&lt;Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd> has set uptwo finance firms, one in Osaka and one in London, a company
spokesman said.
    &lt;Sumitomo Metal International Finance Plc> in London is
wholly-owned. &lt;Fuso Finance Co Ltd> in Osaka, is owned 50 pct
by Sumitomo with the rest equally shared by two small Sumitomo
Metal subsidiaries.
    The two new companies will work for the Sumitomo Metal
group on fund raising and investment in financial markets.
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