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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. |
| 1958 | Jul. | Listed on Osaka Securities Exchange. |
| 1961 | May | The company name was changed to Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd. |
| Jun. | Listed on Nagoya Stock Exchange. | |
| 1962 | Jan. | Nagoya Plant established. |
| 1963 |
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. |
| 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. | |
| Oct. | Operating officer system introduced. | |
| 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. The belt tension measurement application "Smart Tension" is no longer available on the AppStore.Thank you for your long time patronage. |
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| 2019 | Oct. | Celebrated its 100th anniversary. 100th anniversary site |
| 2020 | May | The company name of Germany site was changed to Mitsuboshi Belting Europe GmbH. |
| 2021 | Apr. | PT. MITSUBOSHI BELTING SALES INDONESIA established in Indonesia. |
| 2022 | Apr. | Transferred from Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section to Prime Market |
