October	1919	Genzo Oda establishes Mitsuboshi Shokai to manufacture mainly cotton belts at the present Kobe Plant site.
March	1920	Cotton belts are replaced with rubber belts.
October	1932	The business is incorporated as Mitsuboshi Shokai Co., Ltd.
June	1935	The company is renamed Mitsuboshi Chotai Co., Ltd.
March	1936	Manufacture of conveyor belts begun.
June	1937	Tokyo Branch opens.
October	1940	Manufacture of V-belt begun.
January	1947	Manufacture of bicycle tires and tubes begun.
November	1947	Shikoku Plant begins manufac-turing of flat belts.
June	1955	Nagoya Branch opens.
May	1957	Manufacture of timing belts begun.
July	1958	Listed on Osaka Securities Exchange.
May	1961	Company renamed Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
June	1961	Listed on Nagoya Stock Exchange.
January	1962	Nagoya Plant built;
May	1962	Listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange.
July	1963	Manufacture of waterproofing sheet begun.
April	1965	Manufacture of interior automotive components begun.
July	1973	Manufacture of exterior automotive components begun.
Novemver	1973	MBL (USA) Corp. established in Illinois, USA.
February	1977	MBL (Europe) B.V. established in Netherlands.
July	1977	Mitsuboshi Belting (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. established in Singapore.
September	1977	Kanagawa Plant established through the transfer of manufacturing facilities for automotive components from Mitsuboshi Belting Kanagawa Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
April	1980	Manufacture of engineering structural foams begun.
October	1982	Manufacture of ChemiFlex products from polyurethane materials begun.
July	1984	Mitsuboshi Belting Philippines Corp. established.
September	1986	Shiga Plant completed; cord treatment for power transmission belt begun.
December	1987	Mitsuboshi Belting (Thailand) Co., Ltd. established.
February	1988	MBL Antriebstechnik Deutschland GmbH established.
March	1988	Production plant built for MBL (USA) Corp.
September	1988	Mitsuboshi Belting Indonesia established.
May	1990	MBL International (Asia) Pte. Ltd. established in Singapore.
October	1992	Head Office moved to Harborland Center Building, Kobe.
January	1995	The Great Hanshin Earthquake damaged part of Head Office and the Kobe Plant, with losses amounting to approx. 300,000,000 yen.
November	1996	P.T. Seiwa Indonesia established as a subsidiary of Mitsuboshi Belting (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
Junuary	1998	Mitsuboshi Belting International Systems Ltd. established as a recruitment agent.
March	1998	Tianjin Mitsuboshi Belting Co., Ltd. established in China.
February	1999	Mitsuboshi Belting Giken Co., Ltd. was established at Ayabe city Kyoto for the development of new production systems.
October	1999	The 80th anniversary ceremony of the company's foundation was held.
January	2000	Head offices were placed in Kobe and Tokyo.
April	2000	Techno Research Center was established adjacent to the Kobe head office.
November	2000	Head Office moved to Nagata Ward, Kobe.
August	2001	MOI Tech Europe Sp. zo.o was established in Poland.
November	2001	Stars Technologies Industrial Ltd. was established in Thailand.
June	2002	MBL Shanghai International Trading Co., LtdDwas established in China.
January	2003	Domestic sales agencies were consolidated into Mitsuboshi Belting Sales Co., Ltd.
October	2003	Operating officer system was introduced.
April	2004	Suzhou Mitsuboshi Belting Co., Ltd. was 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. ware handed over to International Automotive Components Group Japan, LLC.