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Sumitomo Electric's new Scotland-based group company, Sumitomo Electric U.K. Power Cables Ltd., held its first Human Resources Stakeholders Roundtable in Inverness on July 12. Leaders from six local organizations participated in this discussion and shared their insights on recruitment and skill development. It was encouraging to hear from the participants about the expectations for Sumitomo Electric's new manufacturing plant in the area. We look forward to having further collaboration with local organizations in the years ahead. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eihKZs2K Connect with Innovation | Sumitomo Electric

As a global organization with a shared focus on the Sumitomo Electric Group 2030 VISION, we do our best to promote collaboration and knowledge-sharing among group companies. One method for doing this is our annual series of regional executive conferences, the most recent of which was held in Wiesbaden, Germany in the beginning of July. This year's Sumitomo Electric Executive Conference EMEA brought together company leaders from the EMEA region, Japan, Singapore, and the United States for two days of discussions on current business activities, initiatives related to Corporate Social Responsibility, and areas of ongoing and potential collaboration. The conference provided our leaders a valuable opportunity to address both high-level strategic objectives and immediate business concerns.  To learn more about 2030 VISION: https://lnkd.in/dfiXSwqq Connect with Innovation | Sumitomo Electric

From the President's blog: "Last month, we had our annual meeting with important business partners for the Social Infrastructure Sales & Marketing Unit and the Electronics Sales Unit. The event was held in Tokyo and, for the first time in five years, included an exhibition of a variety of Sumitomo Electric products. More than 80 people and 38 partner companies attended the event." The day featured presentations, awards, and a special kabuki performance to celebrate the 40th edition of this important meeting. Continue reading: https://lnkd.in/eC49HnSc Connect with Innovation | Sumitomo Electric

In recognition of his significant contributions to the standardization of optical fiber systems, Kengo Matsumoto of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (currently Deputy General Manager of Sumitomo Electric Photo-Electronics Components (Suzhou), Ltd.) was awarded the 2024 Distinguished Service Award by the Telecommunications Technology Committee, which aims to standardize and promote information and communications networks. This was the Sumitomo Electric Group's first distinguished service award from the TTC in three years. Press release: https://lnkd.in/e7syk6n6 Connect with Innovation | Sumitomo Electric

Exhibiting at Interop Tokyo this month was a great opportunity for us to meet people interested in our optical networking technology and, in collaboration with Infinera, make the world's first demonstration of a point-to-multipoint connection service with live traffic over a ROADM network. We're delighted that this demonstration was awarded the ShowNet Contributor Grand Prize at the event! Press release: https://lnkd.in/eNbSHJNg Connect with Innovation | Sumitomo Electric

From the President's blog: "Over the past few weeks, Sumitomo Electric issued three press releases about renewable energy projects in Europe. The region now has a number of large-scale projects, ranging from tens of billions to hundreds of billions of yen in investments, that require products such as submarine cables for offshore wind farms and underground cables to transmit electricity from renewable sources to inland areas. At one of the factories that will be supplying these power cables, located in Scotland, a groundbreaking ceremony was held on May 14th. I was at this ceremony and had the pleasure of meeting many government officials and local businesspeople." Continue reading: https://lnkd.in/eAivKkHX Connect with Innovation | Sumitomo Electric

SEBN establishes a highly automated production facility for high-voltage wiring systems in Spain. We are thrilled to announce our new location in Cuenca. Here, we will manufacture the high-voltage wiring harnesses for the urban electric car family, which SEAT S.A. will produce in Martorell and Volkswagen in Navarra. The new production facility in Cuenca, which will open in October 2024, will create around 350 new jobs and rely on highly automated production processes. Find out more about the exciting news in our media release and discover all the details in the Spain section of our website: https://lnkd.in/dDm7YVaB Follow SEBN ES on LinkedIn! #success #emobility #SEBN #Volkswagen #SEAT #cuenca #automation #future #highvoltage

As data centers experience a surge in demand for high-speed data transmission, many of them are facing the problem of getting more devices online in the same amount of space. Working to solve this problem, Tsutaru Kumagai and his colleagues at our Optical Communications Laboratory have designed a two-dimensional optical fiber array with 72 fibers that bend 90 degrees, which significantly reduces the space required for optical fiber connections. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eVYAhMEY Connect with Innovation | Sumitomo Electric

At the Interop Tokyo trade show on infocommunications technology (June 12 to 14), Sumitomo Electric will show how energy-efficient communication systems could be further expanded in the future by doing live demonstrations of a point-to-multipoint connection service over a ROADM network. This service will be implemented with the combination of a new Ethernet switch from Sumitomo Electric and ICE-X coherent pluggable transceivers from Infinera. Press release: https://lnkd.in/edfFvmmd Connect with Innovation | Sumitomo Electric