日本住友电木,Sumitomo Bakelite,  
日本住友电木株式会社成立于1932年，是日本首家生产酚醛树脂的企业，也是世界500强企业之一的住友化学株式会社的关联企业，其产品在日本具有较高的市场占有率，在欧、美、亚洲市场也均具有较强的影响力，全球拥有7个生产基地，30余个工厂。年生产15万吨酚醛树脂，随着南通工厂的建设投产，全球生产能力将提高到每年16.7万吨。
         
Today, Sumitomo Bakelite is witnessing dynamic changes in operating conditions in Japan and overseas. To sustain its corporate growth in such an environment, Sumitomo Bakelite must continue to meet the expectations of its stakeholders without fail. To this end, the Company believes that it is indispensable to constantly improve management transparency and promote socially correct corporate management, and this belief is the very foundation of our corporate governance. The Business Philosophy of Sumitomo Bakelite states: "Our philosophy is to value trust and maintain stability. Based on this, we strive through our business activities to make contributions to social progress and improvements to the quality of life worldwide." By always embracing this philosophy, the Sumitomo Bakelite Group is continuing to enhance its corporate governance, thereby gaining global recognition as a socially responsible corporate group.

Among the various plastics, phenolic resin has the oldest history. It was developed by Dr. Baekeland, an American of Belgian ancestry in 1907 and he named that synthetic resin "Bakelite". In 1911, Sankyo Company (currently Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.) was assigned the rights to execute the patents in Japan through the good offices of Dr. Jokichi Takamine, a close friend of Dr. Baekeland. Trial production of phenolic resin was started at the Shinagawa Plant of Sankyo Company. That was the origin of the Japan's plastics industry, and the name of our company came from this achievement.
In 1932, the Bakelite department of Sankyo Company was separated and formed Nippon Bakelite Co., Ltd. In 1955, Nippon Bakelite Co., Ltd. was merged into Sumitomo Synthetic Resin Industries, Ltd. to form Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. As a pioneer in plastics, with our expertise in and up-to-date facilities for plastics, we have been always developing new technologies for use in various fields in order to contribute to establishing safe and comfortable living.