Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. manufactures and sells electric wires and cables worldwide. It operates through five segments: Automotive, Infocommunications, Electronics, Environment and Energy, and Industrial Materials and Others. The company provides wiring harnesses and electrical components; steel cords for tire reinforcement; steel wires for springs; wiring materials; optical lenses for infrared devices; abrasion-resistant parts/materials; heat shrink tubing and heat-resistant tubing/tapes; magnet wires; aluminum bars/wires; lenses and spinel products; products for electronic devices; sintered parts; and EV quick-charger connector assemblies. It also offers optical fibers and optical fiber cables; optical connectors; optical fiber amplifiers; H-PCF; optical transceiver modules, optical devices, and wireless devices; fusion splicers and tools; passive products; termination/splicing box and closures; network-related devices; EO/OE converters; and wiring materials. In addition, the company provides intelligent transport system products; IT asset management/security products; CATV systems; contents distribution network; and wind profiler radars. Further, it offers plated and alloy wires, fluoroplastics-coated materials, and abrasion-resistant parts/materials; sintered ZnS lenses; semiconductors substrates, thermal control devices, and tool-related products; superconducting products; water treatment membrane modules, batteries, and photovoltaic and other energy systems; products for railway and transport machinery; steel wires; polytetrafluoroethylene porous material; Celmet, a porous metal; cutting and plastic working tools; and alloy sheets. The company was formerly known as Sumitomo Electric Wire & Cable Works and changed its name to Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. in 1939. Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.