Suminoe Textile Co., Ltd. - 3501- Profile

Suminoe Textile Co., Ltd.. The Group's principal activities are to manufacture and market carpets and drapes. The Group's also manufactures pile fabrics, moquettes for motor vehicle use, curtains and textile handicrafts such as drop curtains, tapestries, wrapping clothes and table clothes. The operations are carried out through the following divisions: Carpets; Drapes; Moquettes and Others. Carpets division deals in machine-woven carpet, tufted carpet, carpet tile, needle punched floor coverings, hand-knotted carpets and hand-hooked carpets. Drapes division deals in drapery, casement cloth, lace curtain, wall covering and ceiling coverings. Moquettes division deals in seat covering for vehicles and furniture. Other division deals in doncho (thick stage curtain), tapestry, photographic fabric, wrapping cloth, table center and other art fabrics. Carpets accounted for 40% of fiscal 2006 revenues; drapes, 40%; moquettes, 6% and other, 14%