住友林業

About 住友林業

Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd. is a trading company dealing in forestry, timber, and building materials, a house manufacturer, and a house sales company, belonging to the Sumitomo Group. The company originated from a tree-planting project to address pollution from the Besshi copper mine. Its distinctive feature is its business operations centered around wood, spanning from upstream (raw materials) to downstream (finished products). In the upstream forest management business, the company manages forests equivalent to 1/1000th of Japan's land area, making it one of the largest landowners in the country. In the midstream timber and building materials distribution business and the downstream custom wooden house construction business, it boasts the top sales in Japan for each sector. The Sumitomo Forestry Group aims to contribute to the realization of an affluent society by leveraging "wood," a renewable natural material that is gentle to both people and the planet, and through all services related to "living environments." Headquarters: 1-3-2 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8270, Keidanren Kaikan Phone: 03-3214-2220 Industry Classification: Construction Representative Director: Akira Ichikawa URL http://sfc.jp/ Basic Data Consolidated Business Segments: Timber & Building Materials 47 (1%), Overseas 3 (-6%), Housing 43 (5%), Real Estate 6 (2%), Other 0 (4%) (as of March 2011) Market: Tokyo, Osaka Fiscal Year End: March Interim Dividend: Number of Trading Units: 100 shares Founded: 1691 Establishment Date: February 20, 1948 Listing Date: May 1970 Capital: 27,672 million yen Number of Employees (Consolidated): 13,778 Average Annual Salary: 7,650 thousand yen Business Lines ■ Timber and Building Materials Business Procurement, manufacturing, processing, and sales of timber (logs, sawn lumber, glued laminated timber, chips, etc.) and building materials (wood-based processed building materials, ceramic building materials, metal building materials, housing equipment, plywood, fiberboard, etc.) ■ Overseas Business Procurement, manufacturing, and sales of timber and building materials overseas; contracting for construction of detached houses, sales of developed housing, afforestation, and sales of planted trees, etc. ■ Housing Business Contracting for construction, sales, after-sales maintenance, and remodeling of detached houses and condominiums; contracting for exterior landscaping and gardening work; CAD/CAM services; site surveys; foundation improvement work; sales of interior products, etc. ■ Real Estate Business Management, sales, leasing, and brokerage of real estate; sales of developed housing; operation of assisted living facilities, etc. ■ Other Businesses Temporary staffing services, software development, leasing, insurance agency business, manufacturing and sales of soil conditioners and gardening supplies, etc. Company-Owned Forests: 42,635.56 ha (as of March 31, 2011) Shikoku (14,790.95 ha) Kyushu (9,164.20 ha) Hokkaido (15,605.78 ha) Wakayama (3,074.63 ha)