In 2002, SCOA celebrated it's 50th anniversary of conducting business in the United States. Officially established in New York in 1952, SCOA has grown from a San Francisco-based representative office started in 1951, to a company with 12 U.S. offices, and more than 40 subsidiaries.

Today, our network also spans North and South America through our affiliation with Sumitomo Canada Limited, Sumitomo Mexico and Sumitomo's South American offices. Over the years, as offices were established throughout the U.S., the Company's name changed from Nikken New York (NNY), to Sumitomo Shoji New York (SSNY) to Sumitomo Shoji America, Inc. (SSAI) to finally, Sumitomo Corporation of America (SCOA).

For a chronological list of SCOA milestones, download our timeline [PDF, 51K], printed in our internal newsletter the SCOA Times on our 50th anniversary.