Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal

Suitable for turning, milling, drilling, and boring applications Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corporation Japan manufactures a wide range of indexable insert and solid tools from its own unique brands of Hardmetal, Cermet, Silicon Nitride, CBN (Sumiboron) and PCD (Sumidia).

Located in Willich (near Düsseldorf) and accredited to ISO 9002, Sumitomo Electric Hartmetall GmbH is responsible for all cutting tool sales activities in Europe.

Our sales office "Sumitomo Electric Hartmetall GmbH Succursale France" near Paris takes care of the French market.

Sales and service in Great Britain and Ireland is undertaken by our sister company Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Ltd. located in Princes Risborough Buckinghamshire.

Sumitomo Electric Hartmetallfabrik GmbH Lauchheim manufactures Multidrills, capable of drilling holes to reamed tolerances at high feed rates, Sumiboron (CBN) and Sumidia (PCD) cutting tools.

Acknowledged as the market leader and a pioneer of CBN tools for hard and dry machining, components previously ground can now be produced in a fraction of the time using Sumiboron cutting tools.

Our pro active role concentrated on cutting tool application offers customers improvements in productivity and reduced manufacturing costs.