CHOKEPOINT
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ENTITY · sumitomo_electric

Sumitomo Electric Industries5802

Japan·photonics optics·major·$65.2B mkt cap

Optical fiber, compound-semiconductor devices, and EV power modules.

WATCH · 40–69
42/100 illustrative
Underwriting Thesis

WATCH — Sumitomo Electric Industries: criticality to DoD-exposed downstream programs compounded by sole-source / single-point-of-failure dominance in photonics optics. A chokepoint underwriting concern at this tier.

Factor Breakdown
Foreign-Origin Concentration18
Sole-Source Dependence54
Sanctions Exposure45
Downstream Criticality59
Sanctions Exposure

Entity not present on tracked screening lists (CSL).

DoD Exposure

No matched DoD semiconductor awards (USASpending) for this entity.

Segments
photonics opticspower
Shortest paths → DoD-exposed firms
  • Scale AI · 2 hops · $105.6M
    Sumitomo Electric Industries → NVIDIA → Scale AI
Chokepoint Relationships

Key Suppliers · upstream · 3

Key Customers · downstream · 3

Data Provenance· generated 2026-08-10 01:06:49Z
  • Consolidated Screening List (CSL) [LIVE] https://data.trade.gov/downloadable_consolidated_screening_list/v1/consolidated.json @ 2026-08-10T01:06:49.039Z
  • USASpending.gov — DoD award search [LIVE] https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/search/spending_by_award/ @ 2026-08-10T01:06:49.377Z
  • Curated ownership aggregation [FALLBACK] @ 2026-08-10T01:06:49.378Z
  • Curated China-ecosystem + Nexperia edges (Phase B, CSET ETO + TechInsights + TrendForce + SCMP + BIS Entity List + Nexperia press release) [FALLBACK] @ 2026-08-10T01:06:49.378Z

Firm/commodity-level signals from public data — not component-level BOM. Scores are an analytic underwriting heuristic, not legal or procurement advice.