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Sumitomo Chemical Receives Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovators 2026 Award
Selected as One of the World’s Top 100 Innovative Companies and Institutions for Five Consecutive Years

Jan. 22, 2026

Sumitomo Chemical has been recognized as a Top 100 Global Innovator 2026 by Clarivate, a global technology information services company. This marks the fifth consecutive year since 2022 that Sumitomo Chemical has received this award. Only three companies from the chemical and materials industry in Japan were ranked among the top 100 this year.

This award is given to the top 100 innovative companies and organizations selected by Clarivate from among companies and organizations worldwide based on its own patent-related data and evaluation criteria. Clarivate bases its evaluation on four factors: influence, success rate, geographic investment, and rarity. Of these, Sumitomo Chemical received particularly high praise in the factor of rarity, which is an indicator of the combination of multiple technologies.

Sumitomo Chemical has strengthened its business competitiveness by combining its unique core technologies and development capabilities of products and applications in organic synthesis, catalyst design, production technology, analytical evaluation, quality control, which it has cultivated over many years. In addition, the Company has also created synergies between different technologies. This award recognizes these technological achievements, as well as the strong patent portfolio Sumitomo Chemical has built by steadily filing and obtaining rights for its achievements globally.

Sumitomo Chemical’s long-term vision is to become an Innovative Solution Provider. It aims to remain a company with a global presence through continuously creating innovative products and technological solutions for societal issues across the fields of food, ICT, healthcare, and the environment, and providing them to society at large. The Company will continue to position intellectual property as an important management resource, and will accelerate the development of new products and technologies that contribute to solving societal issues by further promoting research and development and intellectual property activities, which are the foundation for improving its corporate value.

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