Chemicals and Plastics

Sumitomo Australia utilises the global network and expertise of Sumitomo Corporation to import and export a diverse portfolio of products for consumer and industrial markets.
Sumitomo is a world leader in the chemical industry.

The Sumitomo business portfolio in Australia consists of:

Silica

Silica stockpile at Corinna

Silica is mined and exported for use in the manufacture of liquid crystal glass substrate.

The silica is produced by Tasmanian Advanced Minerals, a company owned by Sumitomo Corporation, Sumitomo Australia, KCM Corporation and local company Cominex. TAM’s product is a high purity silica that is required for making high tech glass applications such as high-end LCD displays.

Rare Earth

Sumitomo Corporation has established trading operations in rare earth and earth minerals, sometimes referred to as ‘industrial vitamins’, which are essential to the IT industry. Australia is one of the major resources for these minerals, and Sumitomo Australia has identified this field for future growth through investment and trading oppertunities.

Manufactured in Australia and exported for the generic pharmaceutical market in Japan.

Sumitomo imports a range of polymers, resins, emulsifiers and other chemicals used in the manufacture of adhesives, paints, plastics and other end products.

Slag is produced by blast furnaces

These smelting by-products are imported for use in manufacturing cement and concrete. It is an environmentally friendly business solution that recycles a global by-product and conserves local natural resources.

Emissions Trading

Sumitomo Corporation is a pioneer in the emerging emissions trading industry and has integrated this activity intro other businesses, for example supplying equipment to create carbon credits that can then be traded.

Sumitomo Australia is seeking carbon credits in Australia and New Zealand to participate in this new growth industry.

Sulphuric Acid Trading

The Sumitomo Corporation group expanded its global sulphuric acid trading activity to Australia in 1996. This business operates through Interacid Australia Pty Ltd (IAPL), a subsidiary of Interacid Trading S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation.

IAPL is the largest supplier of sulphuric acid in Australia with annual sales of over one million tonnes primarily to the fertilizer and mining industries.

This company operates independently of Sumitomo Australia. Further information can be found at the Interacid website http://www.interacid-trading.com/index.html