Sumitomo Rubber USA Employee Directory
ManufacturingNew York, United States201-500 Employees
Sumitomo Rubber USA manufactures and sells a broad range of automotive tires for use in the United States and internationally. Based in Tonawanda, New York, the facility supports a sizable local workforce and produces more than four million tires annually for passenger cars, trucks, buses, and motorcycles. The company operates as the U.S. arm of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., whose global headquarters are in Kobe, Japan, and it entered North America through the former Goodyear Dunlop Tires North America, Ltd. facility. Within the manufacturing sector, Sumitomo Rubber USA serves customers across the automotive value chain by supplying tires for a range of vehicle types and applications. In the broader North American tire industry, it is positioned among other established tire makers under the Sumitomo Rubber Industries umbrella. Recent industry reporting notes that the group is developing an AI-based surrogate model with Fujitsu to predict tire performance with high accuracy and in a shorter time frame.