Essential & Green Materials Sector ” as of October 1 2024. The new name of the business sector reflects the Company's strong determination to transform its business with the mission of continuing to provide essential chemical products and technologies that meet the demands of our time, which is undergoing a major transition, including the goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

Polyolefin

Our Sumitomo Chemical Europe Polyolefin range is composed of Polytheylene high density, Polyethylene linear low density (C4LL), Polyehtylene low density, Polypropylene homopolymer and Polypropylene Copolymer. We are covering almost all thermoplastics processing types: Injection Molding, Blow Molding, Blown film, Cast film, BOPP, Stretch film, Thermoforming, Extrusion coating. Production is located in Rabigh (Saudi Arabia)

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Technology licensing

Sumitomo Chemical has been a provider of innovative and technology-driven solutions for over half a century, continuously exceeding customer expectations with our operational excellence and top quality products. For years, we had reserved and restricted our ingenious technologies mainly for internal use within our group companies and affiliates, but in response to a growing number of requests for the licensing of our state-of-the-art technologies, we decided to make them widely available to all those in need. Through licensing our array of top technologies, we strive to contribute to sustainable development of the global economy.

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Advanced Medical Solutions

ICT & Mobility Solutions

Agro & Life Solutions

Essential & Green Materials