Our History
Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
In October 1919, Mitsuboshi Shokai was founded to manufacture cotton transmission belts at the current Kobe Plant site. As they say, the rest is history.
1920
March 1920
Main material of power transmission belts production was changed from cotton to rubber
1930
October 1932
The business was incorporated as Mitsuboshi Shokai Co., Ltd
June 1935
The company name was changed to Mitsuboshi Chotai Co., Ltd
March 1936
Start manufacturing conveyor belts
June 1937
Tokyo Branch established
1940
October 1940
Start manufacturing V-belts
January 1947
Start manufacturing bicycle tires and tubes began
November 1947
Shikoku Plant established and start manufacturing flat belts
November 1948
Osaka Branch established
1950
June 1950
Nagoya Branch established
May 1957
Start manufacturing timing belts
July 1958
Listed on Osaka Securities Exchange
1960
May 1961
The company name was changed to Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
June 1961
Listed on Nagoya Stock Exchange
January 1962
Nagoya Plant established
May 1962
Listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange
July 1963
Start manufacturing waterproofing sheets
April 1965
Start manufacturing automobile interior components
1970
July 1973
Start manufacturing automobile exterior components
MBL (USA) CORPORATION established in the United States
February 1977
MBL (Europe) B.V. established in Netherlands
July 1977
Mitsuboshi Belting (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. established in Singapore
September 1977
Kanagawa Plant was established to take over the production of automotive components at Mitsuboshi Belting Kanagawa Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
1980
April 1980
Start manufacturing engineering structural foams
October 1982
Start manufacturing ChemiFlex products from polyurethane materials
September 1986
Shiga Plant established; start cord treatment for power transmission belt
December 1987
Mitsuboshi Belting (Thailand) Co., Ltd. established in Thailand
February 1988
MBL Antriebstechnik Deutschland GmbH established in Germany
March 1988
Start manufacturing power transmission belts at MBL (USA) CORPORATION
September 1988
P.T. Mitsuboshi Belting Indonesia established in Indonesia
1990
May 1990
MBL International (Asia) Pte. Ltd. established in Singapore
October 1992
Head Office was moved to Harborland Center Building, Kobe
January 1995
Facilities of Kobe Plant were damaged by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
November 1996
P.T. SEIWA INDONESIA established in Indonesia
February 1999
Mitsuboshi Belting Giken Co., Ltd. established in Ayabe City, Kyoto, for the purpose of developing and testing production systems
October 1999
Held ceremony to commemorate 80th anniversary
2000
January 2000
Start multi-headquarter system, Tokyo head office established
April 2000
Techno Research Center established at Kobe
June 2000
MBL International (Asia) Pte. Ltd. in Singapore changed its business purpose and was renamed MITSUBOSHI OVERSEAS HEADQUARTERS LIMITED.
November 2000
Kobe head office was moved to Nagata Ward, Kobe
August 2001
MOI Tech Europe Sp.z o.o. established in Poland
November 2001
STARS TECHNOLOGIES INDUSTRIAL LIMITED established in Thailand
June 2002
MBL SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL TRADING CO. LTD. established in China
January 2003
Consolidated MITSUBOSHI OVERSEAS HEADQUARTERS LIMITED and Mitsuboshi Belting (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. into MITSUBOSHI OVERSEAS HEADQUARTERS LIMITED
Consolidated sales companies in Japan into one company, Mitsuboshi Belting Sales Co., Ltd.
October 2003
Operating officer system introduced
April 2004
SUZHOU MITSUBOSHI BELTING CO., LTD. established in China
October 2004
Automotive components division was split to Mitsuboshi Belting Kaseihin Co., Ltd.
September 2006
All stocks of Mitsuboshi Belting Kaseihin Co.,Ltd. were handed over to International Automotive Components Group Japan,LLC.
October 2007
Ayabe Production System Development Center started its operation with the integrated production system from raw materials to finished products
October 2008
Developed new variable speed belt composed of engineering plastic blocks and rubber
2010
December 2010
MITSUBOSHI BELTING-INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED established in India
August 2012
Mitsuboshi Belting VIETNAM Co., Ltd. established in Vietnam
January 2015
Held an advertising tower lighting ceremony to commemorate 20th year after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
February 2015
Released Smart Tension, a simple belt tension measurement app for smartphones
October 2019
Celebrated its 100th anniversary.
2020
February 2020
The company name of Germany site was changed to Mitsuboshi Belting Europe GmbH
April 2021
MITSUBOSHI BELTING SALES INDONESIA established in Indonesia
April 2022
Transferred from Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section to Prime Market
October 2022
Mitsuboshi Belting Europe GmbH branch office was established in France