OREANDA-NEWS. Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. and its subsidiaries, Sumitomo Electric Tool Net, Inc. and A.L.M.T. Corp. have jointly established a sales company in Taiwan, which began trading in April 2016. The new company sells cutting and grinding tools for the automotive, industrial machinery, electronics, and precision machining sectors.

Cutting and grinding tools from the Sumitomo Electric Group are products of advanced powder metallurgy, process technology, and surface treatment technology, utilized in applications covering finishing to ultra-precision machining. Examples are the IGETALLOY™ cemented carbide cutting tool series that is widely used in general machining and the UPC™ ultra-precision cutting tool series that utilizes cubic boron nitride (CBN) or diamond for ultra-precision machining, as well as diamond grinding wheels. Used in the automotive industry and many other sectors including steel, industrial machinery, aviation, semiconductors, and precision components, our products boast a consistent market share in many countries including Taiwan.

Taiwan has a broad-based machining industry and its electronics sector, which makes up a high proportion of the country's manufacturing industry, has a growing need for cutting and grinding tools. These circumstances have prompted us to establish a new sales company to provide tools that leverage on Sumitomo Electric's own proprietary materials including diamond, as well as offering after-sales services, to serve the needs of our customers. Besides sharing and centralizing information between the Sumitomo Electric Group companies and strengthening our sales system targeting the automotive and industrial machinery sectors, the new company will also help us expand our reach into the electronics and precision machining industries.