Sumitomo Drive : The legacy of technology perfection
Q. Please brief its journey from the inception & share some its milestones?
The Sumitomo Group began more than 400 years ago when Masatomo Sumitomo opened a book and medicine store in the city of Kyoto, Japan. Over the next 100 years, the Sumitomo family developed a leading presence in copper refining, which led to the family opening the Besshi copper mine. From these beginnings, the Sumitomo Group continued to grow and diversify to become one of the largest corporate groups in the world. Even after 400 years, the Sumitomo family “business spirit” is alive in each of the Sumitomo Group companies. The core of the Sumitomo Group, listed below, consists of 20 companies who share the Sumitomo Emblem as well as many common values and ideals.
Q. Please brief us about company’s global reach & what are the global alliances that has been made in order to out-front the competition?
Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. In 1888, a company was formed to provide equipment repair services to the Besshi copper mine. Almost 50 years later, in 1934, the company incorporated as Sumitomo Machinery Co., Ltd. to manufacture machinery for the steel and transportation industries in support of that period of rapid economic growth. In 1969, Sumitomo Machinery Co., Ltd. merged with Uraga Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. to create Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. The company continues to innovate and expand to meet the demands of new market frontiers. Today, Sumitomo Heavy Industries manufacture injection molding machines, laser systems, semiconductor machinery and liquid crystal production Machinery. Sumitomo Drive Technologies of Sumitomo Heavy Industries began early in the 20th century. In 1911, Sumitomo Machinery Co., Ltd. began manufacturing direct-current electric motors (3.7kW) for the Besshi copper mine. In the late 1930s, the company formed a technical cooperation agreement with CYCLO Getriebebau Lorenz Braren KG of Germany. In 1939, Sumitomo Drive Technologies was born when Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. began to manufacture CYCLO® Drives. In 2003, Sumitomo Drive Technologies was implemented as a global group brand to bind all power transmission businesses of the world. For more than 60 years, Sumitomo Drive Technologies continues to lead the world in knowledge and innovation in power transmission and control devices. Sumitomo Drive Technologies strives to be the “dependable partner” for our customers.
Q. What are the market prospects for your company products in India and How do you plan to position these products?
CYCLO® Drives are also used for precision control. They combine the high strength and impact resistance of CYCLO® gears with very low backlash design. Because they are the component type, they are easy to install in customer machines. High precision alignment is made possible when combined with servo motors. This line is ideal for applications that require higher rigidity and precision stopping. They are Used in machine tools, industrial robots and factory automation equipment. The FC-A, F1C-A, F2C-A, F2C-C, F4C-D and F2C-T Series are available to suit different types of Applications. The STD and LB Series CYCLO® Drive can be directly connected to general-purpose servo Motors. There are standard backlash models and low 6min backlash models. The IB Series P1 Type low backlash reduction gears use a Sumitomo-unique planetary gear Mechanism. When combined with servo motors, they can be used in all types of precision alignment applications, such as robots for injection molding machines, machine tools and packaging machines.
Q. Can you brief us about the marketing strategies that were applied in order to stand out in the competition among industry?
Why do customers prefer to use Sumitomo Drive Technologies products? The answer is that we offer the broadest range of products that are the most reliable and the highest quality available. The CYCLO® Drive products provide customers with almost limitless flexibility and reliability in their applications. The revolutionary Hyponic products give customers high-efficiency performance in a compact design with hypoid gear technology.
The Paramax product family provides industrial customers a strong, reliable gearbox that is designed for years of trouble-free service. Our development engineers design these products with years of proven expertise in the power transmission industry. The industry recognizes that Sumitomo Drive Technologies products are the most reliable on the market. By using careful planning and verification testing over the entire development process, the engineers insure that these products are the most reliable and the highest quality available.
Q. Please elucidate in brief about the your company’s infrastructure & What are the measure that are being taken from the product manufacturing to distribution?
More than 35 years ago, Sumitomo Drive Technologies began to develop a global presence in response to the challenges of the company mission to facilitate premier support of our partners’ needs that lead to the development of operations located around the world. In 1966, Sumitomo Drive Technologies established Sumitomo Machinery Corporation of America, the very first overseas manufacturing plant, in the United States to support the Western Hemisphere. In 1974, we signed a capital sharing agreement with CYCLO Getriebebau Lorenz Braren KG of Germany to bring further innovation to the Cyclo technology through technical collaboration of both companies. Eventually, the partnership formed Sumitomo (SHI) Cyclo Drive Germany,GmbH. The global Sumitomo Drive Technologies web extends to 50 countries with 9 main hubs, 5 manufacturing plants, 35 assembly plants, and 250 sales offices. Through this extensive web, we provide the world with high performance, reliable, and premium quality products and services. Our global web links the resources for marketing, procurement, production and distribution to support customers at a world-class level for speed and accuracy.
Q. Brief us about the R&D and Quality policy for your business?
In striving to satisfy customers without compromising on the goals of innovation and reliability, Sumitomo Drive Technologies aggressively invests in Research and Development. As technology changes and improves, the power transmission and controls systems must also change and improve. To challenge the technical horizons of mechanical and electrical components, Sumitomo Drive Technologies relies on research to uncover new levels of performance, reliability, and quality. From these “seeds” of research come the technologies of the future and the creation of new products to better serve customer needs. The strength of our Research and Development efforts is in the ability to generate original concepts that transform into unique, customer focused products. Sumitomo Drive Technologies Research and Development believes that “what was not possible before is now possible.” Meet and exceed customers’ expectation, that is our passion.
Q. How far the factors like government norms, excise duty, taxation, exim policies are affecting your business?
Government is now providing proper financial support and other Economic Benefits to Small Scale Industries. The factors like excise duty, Exim policies are directly financially affecting Motion Control Equipment Industry as well established Industries because of increase in certain un-established Industries.
Q. What is your vision for your company?
We are always moving forward in pursuit of new ideas that inspire our partners to create new values that will change the world. Each of our skilled, knowledgeable, creative employees contributes to the creation of unique technologies and innovative solutions that meet and exceed our partners’ expectations. Our global network facilitates premier support of our partners’ needs. We stand poised to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow, so that our partners may walk with confidence as industry leaders.
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Sumitomo Drive Technologies: A dependable partner, creating Unprecedented change and opening up unseen worlds. That is who we are.
