Sumitomo Riko

Sumitomo Riko Company Limited engages in the manufacture and sale of automotive parts. It provides automotive products, including anti-vibration rubber products, such as heat-resistant rubber products, chassis parts, lightweight parts, active control parts, and dampers; hoses, including rubber and resin fuel, air control, water, oil, hydrogen, and air conditioner hoses, as well as canisters; sound controlling and insulation products comprising standing wave spacers and engine cover products; heat conducting and sound reducing materials, including magnetic induction foaming; and interior equipment consisting of head rests and arm rests. The company also offers seal products, such as connectors and wire seals; fuel cell gaskets for fuel cell electric vehicles; and electronic products, including charging and developer rolls, cleaning blades, intermediate transfer belts, sponge and paper feeder rollers, and water-washable flexographic printing plates. In addition, it provides hydraulic hoses used in heavy construction equipment and forklifts; industrial hoses for the construction and civil engineering industry; anti-vibration rubber for rolling stocks; rubber bearings used in bridges, highways, and railways; and landscape materials. Further, the company offers housing environment products, such as seismic control systems for wooden houses and buildings, dampers for traffic vibration mitigation, heavy floor impact noise countering dampers, window films against heat, and concrete molds used in construction and building; and health and nursing products, including body pressure sensors, training and evaluation systems for chest compression, active mattress, smart rubber sensing devices, and driver monitoring system, as well as micro-fluid chips. The company was formerly known as Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd. and changed its name to Sumitomo Riko Company Limited in October 2014. The company was incorporated in 1929 and is headquartered in Nagoya, Japan.