Sumitomo logo and symbol, meaning, history, PNG
- Download PNG Sumitomo Logo PNG The Sumitomo Group is one of the largest Japanese business groups.
- The list of current or former Sumitomo Group members includes around 25 companies, from Mazda Motor Corporation and Nippon Sheet Glass Co Ltd to Sumitomo Rubber Industries.
- While many of them have an independent brand identity, several companies sharing the word “Sumitomo” in their name have somewhat similar logotypes inspired by the so-called Igeta mark.
- Meaning and history The roots of the Sumitomo Group can be traced back to around 1615.
- It all started with a book and medicine shop opened in Kyoto by Masatomo Sumitomo.
- The Igeta mark, which is the centerpiece of the Sumitomo logo, was registered as the trademark in 1914.
- The word “igeta” means “well frame.” According to the corporate legend, the emblem started to be used as a symbol of spring when Riemon Soga (1572 – 1636), Masatomo’s brother-in-law, opened Izumiya (“spring shop”), a copper refining and crafting shop, in Kyoto.
- In the logo of the Sumitomo Group, the Igeta mark is white, while the background is black.
- In the logo of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., which makes tires and rubber products, it is blue on the white background and looks by far bolder.
- While the logo of Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. also featured the Igeta mark, it is much smaller here.
- It is bold and has slightly different proportions than in the main Sumitomo logo.
- In the case of the Sumitomo Precision Products, the Igeta is of a pastel peach shade, while Sumitomo Riko has a dark blue emblem.
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