| 1957 | March | Established as Asakawa Industrial Co., Ltd. Head office located in Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo Start of production and sale of lubricants mainly composed of MoS2 |
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| 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. | |
| 1967 | June | Operation of Yokohama Factory started (relocated from Mitaka) |
| 1974 | March | Head office relocated to Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo (Shinjuku Sumitomo Building) |
| 1977 | January | Operation of Mie Factory started (relocated from Yokohama) |
| 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 |
| 2005 | December | Dry film lubricant / aerosol products(the Fourth Factory) built on the Mie Factory site |
| 2009 | August | SUMICO LUBRICANT TRADING (SHANGHAI) CO.,LTD was established |
| 2010 | September | Head office relocated to Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo (Shinjuku Nomura Building) |
| 2015 | February | Head office relocated to Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo (Shimbashi Sumitomo Building) |