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Sumika Polymer Compounds (Europe) LTD

Sumika Polymer Compounds (Europe) LTD is an active UK company (number 02594323), incorporated 1991, with 4 current directors including Mitsuhiro Matsuda and Kosuke Matsumoto. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.

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Previous officers 67

  1. Seiji Yoshihara 2022-2024 Director View profile
  2. Daijiro Kawai 2022-2023 Director View profile
  3. Hiroshi Shimizu 2022-2026 Director View profile
  4. Hiroaki Yoshii 2021-2023 Director View profile
  5. Kazuo Semba 2020-2022 Director View profile
  6. Yoshizumi Sasaki 2020-2022 Director View profile
  7. Koji Obata 2019-2021 Director View profile
  8. Yasushi Yoshizawa 2017-2019 Director View profile
  9. Kenji Manabe 2017-2020 Director View profile
  10. Takeo Kitayama 2017-2019 Director View profile
  11. Hironori Sakai 2016-2020 Director View profile
  12. Hidenori Hayashi 2015-2018 Director View profile
  13. Kazuyoshi Fuse 2014-2017 Director View profile
  14. Masamitsu Ogiwara 2014-2017 Director View profile
  15. Masutaka Onishi 2014-2022 Director View profile
  16. Toshiya Hirai 2013-2014 Director View profile
  17. Yoshio Kawai 2012-2017 Director View profile
  18. Akiyoshi Iwata 2012-2014 Director View profile
  19. Hiroyuki Hamada 2012-2016 Director View profile
  20. Ryuji Shibata 2010-2015 Director View profile
  21. Akihiro Ueda 2009-2014 Director View profile
  22. Hiroyasu Kawakami 2007-2009 Director View profile
  23. Franck Denis Girard 2007-2012 Director View profile
  24. Tomohisa Ohno 2007-2014 Director View profile
  25. Noburu Sakuma 2007-2012 Director View profile
  26. Ikuo Ishizuka 2007-2010 Director View profile
  27. Hideaki Nishio 2007-2014 Director View profile
  28. Takao Kasamatsu 2007-2012 Director View profile
  29. Yasuyuki Suzuki 2006-2007 Director View profile
  30. Hiroyuki Takamizawa 2006-2007 Director View profile
  31. Fumihide Inada 2005-2006 Director View profile
  32. Shozo Horino 2004-2007 Director View profile
  33. Yoshimasa Yahashi 2004-2007 Director View profile
  34. Yasuyuki Ishida 2003-2007 Director View profile
  35. Masakazu Aoki 2002-2004 Director View profile
  36. Masami Kawasaki 2002-2005 Director View profile
  37. Katsuyuki Sumida 2000-2002 Director View profile
  38. Kyota Kishimoto 2000-2003 Director View profile
  39. Yuzo Nishiguchi 2000-2004 Director View profile
  40. Noburu Yamashita 2000-2001 Director View profile
  41. Hiroshi Tomiyama 2000-2006 Director View profile
  42. Tomohiro Yamamoto 1999-2000 Director View profile
  43. Jun Inoue 1999-2000 Director View profile
  44. Yosio Uryu 1998-1999 Director View profile
  45. Hidetomo Imajo 1998-2000 Director View profile
  46. Takahisa Naito 1997-1998 Director View profile
  47. Yoichi Inada 1997-1999 Director View profile
  48. Yoshikazu Nagasawa 1996-2002 Director View profile
  49. Toshio Fukuda 1996-1998 Director View profile
  50. Norihito Kawamura 1996-1997 Director View profile
  51. Kaoru Takahashi 1994-1996 Director View profile
  52. Tetsuo Nomura 1993-1996 Director View profile
  53. Taizo Okuno 1993-1996 Director View profile
  54. Ikuo Kiyota 1993-2000 Director View profile
  55. David Henry Tate 1991-1991 Director View profile
  56. Martin Edgar Richards 1991-1991 Director View profile
  57. Tadashi Nakano 1993 Director View profile
  58. Shinichiro Nomoto 1997 Director View profile
  59. Tsutomu Sasaki 1993 Director View profile
  60. Takashi Kawamura 1993 Director View profile
  61. Yoshiyuki Kimbara 1994 Director View profile
  62. Stavroula Papageorgaki 2022-2022 Secretary View profile
  63. Paul Victor Claydon 2012-2022 Secretary View profile
  64. Kaoru Yamasaki 2007-2012 Secretary View profile
  65. Takashi Yoshida 2001-2007 Secretary View profile
  66. Tomohisa Aoyagi 1997-2001 Secretary View profile
  67. Hiroto Owatari 1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
22/03/1991

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Sumika Polymer Compounds (Europe) LTD on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

2 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

4 directors on the board

8.3y median 9.2y
average tenure
12.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Manufacturing 1Professional services 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
02594323
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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