[1] Sumitomo Forestry is also active in wooden house construction in Japan, the United States, China, South Korea, and elsewhere.

[2] The company also owns Texas-based homebuilder Gehan Homes[3] and Charlotte-based developer Crescent Communities[4] in the US.

During the Second World War (from 1942), the company began to harvest wood in Indonesia on the islands of Sumatra, Borneo, and Java.

In 1986, a subsidiary company, Nelson Pine Industries Ltd., was created in New Zealand, where the production of fiberboard was organized.

In 1993, Sumitomo Forestry established the INOS Group to strengthen its position in the timber housing market.

[9] In September 2024, the company announced it would acquire a 51 per cent stake in Australian home builder Metricon for A$115 million.