1910s
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October |
1919 |
Genzo Oda establishes Mitsuboshi Shokai to manufacture mainly cotton belts at the present Kobe Plant site. |
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1920s
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March |
1920 |
Cotton belts are replaced with rubber belts. |
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1930s
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October |
1932 |
The business is incorporated as Mitsuboshi Shokai Co., Ltd. |
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June |
1935 |
The company is renamed Mitsuboshi Chotai Co., Ltd. |
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March |
1936 |
Manufacture of conveyor belts begins. |
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June |
1937 |
Tokyo Branch opens. |
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1940s
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October |
1940 |
Manufacture of V-belt begins. |
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January |
1947 |
Manufacture of bicycle tires and tubes begins. |
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November |
1947 |
Shikoku Plant begins manufacturing flat belts. |
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1950s
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June |
1955 |
Nagoya Branch opens. |
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May |
1957 |
Manufacture of timing belts begins. |
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July |
1958 |
Listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange. |
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1960s
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May |
1961 |
The company is renamed Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd. |
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June |
1961 |
Listed on the Nagoya Stock Exchange. |
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January |
1962 |
Nagoya Plant is built. |
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May |
1962 |
Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
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July |
1963 |
Manufacture of waterproofing sheet begins. |
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April |
1965 |
Manufacture of interior automotive components begins. |
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1970s
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July |
1973 |
Manufacture of exterior automotive components begins. |
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November |
1973 |
MBL (USA) Corp. is established in Illinois, USA. |
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February |
1977 |
MBL (Europe) B.V. is established in Netherlands. |
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July |
1977 |
Mitsuboshi Belting (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. is established in Singapore. |
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September |
1977 |
Kanagawa Plant is established through the transfer of manufacturing facilities for automotive components from Mitsuboshi Belting Kanagawa Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |
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1980s
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April |
1980 |
Manufacture of engineering structural foams begins. |
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October |
1982 |
Manufacture of ChemiFlex products from polyurethane materials begins. |
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July |
1984 |
Mitsuboshi Belting Philippines Corp. is established. |
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September |
1986 |
Shiga Plant completed; cord treatment for power transmission belt begins. |
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December |
1987 |
Mitsuboshi Belting (Thailand) Co., Ltd. is established. |
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February |
1988 |
MBL Antriebstechnik Deutschland GmbH is established. |
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March |
1988 |
Production plant opens for MBL (USA) Corp. |
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September |
1988 |
Mitsuboshi Belting Indonesia is established. |
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1990s
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May |
1990 |
MBL International (Asia) Pte. Ltd. is established in Singapore. |
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October |
1992 |
Head Office is moved to Harborland Center Building, Kobe. |
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January |
1995 |
The Great Hanshin Earthquake damages part of the Head Office and the Kobe Plant, with losses amounting to approx. 300,000,000 yen. |
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November |
1996 |
P.T. Seiwa Indonesia is established as a subsidiary of Mitsuboshi Belting (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. |
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January |
1998 |
Mitsuboshi Belting International Systems Ltd. is established as a recruitment agent. |
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March |
1998 |
Tianjin Mitsuboshi Belting Co., Ltd. is established in China. |
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February |
1999 |
Mitsuboshi Belting Giken Co., Ltd. is established at Ayabe city, Kyoto for the development of new production systems. |
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October |
1999 |
The 80th anniversary ceremony of the company's foundation is held. |
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2000s
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January |
2000 |
Head offices are placed in Kobe and Tokyo. |
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April |
2000 |
Techno Research Center is established adjacent to the Kobe head office. |
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November |
2000 |
Head Office is moved to Nagata Ward, Kobe. |
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August |
2001 |
MOI Tech Europe Sp. zo.o is established in Poland. |
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November |
2001 |
Stars Technologies Industrial Ltd. is established in Thailand. |
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June |
2002 |
MBL Shanghai International Trading Co., Ltd. is established in China. |
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January |
2003 |
Domestic sales agencies are consolidated into Mitsuboshi Belting Sales Co., Ltd. |
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October |
2003 |
Operating officer system is introduced. |
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April |
2004 |
Suzhou Mitsuboshi Belting Co., Ltd. is established in China. |
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October |
2004 |
Automotive components division is split to Mitsuboshi Belting Kaseihin Co., Ltd. |
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September |
2006 |
All stocks of Mitsuboshi Belting Kaseihin Co., Ltd. are handed over to International Automotive Components Group Japan, LLC. |
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October |
2007 |
Ayabe Production System Development Center starts its operation with the integrated production system from raw materials to finished products. |
2010s
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December |
2010 |
MITSUBOSHI BELTING-INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED was established in India. |
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August |
2012 |
Mitsuboshi Berlting VIETNAM Co., Ltd was established. |
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January |
2015 |
Held and advertising pillar lighting ceremony to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Kobe earthquake. |
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February |
2015 |
Released Smart Tension, a simple belt tension measurment app for smartphone |
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October |
2019 |
Celebrated MITSUBOSHI's 100th Anniversary. |
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