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Native name | 住友林業株式会社 |
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| Company type | Company |
| Founded | 1691 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
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| Services | Lumber and housing |
| Website | sfc |
Sumitomo Forestry (Japanese: 住友林業株式会社) is a Japanese logging and processing company. It is also engaged in the construction of houses made of wooden materials. The company is included in the Sumitomo Group keiretsu.
At present, the company controls 40,500 hectares of forest in Japan. In addition to logging, the company produces building and finishing materials made of wood, as well as metal and ceramic building materials.[1] Sumitomo Forestry is also active in wooden house construction in Japan, the United States, China, South Korea, and elsewhere. The company is a leader in this segment in Japan.[2] The company also owns Texas-based homebuilder Gehan Homes[3] and Charlotte-based developer Crescent Communities[4] in the US.
It is the developer of the proposed wooden skyscraper W350 Project.
- ^ "SUMITOMO FORESTRY CO., LTD. Company Profile". Dun&Bradstreet.
- ^ Російську деревину будуть менше купувати? (in Russian)
- ^ Carlisle, Candance (2016-04-05). "Japanese firm buys remaining shares of Gehan Homes; appoints new CEO". Dallas Business Journal. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ "SUMITOMO FORESTRY AMERICA, INC. COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF CRESCENT COMMUNITIES KEY BUSINESSES". www.crescentcommunities.com. Retrieved 2021-12-12.