As of 1 July 2009, Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd (Sumitomo Metals) will dissolve the Engineering Co., one of its in-house companies, as a part of its organizational reform. The bridge business of the Engineering Co. shall be transferred to Sumikin Bridge Center Co. Ltd, by using an absorption-type split method on 1 July 2009. (Sumikin Bridge Center Co. Ltd will change its corporate name to Sumikin Bridge Co. Ltd on the same day).
