Sumitomo Metals Dissolves its Engineering Company

Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. (Sumitomo Metals) will dissolve the Engineering Company, one of its in-house companies, as a part of its organizational reform as of July 1, 2009.

Reason:
The bridge business of the Engineering Company shall be transferred to Sumikin Bridge Center, Co., Ltd., by using an absorption-type split method on July 1, 2009. (Sumikin Bridge Center, Co., Ltd. will change its corporate name to Sumikin Bridge Co., Ltd. on the same day.)