Transportation & Construction Systems
Introduction
Through this Business Unit we contribute to global logistics/transportation and to our business related countries/local industries, responding to global and local needs with our extensive networks, remaining mindful of regional trends. Our business includes: ship owning and trading; aircraft, engine and helicopter leasing; construction equipment sales and service; and providing leasing and financial solutions to various fields of business.
Business Fields
- Ship and maritime
- Leasing and financial solutions
- Aerospace
- Construction / Mining Equipment distribution / service
Lease
Sumitomo Corporation’s affiliate leasing company, Sumitomo Mitsui Finance & Leasing Company Limited (SMFL) is one of Japan’s largest leasing companies. Our Lease business line collaborates with SMFL to provide various kinds of financial solutions to our customers.
Ship
Our Ship business line provides the contracting of new build vessels, the sale and purchase of second-hand vessels, and chartering and financing arrangements. We also work with a group company which owns and operates bulk carriers, product tankers and car carriers. We are also working on new fields of shipping with novel energies like battery, hydrogen and ammonia.
Aerospace
We participate in aircraft, engine and helicopter leasing to airlines and operators. We also trade defence and security-related products from European manufacturers to Japan, including Japanese self-defence forces and government organisations. We are also working on new fields of aviation with new technologies like SAF and hydrogen-fuelled engines.
Construction Equipment
We operate four distributors of Komatsu and other manufacturers’ top-brand equipment across six European countries. We are also continually reinforcing our after-sales services and diversifying activities in order to respond to long-term, changing customer needs. We just established a new company in Finland focusing on Remote Controlling Kits and providing the network solution at the job site.
Group Companies
- Baltem AS
- Komatsu Poland
- SMBC Aero Engine Lease
- SMBC Aviation Capital
- Suomen Rakennuskone Oy / Sumirai Technologies Oy
- Tecnosumit / Komatsu Espana
- Triton Navigation
- SMFL LCI Helicopters Limited
- Sumitec Ukraine
