| 1899 |
Started warehousing operations under the Sumitomo Kura name through the Sumitomo family's private business. Head office established in Osaka, branch in Kobe. |
| 1899-07-01 |
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| 1899-07-01 |
Founded |
| 1919 |
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| 1919 |
Established Tokyo branch. |
| 1921 |
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| 1921 |
Reorganized into Sumitomo Goshi Kaisha Warehouse Department. |
| 1923 |
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| 1923 |
Established Sumitomo Warehouse Co., Ltd. |
| 1949 |
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| 1949 |
Established Yokohama branch. |
| 1950 |
Listed shares on the Osaka and Tokyo Stock Exchanges. |
| 1968 |
Commenced container terminal operations in Kobe and Tokyo. Subsequently expanded to major ports. |
| 1968 |
Started container terminal operations in Kobe and Tokyo. Subsequently expanded container terminal operations at major ports. |
| 1970 |
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| 1970 |
Established Nagoya branch. |
| 1972 |
Established an overseas representative office in San Francisco, USA. |
| 1974 |
Constructed the Kawaguchi Sumitomo Building in Osaka and began leasing. |
| 1982 |
Established a wholly-owned subsidiary, Sumitomo Kura Germany GmbH, in Germany. |
| 1982 |
Established a wholly owned local subsidiary in Germany, German Sumitomo Warehouse Co., Ltd. (now European Sumitomo Warehouse Co., Ltd.). |
| 1985 |
Established a wholly-owned subsidiary, Sumitomo Kura USA Inc., in the United States. |
| 1988 |
Constructed the Tokyo Sumitomo Twin Building, a supertall office tower, and began leasing. |
| 1988 |
Constructed and began leasing the Tokyo Sumitomo Twin Building, a super high-rise office building. Established a wholly owned local subsidiary in Singapore, Singapore Sumitomo Warehouse Co., Ltd. |
| 1992 |
Commenced exclusive mixed cargo operations for international air freight. |
| 1993 |
Established wholly-owned subsidiaries, Sumitomo Kura Hong Kong Ltd. in Hong Kong, and Sumitomo Kura Shanghai Ltd. in Shanghai, China. |
| 1996 |
Constructed a trunk-room dedicated warehouse in Tokyo using seismic isolation construction. |
| 1998 |
Constructed a warehouse with refrigerated facilities in Kobe and began handling refrigerated cargo. |
| 1999 |
Obtained ISO9002 certification for air cargo (updated to ISO9001 in 2002). |
| 2000 |
Opened the Kaigan-dori Gallery, a contemporary art exhibition facility, in Osaka. |
| 2001 |
Built the T-PLATZ commercial building for lease in Yokohama and began leasing. |
| 2003 |
Established Shanghai Zhukang International Freight Co., Ltd. in Shanghai and Qingdao Zhukang International Logistics Co., Ltd. in Qingdao. |
| 2003 |
Established Shanghai Sumakura International Freight Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China. Established Qingdao Sumakura International Logistics Co., Ltd. in Qingdao, China. |
| 2004 |
Established Wuhan Wanyutong Logistics Co., Ltd. in Wuhan. |
| 2004 |
Established Wuhan Wanyou Logistics Co., Ltd. in Wuhan, China. |
| 2005 |
Established Guangzhou Zhukang International Freight Co., Ltd. in Guangzhou. |
| 2005 |
Established Guangzhou Sumakura International Freight Co., Ltd. in Guangzhou, China. |
| 2006 |
Made Aistar Co., Ltd. and Enshu Truck Co., Ltd. subsidiaries and established Sumitomo Warehousing (China) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai. |
| 2006 |
Made Istar Co., Ltd. and Enshu Truck Co., Ltd. subsidiaries. Established Sumitomo Warehousing (China) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China. |
| 2007 |
Established Rabigh Petrochemical Logistics Company in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. |
| 2007 |
Established Rabigh Petrochemical Logistics Co., Ltd. in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Obtained ISO27001 certification for archives business in Tokyo and Yokohama. |
| 2011 |
Made Westwood Shipping Lines, a U.S. shipping company, a subsidiary. |
| 2012 |
Established Zhukang Vietnam Co., Ltd. in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and Shanghai Jinjiang Zhukang International Logistics Co., Ltd. in Shanghai. |
| 2012 |
Established Sumakura Vietnam Co., Ltd. (now Vietnam Sumitomo Warehouse Co., Ltd.) in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Established Shanghai Jinjiang Sumakura International Logistics Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China. |
| 2013 |
Rabigh Petrochemical Logistics Company began operating a warehouse in Saudi Arabia. |
| 2013 |
Rabigh Petrochemical Logistics Co., Ltd. began operating warehouses in Saudi Arabia. Participated in the Osaka Hikari no Mori Project. Relocated Tokyo headquarters to Minato Ward, Tokyo (Sumitomo Fudosan Shiba Park Tower). Achieved ISO9001 certification for warehouse inbound/outbound, storage, export/import cargo handling, customs clearance, and international integrated transportation. |
| 2014 |
Opened a base in Chicago, USA, and completed the Yodoyabashi Mid Cube office building in Chuo-ku, Osaka. |
| 2014 |
Sumitomo Warehouse Co., Ltd. in the US established a base in Chicago. Completed the Yodoyabashi Mid Cube office building in Osaka City. Moved headquarters (Osaka) to Kita Ward, Osaka (Sumitomo Nakanoshima Building). |
| 2015 |
Shanghai Jinjiang Zhukang International Logistics Co., Ltd. began operating a warehouse, and a warehouse began operating in the Nankou area of Osaka Port. |
| 2015 |
Shanghai Jinjiang Sumakura International Logistics Co., Ltd. began operating warehouses. Warehouses in Osaka Port and Nanko area became operational. Sumakura Vietnam Co., Ltd. opened a base in Hanoi, Vietnam. Added a dedicated archive warehouse in Hanyu City, Saitama Prefecture. |
| 2016 |
Opened a Chiba sales office in Wakaba-ku, Chiba City, and established Zhukang Logistics Indonesia Co., Ltd. in Jakarta, Indonesia. |
| 2017 |
Made Wakasa Co., Ltd. a subsidiary and opened a base in New York, USA. |
| 2017 |
Made Wakasu Co., Ltd. a subsidiary. Sumitomo Warehouse Co., Ltd. in the US opened a base in New York, USA. |
| 2018 |
Expanded warehouses in the Ayutthaya and Ratchaburi districts of Thailand. |
| 2018 |
Expanded warehouses in the Ayutthaya district of Thailand. Expanded warehouses in the Laem Chabang district of Thailand. |
| 2019 |
A new warehouse began operating at Namba-maki Wharf in Yokohama, and expanded a warehouse in the Chua S region of Singapore. |
| 2020 |
An archives-only warehouse began operating in Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture, and was expanded in Hanyu City, Saitama Prefecture. |
| 2020 |
Archives dedicated warehouse operational in Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture. Expanded archives dedicated warehouse in Hanyu City, Saitama Prefecture. |
| 2021 |
Expanded a warehouse at Port Island, Kobe Port. |
| 2022 |
Transferred Westwood Shipping Lines and four vessels to Swire Shipping Group. Established bases in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Houston, USA. |
| 2022 |
Transferred Westwood Shipping Lines and four vessels to Swayze Shipping Group. Guangzhou Zhuzhuang International Freight Co., Ltd. opened a base in Shenzhen. Sumitomo Warehouse America opened a base in Houston, USA. |
| 2023 |
Expanded warehouse in Laem Chabang, Thailand. |
