Sumitomo Metal Industries Limited, Sumitomo Metals Limited and Sumitomo Metals Limited have received three awards at the 32nd Technical Development Awards from the Japan Institute of Metals.

The awards were presented for the following technologies:

1. The development of new continuous casting technologies for very thick plate by Sumitomo Metals

2. Development of stainless steel foils for bipolar plates of polymer electrolyte fuel cells by Sumitomo Metals and Naoetsu

3. Development of a new class of steel requiring no normalizing heat treatment before nitro carburization for the application of high strength nitro carburized crankshafts by Sumitomo Metals and Kokura

The Japan Institute of Metals presents this award to engineers who have written in "New Technologies and New Products", the column in the Institute's Bulletin magazine called "Materia Japan", and who are engaged in the development of original technologies such as a new technology or a new product relating to metal engineering.