Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited Appoints Juan Ferreira as Managing Executive Officer

Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd is one of the Japanese largest chemical groups. The group is also manufacturing and marketing pharmaceutical products. Net sales break down by family of products as follows: - petrochemical and plastic products (25.8%): ethylene, polyethylene, propylene, elastomers, agricultural films, etc.; - pharmaceutical products (23.9%): ethic drugs, radiopharmaceutical products, etc.; - telecommunication chemical products (18.9%): optic films, pigments, filters, etc.; - agrochemical and fine chemistryproducts (18.5%): insecticides, herbicides, fertilizers, food additives, etc.; - functional chemical products (10.7%): methanol, caustic soda, aluminum hydroxide, alumina, nitric acid, acrylonitrile, active pharmaceutical ingredients, polymeric additives, resorcine, colorants, etc.; - other (2.2%). Net sales break down geographically as follows: Japan (31.7%), China (19.2%), Asia (19.5%), North America (17.7%), Europe (4.2%) and other (7.7%).