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1919
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Mitsuboshi Shokai was founded to manufacture cotton transmission belts at the current Kobe Plant site. |
1920s
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1920
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Main material of power transmission belts production was changed from cotton to rubber. |
1930s
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1932
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The business was incorporated as Mitsuboshi Shokai Co., Ltd. |
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1935
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The company name was changed to Mitsuboshi Chotai Co., Ltd. |
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1936
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Mar |
Start manufacturing conveyor belts. |
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1937 |
Jun |
Tokyo Branch established. |
1940s
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1940 |
Oct |
Start manufacturing V-belts. |
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1947 |
Jan |
Start manufacturing bicycle tires and tubes. |
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Nov |
Shikoku Plant established and start manufacturing flat belts. |
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1948 |
Nov |
Osaka Branch established. |
1950s
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1955 |
Jun |
Nagoya Branch established. |
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1957 |
May |
Start manufacturing timing belts. |
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1959 |
Jul |
Listed on Osaka Securities Exchange. |
1960s
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1961 |
May |
The company name was changed to Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd. |
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Jun |
Listed on Nagoya Stock Exchange. |
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1962 |
Jan |
Nagoya Plant established. |
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May |
Listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
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1963 |
Jul |
Start manufacturing waterproofing sheets. |
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1965 |
Apr |
Start manufacturing automobile interior components. |
1970s
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1973 |
Jul |
Start manufacturing automobile exterior components. |
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Nov |
MBL (USA) CORPORATION established in the United States. |
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1977 |
Feb |
MBL (Europe) B.V. establised in the Netherlands. |
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Jul |
Mitsuboshi Belting (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. established in Singapore. |
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Sep |
Kanagawa Plant was established to take over the production of automotive components at Mitsuboshi Belting Kanagawa Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |
1980s
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1980 |
Apr |
Start manufacturing engineering structural foams. |
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1982 |
Oct |
Start manufacturing ChemiFlex products from polyurethane materials. |
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1986 |
Sep |
Shiga Plant established; start cord treatment for power transmission belt. |
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1987 |
Dec |
Mitsuboshi Belting (Thailand) Co., Ltd. established in Thailand. |
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1988 |
Feb |
MBL Antriebstechnik Deutschland GmbH established in Germany. |
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Mar |
Start manufacturing power transmission belts at MBL (USA) CORPORATION. |
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Sep |
PT. Mitusboshi Belting Indonesia established in Indonesia. |
1990s
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1990 |
May |
MBL International (Asia) Pte. Ltd. established in Singapore. Start manufacturing power transmission belts at PT. Mitsuboshi Belting Indonesia. |
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1992 |
Oct |
Head Office was moved to Harborland Center Building, Kobe. |
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1995 |
Jan |
Facilities of Kobe Plant were damaged by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. |
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1996 |
Nov |
PT. SEIWA INDONESIA established in Indonesia. |
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1998 |
Feb |
Mitsuboshi Belting Giken Co., Ltd. established in Ayabe City, Kyoto, for the purpose of developing and testing production systems. |
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1999 |
Oct |
Held ceremony to commemorate 80th anniversary. |
2000s
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2000 |
Jan |
Start multi-headquarter system, Tokyo head office established. |
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Apr |
Techno Research Center established at Kobe. |
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Jun |
MBL International (Asia) Pte. Ltd. in Singapore changed its business purpose and was renamed MITSUBOSHI OVERSEAS HEADQUARTERS LIMITED. |
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Nov |
Kobe head office moved to Nagata Ward, Kobe. |
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2001 |
Aug |
MOI Tech Europe Sp.z o.o. established in Poland. |
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Nov |
STARS TECHNOLOGIES INDUSTRIAL LIMITED established in Thailand. |
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2002 |
Jun |
MBL SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL TRADING CO. LTD. established in China. |
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2003 |
Jan |
Consolidated MITSUBOSHI OVERSEAS HEADQUARTERS LIMITED and Mitsuboshi Belting (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. into MITSUBOSHI OVERSEAS HEADQUARTERS LIMITED. |
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Jan |
Consolidated sales companies in Japan into one company, Mitsuboshi Belting Sales Co., Ltd. |
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Oct |
Operating officer system introduced. |
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2004 |
Apr |
SUZHOU MITSUBOSHI BELTING CO., LTD. established in China. |
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Oct |
Automotive components division was split to Mitsuboshi Belting Kaseihin Co., Ltd. |
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2006 |
Sep |
All stocks of Mitsuboshi Belting Kaseihin Co., Ltd. were handed over to International Automotive Components Group Japan, LLC. |
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2007 |
Oct |
Ayabe Production System Development Center started its operation with the integrated production system from raw materials to finished products. |
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2008 |
Oct |
Developed new variable speed belt composed of engineering plastic blocks and rubber. |
2010s
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2010 |
Dec |
MITSUBOSHI BELTING-INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED established in India. |
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2012 |
Aug |
Mitsuboshi Belting VIETNAM Co., Ltd. established in Vietnam. |
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2015 |
Jan |
Held an advertising tower lighting ceremony as a commemorative 20th year after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. |
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Feb |
Released Smart Tension, a simple belt tension measurement app for smartphones. |
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2019 |
Oct |
Celebrated its 100th anniversary. |
2020s
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2020 |
Feb |
The company name of Germany site was changed to Mitsuboshi Belting Europe GmbH. |
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2021 |
Apr |
PT. MITSUBOSHI BELTING SALES INDONESIA established in Indonesia. |
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