Press Release
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2021
Jan 25, 2021- NEDO Extends a Redox Flow Battery System Project to Conduct an Additional Demonstration of a Microgrid as a Solution to Power Outages in California
Jan 15, 2021- Sumitomo Electric is Awarded Submarine Cable System for the Southeast Alaska Power Agency, Alaska, USA
Jan 13, 2021- Sumitomo Electric Develops and Delivers Air Springs for the Tokaido Shinkansen's New N700S Trains
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2020
Dec 22, 2020- Sumitomo Electric Receives Order for Traffic Control System-related Products for Bangkok, Thailand
Dec 18, 2020- Sumitomo Electric Succeeds in World's First Mass Production of 0.14 dB/km Ultra-low-loss Optical Fiber
Dec 10, 2020- Sumitomo Electric Selected as Official Sponsor for the 1st Vocational Skills Competition of the People's Republic of China
Dec 7, 2020- Sumitomo Electric Acquires Certification for its Cables Compliant with the Latest Thunderbolt™ 4 Standard
Dec 4, 2020- Sumitomo Electric Exhibits at GITEX 2020
Nov 11, 2020- Sumitomo Electric Has Installed Over 10,000 PLC String Monitoring Unites for Solar Power Plants
Oct 2, 2020- Sumitomo Electric Commences Mass Production of Powder Magnetic Cores for Axial Gap Motors to Create Thin and High-Performance Motors
Sep 7, 2020- Sumitomo Electric Succeeds in Mass Production of FLUOROCUIT™, Fluororesin-based Flexible Printed Circuits That Demonstrate Excellent Transmission Characteristics in the Millimeter-Wave Band
Sep 4, 2020- Sumitomo Electric Launches TYPE-72C+, the World's First AI-Programmed High-Definition Core-Aligning Fusion Splicer
Aug 18, 2020- World's First Development of Remote Cable Monitoring System Using Existing Underground Power Transmission Lines
Aug 7, 2020- Sumitomo Electric awarded for Redox Flow Battery Systems from Hokkaido Electric Power Network
Aug 6, 2020- Sumitomo Electric Completes Type Approval Test for 525kV DC Gas Insulated Switchgear Interface with Siemens Energy and Südkabel
Jul 16, 2020- Sumitomo Electric Delivers 115kV XLPE Triplex Cable and Completes Cable System Retrofit Replacement Project in San Francisco
Jun 8, 2020- High-efficiency PCD Cutter for Aluminum Alloys "ALNEX™ANX Type" Series Expansion, Development and Launch of Modular Type Heads
Jun 8, 2020- Development and Launch of SEC-Grooving Tool GND Series Tool Holders with Internal Coolant "GNDM-J Type / GNDL-J Type" for Small Lathe
Jun 1, 2020- Sumitomo Electric Concludes Long-term Fusion Splicer Supply Agreement with TATA Communications Transformation Services
May 26, 2020- Sumitomo Electric Completes the Construction of Japan's Largest Wind Farm "Wind Farm Tsugaru"
May 22, 2020- Sumitomo Electric Launches High Quality SiC 150mm Single Crystal Substrate CrystEra™
May 11, 2020- Sumitomo Electric secures >€500M "Corridor A-Nord" High Voltage DC Underground Cable Project in Germany which sets new innovative benchmarks in the HVDC Industry (
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Apr 24, 2020- Sumitomo Electric Acquires Thunderbolt 3 Certification for Active Optical Cables
Apr 7, 2020- Sumitomo Electric Starts Construction of Japan's First Commercial Offshore Wind Farms
Mar 24, 2020- Sumitomo Electric Delivers Its First Flame-Retardant Cold-Resistant Cables to Turkmenistan
Mar 23, 2020- Sumitomo Electric Launches OPTHERMO™ FTS3500 Fiber-Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing System
Mar 4, 2020- Sumitomo Electric Group Cancels Participation at OFC 2020
Feb 26, 2020- Sumitomo Electric Commences Shipments of Fusion Splicers to China Telecom
Jan 30, 2020- Sumitomo Electric Makes Full-Scale Expansion of Its Cutting Tool Business in the Aircraft Industry
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2019
Dec 17, 2019- Sumitomo Electric Wins Major Orders for Low-Loss High-Capacity Overhead Conductors from Asia-Pacific Region
Dec 17, 2019- Home-Use Lithium-Ion Storage Battery Unit POWER DEPO™ III
Equipped with a Dual-Unit Linkage Function
Dec 11, 2019- Sumitomo Electric Launches Thunderbolt™ 3 Cables on Amazon Japan
Dec 9, 2019- Sumitomo Electric Starts Solar Power Generation Diagnostic Services for Power Plants in Japan
Dec 5, 2019- Sumitomo Electric Wins Three Major Projects for Wastewater Treatment in China
Nov 29, 2019- Sumitomo Electric Launches Coated Cermet Grade "T2500Z" for Steel Turning
Nov 29, 2019- Sumitomo Electric Launches General-Purpose Positive M-Class Chipbreaker "GU Type Breaker"
Nov 29, 2019- Sumitomo Electric Launces WEZ Modular-Type Milling Cutter "SEC-WaveMill"™
Nov 28, 2019- Wins Construction Project of Low-Loss High-Capacity Overhead Conductors in Sri Lanka
Nov 27, 2019- Sumitomo Electric Launches "S-FREE," a New Brand of Traveling
Cables and Insulated Wires in Electric Equipment and Panel
Oct 17, 2019- Sumitomo Electric and TomTom Collaborate to Improve Road Safety and Traffic Congestion
Oct 15, 2019- Sumitomo Electric Exhibits at ITS World Congress 2019
Oct 1, 2019- Sumitomo Electric Exhibits at GITEX 2019
Sep 18, 2019- Sumitomo Electric Introduces NextGen Non-Contact MT Connectivity AirMT™ Jointly with SENKO
Sep 4, 2019- Sumitomo Electric Launches Next-Generation TYPE-72M12 Ribbon Fiber Splicer
Aug 8, 2019- Sumitomo Electric Supports WorldSkills Kazan 2019
Aug 6, 2019- Sumitomo Electric's SEVD™-11U EV High-Power Quick-Charger Connector Assembly Receives the World's First Certification for High-Power Charge Boost Mode
Jun 19, 2019- Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Opens East Japan Logistics Base for Cutting Tools
Jun 18, 2019- Sumitomo Electric Establishes Representative Office in Hanoi to Expand Its Hard Metal Cutting Tool Business in Vietnam
Jun 6, 2019- The World's First Field Deployed Multi-Core Fiber Testbed for Optical Communications Installed in L'Aquila, Italy
Jun 4, 2019- Sumitomo Electric Group to Feature Brands at IMS 2019 in Boston
May 16, 2019- Sumitomo Electric Completes HVDC Cable Projects in Europe & Japan
May 15, 2019- Sumitomo Electric Exhibits at the Automotive Engineering Exposition 2019
Feb 27, 2019- Sumitomo Electric Exhibits at OFC2019
Feb 19, 2019- Sumitomo Electric and Optoscribe Announce Strategic Cooperation to Deliver Multicore Fiber Components
Feb 13, 2019- Sumitomo Electric Exhibits at 9th INT'L SMART GRID EXPO
Feb 13, 2019- Aquantia and Sumitomo Electric Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver Multi-Gigabit Ethernet Connectivity Solutions to the Global Automotive Market
Jan 18, 2019- Sumitomo Electric Develops AI-based Failure Detection System for Maximizing Output of Photovoltaic Power Plants
Jan 15, 2019- Sumitomo Electric Provides BS4K Set-Top Box
Jan 11, 2019- Sumitomo Electric Teams with EV Safe Charge to Create Ultimate EV Roadtrip Experience
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2018
Dec 18, 2018- Sumitomo Electric Connects NEMO Link Cable between UK and Belgium
Dec 18, 2018- Initiating Redox Flow Batteries into the U.S. Wholesale Power Market
Dec 18, 2018- Sumitomo Electric Develops Next-Generation SiC Transistors with World's Lowest On-State Resistance
Oct 30, 2018- Sumitomo Electric Exhibits at the 29th Japan International Machine Tool Fair
Oct 25, 2018- Sumitomo Electric Installs More Than 7,000 PLC String Monitoring Units in 60 Solar Power Plants (capacity: 450 MW)
Oct 5, 2018- Sumitomo Electric Launches Pedestrian Detector for Driving Safety Support Systems
Sep 18, 2018- Sumitomo Electric Launches New Core-Alignment Fusion Splicer T-57
Sep 13, 2018- Sumitomo Electric Exhibits at InnoTrans 2018
Sep 12, 2018- Sumitomo Electric Exhibits at ITS World Congress 2018
Aug 22, 2018- Sumitomo Electric Exhibits at CIGRE 2018 Technical Exhibition
Jul 18, 2018- Sumitomo Electric Develops Simplified POREFLON™ MBR Device for Livestock Wastewater Treatment
Jul 10, 2018- Sumitomo Electric Delivers Contact Wires for the Dedicated Freight Corridor Construction Project in India
Jul 10, 2018- Sumitomo Electric wins contract with Electricité du Cambodge for High-Voltage Underground Cables Project in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Jul 4, 2018- Sumitomo Electric Launches the High-Power SEVD™-11U EV Quick-Charger Connector Assembly
Jun 19, 2018- Sumitomo Electric Commences Shipping of Terrestrial Optical Fiber Cable Made of Low-Loss, Large Effective Area Fibers
Jun 14, 2018- Mobile industry works together to deliver complete 5G system standard on time (
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Jun 7, 2018- Sumitomo Electric to Feature High Output Power S-band and X-band GaN Products for Radar Applications at IMS 2018
May 17, 2018- Sumitomo Electric Exhibits at the Automotive Engineering Exposition 2018
May 16, 2018- Sumitomo Electric Exhibits at the JECA FAIR 2018
May 16, 2018- Sumitomo Electric to Offer Power Transmission/Transformation Equipment and Installation Work to Japan's Largest Wind Farm
Apr 4, 2018- Sumitomo Electric Develops PLC String Monitoring Unit for 1,500 V DC Solar Power Plants
Mar 13, 2018- Sumitomo Electric Develops QSFP-DD 400G-FR4
Mar 13, 2018- Sumitomo Electric Introduces Short-wavelength 100G QSFP28 Bidirectional Transceiver
Mar 13, 2018- Sumitomo Electric to Showcase Technologies that will Fuel Next-Generation Communications
Feb 15, 2018- Sumitomo Electric Exhibits at 8th International Smart Grid Expo
Feb 14, 2018- Sumitomo Electric Donates Its Spaced Aerial Cable for Demonstration Test with Mandalay Electricity Supply Corporation in Myanmar
Feb 9, 2018- Sumitomo Electric and NEC Collaborate in AI- and IoT-based Mobility Business
Jan 22, 2018- Sumitomo Electric Has Developed a DFB-QCL CAN Module, the World's Smallest Mid-infrared CW Light Source for High-Speed Sensing
Jan 15, 2018- Sumitomo Electric Develops and Launches the Coated Carbide MULTIDRILL MDM Series
Jan 5, 2018- Sumitomo Electric Enhances Production of Indexable Cemented Carbide Inserts
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2017
Dec 28, 2017- Opening Ceremony Held for Tohoku Sumiden Precision
Dec 14, 2017- Sumitomo Electric Participates in Japanese Government Project—FY2017 Feasibility Study Project for Overseas Development of Quality Energy Infrastructure Businesses—
Dec 6, 2017- Efforts of Sumitomo Electric Group to Reduce Environmentally Hazardous Substances Used in Electronic Wire Products
Nov 20, 2017- Sumitomo Electric Awarded JLabs' EPON Interoperability Qualification
Nov 17, 2017- Sumitomo Electric Develops Magnesium Alloy for Die Casting with Superior Heat Resistance
Nov 14, 2017- Sumitomo Electric Exhibits at DataCentres Ireland 2017
Nov 10, 2017- Sumitomo Electric and DOCOMO Testing 5G Real-time Traffic Monitoring
Nov 10, 2017- Sumitomo Electric Becomes First Tier One Automotive Supplier to Partner with Gomentum Station (
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Oct 30, 2017- Sumitomo Electric Expands Production Capacity for Water Treatment Membrane Modules in China
Oct 27, 2017- Sumitomo Electric Exhibits at ITS World Congress 2017
Oct 17, 2017- Sumitomo Electric Exhibits at the 45th Tokyo Motor Show 2017
Oct 13, 2017- Success of ultra-high capacity optical fiber transmission breaking the world (
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Oct 12, 2017- Sumitomo Electric Launches High Quality SiC Epitaxial Wafer " EpiEra™"
Sep 13, 2017- Sumitomo Electric Offers FTTH Total Solution to STV
Aug 10, 2017- Sumitomo Electric Releases Hybrid 4K Set-Top Box with Android TV™ Built-in
Aug 10, 2017- ENERGYMATE™-Factory Incorporating Sumitomo Electric's sEMSA™ Receives the Minister of the Environment Award at JECA Fair 2017
Aug 8, 2017- World's Largest Transmission Capacity with Standard Diameter Multi-Core Optical Fiber (
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Jul 28, 2017- Dayton Plant of Sumiden Wire Products Corporation Commences Operation
Jul 13, 2017- Sumitomo Electric Develops V-by-One US-Compliant Flexible Flat Cable "Type-III WS" and Starts Shipping Samples
Jun 20, 2017- Tohoku Sumiden Precision's Plant Building Completes
Jun 14, 2017- Sumitomo Electric Launches the New AC4000K Series for Cast Iron Turning
May 26, 2017- Sumitomo Electric Launches TYPE-72C High Definition Core Aligning Fusion Splicer
May 19, 2017- Sumitomo Electric's POREFLON™ Membrane Wastewater Treatment Systems Have been Well Received by Kaihara
May 18, 2017- Sumitomo Electric Exhibits at Automotive Engineering Exposition 2017
Apr 28, 2017- NCT selected Sumitomo Electric small form factor 10G-EPON System
Apr 5, 2017- Sumitomo Electric Supplies Redox Flow Battery to Taiwan Power Research Institute
Mar 27, 2017- Siemens and Sumitomo Electric win order for HVDC link and agree on cooperation (
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Mar 22, 2017- Sumitomo Electric Renews World Record of Lowest Loss Optical Fiber
Mar 21, 2017- Sumitomo Electric Delivers Highly Integrated Solutions for Future Networks
Mar 21, 2017- MACOM and Sumitomo Electric to Showcase 100G PAM-4 over Single Wavelength
Mar 21, 2017- Sumitomo Electric Exhibits at OFC 2017
Mar 17, 2017- Sumitomo Electric Starts Demonstration of Storage Battery System for Power Grid in California
Mar 13, 2017- Sumitomo Electric Exhibits at CeBIT 2017
Feb 27, 2017- Sumitomo Electric Exhibits at 7th International Smart Grid Expo
Feb 16, 2017- Sumitomo (SEI) Steel Wire Corp. Delivers PC Steel Strands to Lach Huyen Bridge in Vietnam
Jan 25, 2017- Sumitomo Electric Starts Operation of Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) Power Generation Pilot Plant in Australia
Jan 11, 2017- Synchrotron Radiation Beamline for Exclusive Use by Sumitomo Electric Group Starts Operation
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2016
Dec 28, 2016- Sumitomo Electric Participates in IKTVA Forum 2016 Hosted by Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Dec 13, 2016- Sumitomo Electric Develops and Launches New Turning Grade AC1030U for High Precision Machining
Dec 13, 2016- Sumitomo Electric Develops and Launches New Stainless Steel Turning Grade AC6020M
Dec 8, 2016- Sumitomo Electric Group Exhibits at the International CES 2017
Dec 7, 2016- Sumitomo Electric Expands WFX Series with WFXC and WFXH Cutter Bodies
Dec 2, 2016- New SiC 6-inch Line Now on Operation at TIA Power Electronics Research Platform (
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Nov 30, 2016- JPS Wins Contract for Habarana-Veyangoda Transmission Line in Sri Lanka
Nov 29, 2016- Sumitomo Electric Expands Its Flat MultiDrill MDF Series
Nov 29, 2016- Sumitomo Electric Launches SUMIDIA™ Multi-Functional Tools, SGW Series for Aluminum Alloy Machining
Nov 16, 2016- J-Power Systems Saudi Concludes Long Term Supply Agreement with Saudi Arabian Oil Company for Submarine Power Cables
Nov 14, 2016- Sumitomo Electric Exhibits at the 28th Japan International Machine Tool Fair
Nov 14, 2016- Sumitomo Electric Exhibits at the International Broadcast Equipment Exhibition 2016
Nov 11, 2016- Sumitomo Electric Starts Operation of Concentrator Photovoltaic Power Generation Pilot Plant
Nov 4, 2016- Sumitomo Electric Establishes Offices for Information Security Management and R&D Promotion
Sep 20, 2016- New 4WDM MSA Group Driving Development of 10, 20, and 40 km Low Cost 100G Optical Specifications Targeting Modern Data Centers (
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Sep 16, 2016- Sumitomo Electric Releases New FTTx Fusion Splicer T-400S
Aug 29, 2016- Sumitomo Electric Releases Industry-Leading 3456F Ultra-High-Fiber-Count Ribbon Cables
Jul 22, 2016- Sumitomo Electric Releases New Handy Optical Fiber Cleaver FC-8R
Jul 11, 2016- Sumitomo Electric Strengthens Sales of Low- and Medium-Voltage Cables in Myanmar
Jul 1, 2016- Sumitomo Electric Starts to Provide KDDI's "au-HIKARI" IPTV Services with 4K IP-Set Top Box
Jun 27, 2016- Sumitomo Electric Establishes Cutting and Grinding Tool Sales Company in Taiwan
May 11, 2016- Sumitomo Electric Made the Contract with the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy Regarding Operation of Concentrator Photovoltaic Power Generation Pilot Plant
Apr 18, 2016- Sumitomo Electric Develops and Releases New Steel Turning Grade "AC8025P"
Apr 18, 2016- Sumitomo Electric Expands SEC-WaveMill™ WEX1000 Series
Apr 6, 2016- Sumitomo Electric Receives Order for Traffic Control System in Cambodia
Mar 25, 2016- Sumitomo Electric Has Developed Coupled Multi-Core Optical Fiber Suitable for Ultra-Long-Haul Transmission
Mar 23, 2016- Sumitomo Electric Offers Suite of 100 GbE Solutions at OFC
Mar 23, 2016- Sumitomo Electric Showcases Coherent Solutions at OFC
Mar 23, 2016- Sumitomo Electric To Showcase 25 Gb/s SFP28-LR Transceiver Operating at Extended Temperature at OFC
Feb 18, 2016- Sumitomo Electric Launches Extra-High-Strength Superconductor, DI-BSCCO™ Type HT-NX
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2015
Dec 18, 2015- Sumitomo Electric Group Exhibits in the 2016 International CES
Dec 8, 2015- Sumitomo Electric Unveils IP-STB Feature Enhancement for NTT Plala's 4Kp60 "Hikari-TV" Linear Broadcasting Service
Nov 17, 2015- Sumitomo Electric Receives Thunderbolt 3 Cable Certification from Intel
Oct 13, 2015- Realization of World Record Fiber-Capacity of 2.15Pb/s Transmission
Sep 29, 2015- UL Product Certification Acquired for Redox Flow Cell Stack
Sep 4, 2015- Sumitomo Electric Is Now Offering X-Band 200-Watt GaN IMFETs in Volume Production
Sep 4, 2015- Sumitomo Electric Expands Satcom Offerings with Ku-Band Devices
Jun 29, 2015- Originally Structured High-Efficiency and High-Stability SiC Power Transistor
Jun 8, 2015- J-Power Systems Wins Contract with NEMO LINK for HVDC Subsea Interconnector Cable System between UK and Belgium
Apr 22, 2015- Demand Response Demonstration Test for Negawatt Trading Successfully Completed Using an Energy Management System, "sEMSA™"
Mar 26, 2015- Sumitomo Electric Has Developed New-type Multi-Core Optical Fiber for Optical Interconnects and Realized Highest-Density Multi-Core Fiber Optic Cable
Mar 24, 2015- Sumitomo Electric and Xilinx conduct joint 100G Demonstration
Mar 24, 2015- Sumitomo Electric Demonstrates 400G Solutions
Mar 17, 2015- Sumitomo Electric Has Developed Single-mode Multi-fiber Lensed Optical Connectors
Jan 14, 2015- Sales of "SEC-WaveMill WFX08000" shoulder milling indexable cutter to be launched
Jan 14, 2015- Sales of NPDB Mold Finish Master SUMIDIA binderless ballnose endmills launched
Jan 14, 2015- Expansion of "SEC Grooving Tool GND Type" Product Lineup and Release
Jan 14, 2015- Development and Sale of "FB Breakers/LB Breakers" for Low Carbon Steel and General Steel Turning Process

