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Sumitomo Heavy Industries opens new European HQ in the Netherlands

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Sumitomo Heavy Industries employs over 4,300 people across Europe in a variety of sectors including cryogenics, energy, gears, motors and injection moulding machines. It acquired Invertek in the UK in 2019, Lafert in Italy in 2018 and FW Energie in the Netherlands in 2017.

Up until now the subsidiaries had  been directly managed by Japan headquarters but from January 2024 they will be managed by a new European headquarters, Sumitomo Heavy Industries Europe, based in the Netherlands. The regional headquarters is intended to provide sales, accounting, and procurement-related support, as well as strengthen governance.

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