About Us

Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd., established in Kobe, Japan, in October 1919, initially focused on producing industrial drive belts, starting with cotton belts. Over time, the company's relentless pursuit of advancement and innovation led to its transformation into a global player, expanding its offerings beyond drive technology. Today, Mitsuboshi provides comprehensive solutions in various sectors, including architecture, landscape construction, and electronic components.

The key to Mitsuboshi's remarkable success lies in the unwavering commitment to its corporate philosophy: "High Performance," "High Precision," and "High Quality." This philosophy is symbolized by the three stars featured in our company logo, reflecting the essence of our name, Mitsuboshi, which translates to "three stars" in Japanese.

Through a steadfast dedication to these principles, Mitsuboshi has solidified its reputation as a trusted provider of exceptional products and services. The company's evolution into diverse sectors is a testament to its ability to consistently deliver high-performance solutions that meet the exacting standards of precision and quality.

As a global player, Mitsuboshi continues to push the boundaries of innovation, harnessing cutting-edge technologies and expertise to address the evolving needs of industries worldwide. With a rich history rooted in excellence and guided by our core philosophy, Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd. remains committed to delivering exceptional performance, precision, and quality across all sectors we serve.

Established in November 1973, MBL (USA) Corporation has experienced consistent growth and success over the years. The increasing demand for the exceptional products manufactured by Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd. became the catalyst for the construction of our Illinois manufacturing plant, which commenced operations in March 1988.

At MBL (USA) Corporation, we specialize in the production of timing belts and variable speed belts for both original equipment and service parts, serving the automotive, recreational, and industrial sectors. Our commitment to excellence extends beyond the North, Central, and South American markets as we export our products to countries worldwide.

Recognized for our unwavering dedication to quality and service, MBL (USA) has been honored with numerous prestigious awards from renowned companies across the globe. Our customers and visitors from major corporations universally acknowledge our manufacturing plant as world-class in every aspect, encompassing cutting-edge technology, advanced equipment, automation, process control, and stringent quality assurance measures.

Mitsuboshi upholds the highest quality standards, evident in our IATF16949 quality certification for both domestic and overseas factories. Additionally, we proudly possess the ISO 14001 environmental certification, demonstrating our commitment to sustainable practices.

At MBL (USA) Corporation, we continue to strive for excellence, ensuring that our customers receive top-notch products that adhere to the highest industry standards. With a strong focus on quality, innovation, and environmental responsibility, we remain at the forefront of our industry, serving the global market with unparalleled expertise and dedication.

Corporate Philosophy: 
To give attentive consideration to both humanity and nature

In 1999, when terms such as “ESG” and “sustainability” were not yet common, our corporate philosophy of “To give attentive consideration to both humanity and nature” was established as the cornerstone of the company. The concept of “to give consideration to humanity” represents our desire to be an organization that respects the human rights, personality, and individuality of all people involved in our business activities and in which each and every employee can fully exert his/her originality, and “to give consideration to nature” represents our desire to protect the environment, including climate, water, and biodiversity, of this planet on which we live to realize a sustainable society. Our corporate philosophy of “To give attentive consideration to both humanity and nature” is our important and unchanging value in order for us to be a company that will continuously contribute to society in a sustainable way for the next 100 years.

Management Principle:
To contribute to society by supplying goods of high performance, high precision and high quality

“To make products with sincerity” —This was one of our management principles at the time of the foundation of our company in 1919. Based on this belief, we have faithfully engaged in “manufacturing” under the spirit of “manufacturing quality and selling quality” for more than 100 years since our foundation.

Mitsuboshi Belting aims to achieve a “trade-on” between economic value and environmental/social value and contribute to solving social issues, including the realization of a decarbonized society, by providing our products such as next-generation belts with a higher proportion of non-petroleum-derived raw materials and high-performance timing belts used in wind power generators. Mitsuboshi Belting aims to achieve a “trade-on” between economic value and environmental/social value and contribute to solving social issues, including the realization of a decarbonized society, by providing our products such as next-generation belts with a higher proportion of non-petroleum-derived raw materials and high-performance timing belts used in wind power generators.

A company that supports people's comfortable lives with the power of science

You may not often see Mitsuboshi Belting's products directly. However, our products continue to quietly play a role in our daily lives, such as in cars, motorcycles, printers and other office equipment, ATMs, cash registers, and various home appliances including washing machines and bread machines.

The Mitsuboshi Belting Group aims to be a company that continues to support people's comfortable lives by creating innovation through our efforts to deepen the power of science and valuing the challenging spirit.

Motto: 
To act with pride in how we stand today and look forward to the future.

Mitsuboshi Belting believes that it is the source of the realization of the growth of individual employees and the sustainability of the company for our employees “to act with pride in how we stand today and look forward to the future.”

Revision of the Mitsuboshi Belting Group Code of Conduct

In the current age known as the VUCA world, Mitsuboshi Belting considers that while some values should be cherished as a company without change, there are also many things that need to be changed in order to adapt to the rapidly changing social situation and environment.

In November 2022, we made major revisions to our previous Code of Conduct in consideration of the ten principles of the United Nations Global Compact and other factors to ensure that it is compatible even with today’s society, in which companies are expected to play a greater role. This revised Code of Conduct is positioned as “our promise” for all Group employees in order for our company to continue “to give attentive consideration to both humanity and nature.”

This Code of Conduct has been translated into a total of five languages, including English and Chinese, and has been disseminated to all employees of the Mitsuboshi Belting Group. Also, with the aim of ensuring that each employee correctly understands this Code of Conduct, meetings are also held at each department to read it.