The Sumitomo Tires brand offers a unique mix of quality and value. Tire Rack offers Sumitomo HTR (High Technology Radials) performance tires and Enhance touring tires for passenger cars, in addition to Enhance and Encounter tires for crossovers, SUVs and light trucks.
Sumitomo is the export brand of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., one of the largest tire manufacturers in the world. Within the tire industry, Sumitomo enjoys a reputation for innovative design, precision engineering and manufacturing quality.
Celebrating its 105th anniversary in 2014, Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. is poised to continue to develop technologies that will enable the company to grow in the next 100 years.
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. started production of bicycle tires in Kobe, Japan in 1909. It is backed by the resources of the Sumitomo Group, one of the most influential business groups in the world.
In addition to the tires for cars, crossovers, sport utility vehicles and light trucks available through Tire Rack, Sumitomo also produces a range of tires for commercial trucks.