February 25, 2010 Notice Regarding Executive's Assignment February 23, 2010 Sumitomo Metals Names New Executives January 26, 2010 Sumitomo Metals Makes a Donation for Victims of Earthquake in Haiti January 26, 2010 Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. and Sumitomo Corporation win contract to supply UOE line pipe for Nord Stream Pipeline -Supply for large pipeline project which links Russia and the European Union - January 20, 2010 SMart BEAM™ Lightweight Welded H-Beam adopted for beams supporting sound absorbing panels for underside of elevated roads of Second Keihan Highway, in recognition of lightweight merit January 4, 2010 New Year's Message from Hiroshi Tomono, Representative Director and President December 22, 2009 Innovative Steelmaking Process: Facilities for Secondary Refining and Continuous Caster Start Operation December 16, 2009 Sumitomo Metals Signs MOU with Bhushan Steel (India) on OEM Supply of Steel Sheets December 16, 2009 Sumitomo Metals Opens a Liaison Office in India December 3, 2009 2011 Recruitment Plan for General Work Group Employees December 1, 2009 Sumitomo Metals Conducts Disaster Training at the Osaka Head Office November 16, 2009 State-of-the-Art Tailored Blank Facility Introduced at SSC Kyushu - Acceleration of Steel Sheet Supply System Aimed at Reducing Vehicle Body Weight - November 9, 2009 Publication of Annual Report 2009 November 6, 2009 Sumitomo Metals Receives Silver Award for Panasonic's ECO-VC Initiative October 29, 2009 Notice Regarding Results for First Half of FY2009 and Revised Forecasts for Entire Year of FY 2009 October 28, 2009 Sumitomo Metals Group Strategically Integrates Its Secondary Battery Material Business - Consolidation of Group's material businesses aimed at insuring strong growth in secondary battery material business - October 13, 2009 Sumitomo Metals Develops Three-Dimensional Hot Bending Quench Mass Processing Technology - First in the World to Develop Ultra High-tensile Strength Technology for Hollow Tubular Structures Using Steel- October 13, 2009 Sumitomo Metals Develops CLEANWELL® DRY, Environmentally Friendly OCTG Premium Connection -Achieving Both Utmost Performance and Environmental Responsiveness- October 13, 2009 Sumitomo Metals Develops New Temperature Measurement and Control Technologies for Manufacturing of High-tensile Strength Hot Strip -Major Advance Both in Quality and Efficiency for Production of Steel Sheet for Automobiles- October 1, 2009 Sumitomo Metals Conducts Disaster Training as Part of Business Continuity Planning (BCP) September 29, 2009 Sumitomo Metal Micro Devices and Hokuriku Electric Industry Co., Ltd. have agreed to a tie-up September 15, 2009 Sumitomo Metals Group Companies Win Three Technical Development Awards from Japan Institute of Metals September 10, 2009 Joint Venture Company for Manufacturing Zirconium Cladding Tube for Nuclear Generation Plants Receives Equity Participation by CEZUS (France) September 3, 2009 Global Steel Industry Developing Vehicle Concept Around Next Generation Electrics, Hybrids July 30, 2009 Notice Regarding Revised Forecasts July 16, 2009 Sumitomo Metals Conducts a Blowing-In of Wakayama Steel Works' New No. 1 Blast Furnace July 13, 2009 Wakayama Steel Works' No. 4 Blast Furnace Was Blown-Out, after Achieving the World's Longest Operating Life of 10,001 days (27 years and 4 months) June 30, 2009 Sumitomo Metals Dissolves its Engineering Company June 24, 2009 Sumitomo Metals and Sumitomo Corporation Conclude Long-Term Contract to Supply High-speed Railway Wheels to Deutsche Bahn June 22, 2009 Sumitomo Metals Develops New Analytic Technology for Automobile Collision Simulation, Working Together with Mazda Motor Corporation and Steelmaker Corus June 5, 2009 No.2 Resource Circulation Furnace Starts Operation May 18, 2009 Sumitomo Metals and China Steel Obtained an Investment Certificate from the Government of Vietnam May 18, 2009 Sumitomo Metals Expands to India for Forged Crankshaft Business May 12, 2009 Sumitomo Metals Declares Dividend May 12, 2009 Partial Correction to Consolidated Financial Results for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2009 April 30, 2009 Sumitomo Metals Receives Contribution Award of 41st ICHIMURA Industrial Prize for Development of Steel Plate for Improving the Fatigue Strength in Welded Joints April 23, 2009 Sumitomo Metals Names New Auditor April 14, 2009 Sumitomo Metals Won a Science and Technology Commendation from Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology with its Development of Crash-box that Improves Fuel Efficiency and Crash Safety April 14, 2009 Sumitomo Metals Refutes Media Reports of April 14, 2009 March 31, 2009 [SUMMARY] Sumitomo Metals Announces the Continuation of Policy Toward Large-scale Purchases of Sumitomo Metals Shares (Anti-takeover Defense Plan) March 31, 2009 Notice regarding Change in Representative Director March 31, 2009 Notice regarding Succession of Sumitomo Metals' Bridge Business by Subsidiary Based on Corporate Split (Simple Absorption-type Split) March 11, 2009 Sumitomo Metals Receives 55th Okochi Memorial Foundation Grand Production Prize for its Development of Advanced Stainless Boiler Tube for Ultra-Supercritical (USC) Coal-Fired Thermal Power Plants March 6, 2009 Thirtieth Anniversary of Technical Exchange with ExxonMobil March 2, 2009 Agreement between Sumitomo Metals and Nippon Steel on Integration of Arc-Welded Stainless Steel Pipe and Tube Businesses February 26, 2009 Sumitomo Metals Names New Executives February 26, 2009 Sumitomo Metals Strengthens Its Ties with Vallourec Accelerating Seamless Pipe Strategy February 4, 2009 Notice Regarding Revised Forecasts and Other Information January 30, 2009 Sumitomo Metals Names New Executive Vice President January 29, 2009 Yokogawa Bridge Holdings and Sumitomo Metals Form Joint Venture in Bridge Business January 14, 2009 Licensing of Technology Related to Hands-on Safety Education to China Steel Corporation January 5, 2009 New Year's Message from Hiroshi Tomono, Representative Director and President December 25, 2008 SMICORE, High Corrosion-Resistant Steel Plate for Crude Oil Tanks in Oil Tankers Developed by Sumitomo Metals, Obtains World-First Confirmation of High Corrosion Resistance in Both Upper Decks and Bottoms of Tanks in Actual Vessel Trial December 16, 2008 Sumitomo Metals Welcomed Shareholders on Factory Visits December 4, 2008 2010 Recruitment Plan for General Work Group Employees November 14, 2008 Disaster Countermeasure Training to Promote Business Continuity Planning November 10, 2008 Sumitomo Metals and Sumitomo Corporation Completes Acquisition of Norton Manufacturing Company, a Crankshaft Machining Company in the U.S. October 30, 2008 Notice Regarding Revised Forecasts and Other Information October 17, 2008 Japanese and Korean consortium announces basic agreement with CSN to acquire stake in Brazilian iron ore mining business October 16, 2008 Sumitomo Metals Develops Ultra High Strength Steel Plates to Prevent Damage to Buildings by Major Earthquakes [Development of 1000MPa-Class Steel Plates (Trade Name: SSS1000) for Building Structures] October 16, 2008 Development of High-Efficiency Continuous Casting Technologies [Aiming for world-leading technologies through use of proprietary technologies and collaboration with universities] October 16, 2008 Sumitomo Metals Develops Technology to Grow Silicon Carbide Single Crystal for Energy Saving Power Devices October 1, 2008 Furnace Building Ceremony for New No. 1 Blast Furnace at Wakayama Steel Works August 22, 2008 Sumitomo Metals and China Steel Conclude Agreement to Establish Steel Sheet Joint Venture in Vietnam --- Sumitomo Metals and China Steel enter new phase of global collaboration --- July 18, 2008 Sumitomo Metals Awarded Commemorative Gift of Appreciation by Keppel FELS, World's Largest Off-Shore Drilling Rig Builder July 8, 2008 Sumitomo Metals Completes Production Capacity Expansion for Super High-end Products of Seamless Pipes June 30, 2008 Sumitomo Metals Acquires Railway Brake Business from Sumitomo Electric and Sumitomo (SEI) Brake Systems June 20, 2008 Overseas Expansion of Permanent Magnetic Retarder Business: Sumitomo Metals Begins to Develop New Model of Permanent Magnetic Retarders through Joint Venture with Voith Turbo in Germany June 17, 2008 Sumitomo Metals Receives the Imperial Invention Prize from the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation for its super-high strength low alloy steel oil country tubular goods June 12, 2008 Sumitomo Metals Plans to Revise Domestic Pricing of Seamless Stainless Steel Pipes May 29, 2008 Sumitomo Metals Receives Order for Steam Generator Tubes to be Used in Advanced Nuclear Power Plant, and Will Increase Production Capacity May 28, 2008 Sumitomo Metals Receives Major Order for Super High-end Boiler Tubes May 23, 2008 Sumitomo Metals Donates 20 Million Yen for Victims of Sichuan Earthquake May 14, 2008 OSAKA Titanium and Sumitomo Metals Develop Highly-Active Visible Light Responsive Photocatalysts -Performance Improved by Approximately Five Times Compared to Conventional Products May 13, 2008 Sumitomo Metals Declares Dividend May 12, 2008 Sumitomo Metals Plans to Revise Domestic Pricing of Seamless Pipes April 28, 2008 Sumitomo Metals Names New Executives April 28, 2008 Capital Expenditure Plan for Fiscal Year 2008 (ending March 31, 2009) April 21, 2008 Sumitomo Metals Succeeded in Fracture Arrest Test of X100 Ultra High Strength Line Pipe – For the First Time in the World April 15, 2008 Sumitomo Metals Won a Commendation by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, in the Development Category for Science and Technology, with its development of non-oriented electromagnetic steel sheet for high efficiency motors March 31, 2008 Notice Concerning Shelf Registration for Issuance of Stock Acquisition Rights March 31, 2008 Sumitomo Metals Expands Application of "Environmental Household Account Book" Initiative March 27, 2008 Sumitomo Metals Completes Production Capacity Expansion for Railway Wheels March 24, 2008 Sumitomo Metals Develops "FCA-W Steel Plate," the World's First High-Tensile-Strength Plate for Improving the Fatigue Strength of Welded Joints - To Be Used in an LNG Carrier Being Built by Kawasaki Shipbuilding - March 6, 2008 Sumitomo Metals Names New Executives March 3, 2008 Sumitomo Metals and Sumitomo Corporation Receive Large Railway Wheel Order From Indian Railways February 5, 2008 New Mazda Atenza Incorporates High-Efficiency Crash Box January 31, 2008 Sumitomo Metals Reinforces Ties with, Sells Treasury Stock to Sumitomo Corporation January 30, 2008 Sumitomo Metals Announces Particulars of Spin-off of Titanium Sheet and Plate Business to Subsidiary Sumitomo Metals (Naoetsu) Aimed at Strengthening Titanium Business January 24, 2008 Sumitomo Metals Considering a Domestic Price Increase for Seamless Pipes January 16, 2008 Sumitomo Metals and Sumitomo Corporation Won Large-Diameter Welded Line Pipes Order to Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline Project December 27, 2007 Participation in Bhushan Steel's Orissa Project in India December 27, 2007 Robe River J/V Mine Development in Western Australia December 21, 2007 Domestic Price Increase for Seamless Stainless Steel Pipes December 20, 2007 Sumitomo Metals Launches Feasibility Study for Vietnam Joint Venture December 19, 2007 Nippon Steel Corporation, Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd., and Kobe Steel, Ltd., Agreed on Additional Cross-Purchase of Shares Backed by Expanded and Enhanced Mutual Cooperation November 29, 2007 Sumitomo Metals Reforms Organizational Structure, Strengthens Titanium Business November 21, 2007 Sumitomo Metals Conducts Disaster Training as part of Business Continuity Plan (BCP) November 15, 2007 Recurring Order for Low Carbon Non-leaded Free Cutting Steel November 9, 2007 Operations Begin at Chinese Seamless Pipe Threading Plant November 9, 2007 Second Forging Press Line at Huizhou Sumikin Forging Comes Onstream November 5, 2007 Expansion of Dust Recycling Facilities to Contribute to Environmental Conservation November 1, 2007 Sumitomo Metals to Install 50-ton Hammer, Expand Forged Crankshaft Business October 31, 2007 Commendations Received by Sumitomo Metals in the first half of FY2007 October 30, 2007 Sumitomo Metals to Establish Crude Steel Capacity of 5 Million Tons at Wakayama Steel Works Plans to Use Extra Output to Expand and Enhance Ongoing Cooperation With Nippon Steel and Kobe Steel October 30, 2007 Nippon Steel Corporation, Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd., and Kobe Steel, Ltd., Considering Measures to Further Expand and Enhance Ongoing Cooperation October 30, 2007 Sumitomo Metals Raises FY2007 Dividend Forecast October 25, 2007 Sumitomo Metals Expands the Group's Heat Treatment Capacity for High-grade Steel Plates October 25, 2007 Sumitomo Metals Expands Production Capacity for Super High-end Boiler Tubes by 50% - Accelerate Distinctiveness in the Energy Sector - October 18, 2007 Sumitomo Metals Develops Innovative Continuous Casting Technologies (PCCS & SSC) for High-quality Steel Plates October 18, 2007 Sumitomo Metals Develops SSAT-35, a New Titanium Alloy with an Optimal Balance between Workability and Strength October 18, 2007 Sumitomo Metals Develops the Nickel (Ni)-based Alloy that is the Most Resistant to Metal Dusting in the World October 15, 2007 Sumitomo Metals Won an Award for Development of Pressurized Steam-Aging Process for Steel-Making Slag October 11, 2007 Sumitomo Metals Refutes Media Reports of October 11 September 19, 2007 Sumitomo Metals and Sumitomo Metals (Kokura) Win Two Technical Development Awards from the Japan Institute of Metals September 11, 2007 Oven Building Ceremony for New Coke Oven at Wakayama Steel Works September 5, 2007 Sumitomo Metals Commences Operation of a New Pickling Line in Kashima Steel Works - Establishment of High-Efficiency Production System of Steel Sheets Accelerating Focus on High-Grade Products - August 31, 2007 Sumitomo Metals Acquires Crankshaft Machining Business in the U.S - Basic Agreement Reached to Acquire Norton Manufacturing Company Inc. - August 9, 2007 Sumitomo Metals Enhances Relationship with CSC - CSC Group Company to Invest in Sumitomo Metals Subsidiary - July 20, 2007 Sumitomo Metals Donates 10 Million Yen for the Victims of the Earthquake July 19, 2007 Sumitomo and Vallourec Sign Agreement on Seamless Pipe Joint Venture in Brazil - Partners to Construct Eco-friendly Steelworks - July 10, 2007 Notice Concerning the Results and the Completion of Repurchase of Shares July 5, 2007 Notice Concerning the Results of Repurchase of Shares June 27, 2007 Price Increase of Seamless Stainless Steel Pipes for Domestic Market June 1, 2007 Sumitomo Metals Launches IPP Business - Sumitomo Metals Kashima Thermal Power Station Commences Commercial Operation - May 29, 2007 Notice Concerning Repurchase of Shares (Pursuant to the Provisions of the Articles of Incorporation Established under Article 459, Section 1 of the Corporation Law) May 28, 2007 Sumitomo Metals and Sumitomo Corporation Win New Long-Term Contract with Statoil May 21, 2007 Price Increase on Domestic Sales of Seamless Stainless Steel Pipe May 17, 2007 Sumitomo Metals Conducts Blowing-in of Kashima Steel Works' No. 3 Blast Furnace May 16, 2007 Sumitomo Metals Decides to Pay Dividends May 11, 2007 Sumitomo Metals wins "Award for Technology FY2006" from Daihatsu May 9, 2007 Sumitomo Metals Supplies Cumulative Total of 5 Million Tons of Slabs to CSC Group May 8, 2007 Price Increase on Domestic Sales of Seamless Pipe April 27, 2007 Sumitomo Metals Raises Its Forecast of Dividends for FY2006 to 8 Yen Per Share April 26, 2007 Capital Expenditure Plan for Fiscal Year 2007 (ending March 31, 2008) April 11, 2007 Price Increase on Domestic Sales of Seamless Stainless Steel Pipe March 28, 2007 Joint Venture to Manufacture High-grade Seamless Pipes in Brazil March 28, 2007 Sumitomo Metals and Sumitomo Corporation to Invest in Seamless Pipe Threading Business in China March 23, 2007 Sumitomo Metals Wins Major Contract for Indian Gas Pipeline Components March 20, 2007 Sumitomo Metals R&D Unit to Establish Joint Research Project with Osaka University March 13, 2007 Breakthrough revitalizing Wakayama Steel Works with strategy focused mainly on seamless pipe ~Sumitomo Metal Industries Named Winner of 53rd Okochi Memorial Foundation Grand Production Prize~ February 14, 2007 Price Increase on domestic sales of Seamless Stainless Steel Pipe January 9, 2007 Increasing the Capacity to Produce Wheels for Railway Use December 1, 2006 Operation of the New No. 3 Galvanizing Line at the Kashima Steel Works November 6, 2006 Notice Concerning the Results and the Completion of Repurchase of Shares November 2, 2006 Notice Concerning the Results of Repurchase of Shares through ToSTNeT-2 November 1, 2006 Notice Concerning Repurchase of Shares through ToSTNeT-2 Closing Price Orders on Tokyo Stock Exchange October 31, 2006 Notice Concerning Repurchase of Shares (Pursuant to the Provisions of the Articles of Incorporation Established under Article 459, Section 1 of the Corporation Law) October 20, 2006 Research & Development of Class X100 and X120 Ultra-High-Strength, Large-Diameter Welded Steel Pipe October 20, 2006 Development of New Technology for Evaluating Crash Performance of Components and Systems - Towards a Proposal for the Next-Generation Body Structure - September 29, 2006 Announcing the Publication of "Annual Report 2006" September 19, 2006 "Development of 27SXH270, Electrical Steel Sheet used in the Traction Motor of Electric Hybrid Vehicles" Awarded with the Technical Development Prize from the Japan Institute of Metals September 14, 2006 Reinforcement of Steel Mills for Increased Production of Ultra High-strength Line Pipes September 7, 2006 "Returning home drill" to be carried out as a part of promotion of Business Continuity Plan (BCP) September 1, 2006 Announcing the Release of the Public Relations Movie: "SUMITOMO METALS Increasing Corporate Value" July 3, 2006 Expansion of Forged Crankshaft Business in the United States -No. 3 forging press line to be installed at International Crankshaft Inc.- April 26, 2006 Capital Investment Plan for Fiscal Year 2006 (ending March 31, 2007) April 6, 2006 Medium-Term Business Plan (2006~2008) April 6, 2006 Sumitomo Metals Announces Policy Toward Large-scale Purchases of Sumitomo Metals Shares (Anti-takeover Defense Plan) March 29, 2006 Progress in Tie-Up Measures by Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metals and Kobe Steel, and Agreement on Further Enhancement of Cooperation February 28, 2006 Basic Agreement Between Nippon Steel Corporation and Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. Concerning Integration of Structural Steel Sheet Businesses and Road and Civil Engineering Materials Businesses December 27, 2005 Integration of Production and Sales of Cast Rolls for Steel Rolling December 8, 2005 Additional Cross-Purchase of Shares and Enhancement of Cooperation among Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metals and Kobe Steel November 1, 2005 Reinforcement of Forged Crankshaft Business in China - No.2 forging press line to be installed at Huizhou Sumikin Forging Co., Ltd. - September 28, 2005 Joint-Venture Production and Sales of Cast Rolls for Steel Rolling April 26, 2005 Capital Investment Plan for FY 2006 March 30, 2005 Joint Use of Iron- and Steelmaking Facilities of Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. by Nippon Steel Corporation, Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. and Kobe Steel, Ltd., and Further Enhancement of Cooperation January 21, 2005 Study begins for Joint Utilization of Iron and Steelmaking Facilities at Wakayama Steel Works of Sumitomo Metals November 30, 2004 Kashima Steel Works to build a new hot-dip galvanizing line and continuous pickling line October 27, 2004 Alliance in Forged Crankshaft Business in China July 22, 2004 Sumikin Recycle Set Up for Waste Disposal Operation July 20, 2004 Consecutive Steel Plate Orders Received for Large-scale Hydroelectric Power Plants in China April 28, 2004 Capital Investment Plan for FY 2005 March 9, 2004 Receiving the 2003 Okochi Memorial Production Prize Prize category: New-generation Technologies for the Production of Medium Size Seamless Pipes and Tubes March 2, 2004 SMI wins three awards from Toyota Motor Corporation January 5, 2004 2004 New Year Message November 13, 2003 Reorganization and Streamlining of Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon Corporation's Production Bases in the U.S. November 12, 2003 Notice Concerning a Collaboration between SMI and CSC November 4, 2003 Notice Concerning an Establishment of a New Company for Wakayama Steel Works' Upstream Operations October 28, 2003 Development of an innovative stainless steel for bipolar plates will open up the new millennium in the field of fuel cells September 9, 2003 Notice Concerning Transfer of the Roll Products Operations August 28, 2003 Notice Concerning a Corporate Split Plan to Establish a New Company for Wakayama Steel Works' Upstream Operations August 7, 2003 Order Received for 610Mpa (60-kgf/mm2) Class High-Tensile Strength Steel Plate for Penstock Pipes for the World's Largest Hydraulic Power Plant-SAN-XIA (The Three Gorges) Dam in China July 11, 2003 Establishment of East Asia United Steel Corporation June 20, 2003 Hitachi Metals and Sumitomo Special Metals Form Strategic Business Alliance, Hitachi Metals also Acquires 32.9% of the voting rights of Sumitomo Special Metals from Sumitomo Metal Industries June 20, 2003 Preparation of Divestiture Plan regarding Stainless Steel Business Integration between Nippon Steel Corporation and Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. May 16, 2003 Notice concerning Signing of Agreement on Share Exchange Agreement May 14, 2003 Signing of the Joint Venture Agreement for the Upstream Operation at Wakayama Steel Works of Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. April 15, 2003 Forged Crankshaft Manufacturing in China March 28, 2003 Announcement concerning the transfer of fixed assets March 27, 2003 Notice Concerning Stock Transfer March 26, 2003 Sumitomo Metal Group: Waste Material Recycling using Gasification Melt Furnace February 24, 2003 Sumitomo Metals Agreed on Strategic Alliance with Indian Steel Sheet Manufacturer February 20, 2003 Notice of Stock Transfer February 20, 2003 Notice concerning Signing of Memorandum on Share Exchange February 19, 2003 Large-Scale Expansion of Lightweight Welded H Beams in China Developing an Engineering Guideline for Steel-Framed Housing in China January 29, 2003 Notice Concerning Conversion Price Change January 27, 2003 Re: The Integration of the Stainless Steel Businesses of Nippon Steel Corporation and Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. December 26, 2002 Integration of the Stainless Steel Businesses of Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metals December 20, 2002 Issue of New Shares through a Third-party Capital Allocation November 21, 2002 Notice Concerning Operation Transfer November 14, 2002 Medium-Term Business Plan (Fiscal Years 2002 - 2005) November 14, 2002 Establishment of Joint Study Committee among Nippon Steel Corporation, Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. and Kobe Steel, Ltd. November 14, 2002 Signing of the Agreement Concerning Hot Rolled Steel Sheet Supply, Further Strengthening of Collaboration and Cross Share Holding between Nippon Steel Corporation and Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. November 14, 2002 Signing of the Agreement Concerning Cooperation in Hot Rolled Steel Sheet, Tie-up Arrangements, and Mutual Capital Subscriptions between Sumitomo Metal Industries and Kobe Steel November 14, 2002 Integration of the Stainless Steel Business of Nippon Steel Corporation and Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. September 26, 2002 Sale of Interest in Sumikin Chemical Co., Ltd. August 26, 2002 Sale of Interest in L-S Electro-Galvanizing Company June 13, 2002 Signing of Letter of Intent for integration of stainless business of Nippon Steel Corporation and Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. June 4, 2002 The "sandwich-type composite segments", which is a tunnel lining structure that combines steel and concrete, has been introduced into a double track rectangular shield tunneling construction of the Tozai Line of the Kyoto municipal subway. May 29, 2002 Ring Techs Reached an Agreement on Steel Wheels with Michelin and ArvinMeritor April 30, 2002 Sumitomo Metals honored by General Motors as "Supplier of the Year 2001" succeeding last year April 26, 2002 Financial assistance to our subsidiary April 24, 2002 Capital Investment Plan for FY 2002 April 22, 2002 Sumitomo Metal Industries, Limited has been awarded the contract of Natural Gas Receiving/Metering Stations and Offtake Stations Development from Power Gas Limited, Singapore April 15, 2002 Agreement on the Stable Supply of Slabs with China Steel Corp. Taiwan April 4, 2002 Concluded a long-term comprehensive contract with Airbus to supply commercially pure (C.P) titanium sheets and have started the delivery February 27, 2002 Organizational Change Following the Introduction of the Internal Company System February 27, 2002 Alliance between Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metals February 25, 2002 Development and Commercialization of New Lead-free Free-cutting Steel and Technical Transfer to US Timken Company January 25, 2002 Integrated Silicon Wafer Company to Commence Business January 10, 2002 CORUS AND SUMITOMO AGREE ON TECHNICAL COLLABORATION