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QUARTERLY id Topics from the future-shaping Sumitomo Electric Group

Making Efforts toward the Utilization of 5G Technology in Factories
Demonstration experiment on 5G terminals for factory IoT conducted at 5G X LAB OSAKA

Making Efforts toward the Utilization of 5G Technology in Factories

A movement is under way to realize DX (digital transformation) through IoT (Internet of Things) communication, which enables information exchange between various interconnected things, and thereby build a highly efficient social system.

Supporting Tohoku Region as Part of Our CSR
Ten years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake

Supporting Tohoku Region as Part of Our CSR

The Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011 caused devastating damage to Japan. As part of this social contribution, the Sumitomo Electric Group has been holding Tohoku Product Fair annually since 2012, the year after the disaster. In 2020, conventional in-house sales events with physical showcases were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sponsored China’s 1st National Vocational Skills Competition
Products indispensable for constructing information and communication infrastructures provided to support the event

Sponsored China’s 1st National Vocational Skills Competition

Sumitomo Electric served as an official sponsor of the First National Vocational Skills Competition of the People’s Republic of China, held by the Chinese Government in December 2020. This event, in which contestants competed in 86 categories and a congratulatory message from Chinese President Xi Jinping was presented, garnered much attention across the nation.