Corporate Information

History


1957	March	Established as Asakawa Industrial Co., Ltd.
	March	Head office located in Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo Start of production and sale of lubricants mainly composed of MoS2
	October	The company name was changed to Super Run Industrial Co., Ltd.
	December	Operation of Mitaka Factory in Tokyo started

1962	January	Technical Tieup with ROCOL (British)
	February	The company name was changed to Sumico Lubricant Co., Ltd.

1963	April	Osaka Office opened (currently Osaka Branch)
	April	Nagoya Office Opened (currently Nagoya Branch)

1964	May	Sapporo Office opened
	July	Kokura Office opened (later relocated to Hakata in Fukuoka-shi as current Kyushu Office)
	December	Hiroshima Office opened (currently Chugoku Office)

1965	January	Tokyo Office opened (currently Tokyo Branch)

1967	June	Operation of Yokohama Factory started (relocated from Mitaka)
	August	Sendai Office opened

1974	March	Head office was relocated to the current location of Nishi-shinjuku, Shijuku-ku, Tokyo

1977	January	Operation of Mie Factory started (relocation to the current location)
	December	Yokohama Factory was closed

1998	September	Mie Factory and Quality Assurance Department registered ISO 9002 certificate

1999		High-performance soap base grease factory (the Second Factory), and white synthetic grease factory(the Third Factory) built on the Mie Factory site

2001		Lithium complex soap grease, white synthetic grease, and fluorinated grease released

2002	January	Mie Factory and Quality & Environment Control Section registered ISO 14001 certificate

2003	July	System changed from ISO 9002 to ISO 9001: Year 2000 version

2004		Release of penetrating lubricant antirust spray "Lubrico 420"

2005	December	Dry film lubricant / aerosol products(the Fourth Factory) built on the Mie Factory site

2006	July	Shanghai Representative Office opened

2009	August	SUMICO LUBRICANT TRADING (SHANGHAI) CO.,LTD was established