Matsumura Oil Research Corporation (renamed MORESCO Corporation in 2009) was established by a group of young researchers in 1958 as Japan's domestic producer of special lubricants, which were mainly imported at the time.

We have since supplied the major industries that have formed the backbone of the Japanese economy, having developed a string of products including high-vacuum pump oil for use in industries where high vacuum are required; fire-resistant hydraulic fluids for use in the steel and automobile industries; and extremely safe liquid paraffin oil for use as a raw material in cosmetics.