Sumitomo Reports Ninefold Increase in Net Income

Sumitomo Rubber Industries’ consolidated financial results for the year ended December 31, 2009 show the company to have earned net sales of 524,534 million yen (₤3.71 billion) during the year, a decrease of 13.3 per cent on the previous year. From this, the company’s total tyre segment sales amounted to 433,471 million yen (₤3.07 billion), or 82.64 per cent of all sales. Company operating income, at 28,738 million yen (₤203.40 million), was 12 per cent higher than during the 2008 financial year, while net income, at 9,093 million yen (₤64.36 million), was some nine times greater than the previous year’s result.