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