- CEO
- Yasuaki Kuniyasu
- Full Time Employees
- 37,995
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Auto - Parts
- Address
- 3-6-9, Wakinohama-cho Kobe Japan 651-0072
- IPO Date
- May 9, 2013
- Business
- Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. manufactures and sells tires and rubber products worldwide. The company produces tires for passenger cars, trucks and buses, construction vehicles, agricultural vehicles, industrial vehicles, race and rally vehicles, and motorcycles under the DUNLOP and FALKEN brands; aluminum wheels; golf clubs, tennis goods, and other sporting equipment; rubber parts for medical and office equipment applications; vibration control dampers; floor coatings; materials for civil works and marine facilities; artificial turf for sporting facilities; rubber gloves; and portable wheelchair ramps. Sumitomo Rubber Industries operates manufacturing facilities in Japan, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Brazil, Turkey, South Africa, the Philippines, the United States, Vietnam, and Malaysia, serving automotive, sports, industrial, and consumer markets globally. Founded in 1909 as the Japan office of Dunlop Rubber Company (Far East) Ltd. and incorporated in 1917, the company is headquartered in Kobe, Japan. In 2025, Sumitomo Rubber Industries acquired U.S.-based AI solutions provider Viaduct, Inc. for USD 104 million to accelerate global expansion of its SENSING CORE tire sensing technology and predictive maintenance services for fleet vehicles, building on prior joint projects and investments since 2023.