Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, offers tires, sports, and industrial and other products in Japan, rest of Asia, Europe, North America, and internationally. It manufactures and sells a range of tires for various vehicles, such as passenger cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles, construction vehicles, agricultural vehicles, and race and rally cars, as well as for industrial vehicles under the Dunlop and Falken brands. The company also manufactures and sells golf clubs, balls, gears, and other related goods under the XXIO, SRIXON, and Cleveland Golf brand names; and tennis rackets, shoes, apparel, accessories, and other products under the Dunlop and SRIXON brand names, as well as manages fitness clubs, and golf and tennis schools. In addition, it offers rubber parts for medical applications, rubber parts for office equipment, vibration control dampers, artificial turf for sporting facilities, civil works and marine facilities, floor coating, rubber gloves, gas tubes, portable wheelchair ramps, water cushions and cooling packs, and ladies' inner wear. The company was formerly known as Dunlop Rubber Company (Far East) Ltd. and changed its name to Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. in 1963. Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Kobe, Japan.
