Company History
JTEKT | Former Koyo Seiko | Former Toyoda Koki
- 2007/2
- Production of the motor-driven power steering system was started at JTEKT STEERING SYSTEMS (XIAMEN) CO., LTD. in China.
- 2007/7
- JTEKT SONA AUTOMOTIVE INDIA LTD., a company manufacturing the motor-driven power steering system, was established in India. (Production was started in October 2010.)
- 2007/12
- Steering system and bearing production companies and bearing sales company in Thailand joined to establish JTEKT (THAILAND) CO., LTD.
- 2008/1
- 40% investment was made in WELE MECHATRONIC CO., LTD., a machine tool manufacturer in Taiwan.
- 2008/8
- TOYODA MICROMATIC MACHINERY INDIA LTD., a machine tool sales and service company, was established in India.
- 2009/1
- PT. JTEKT INDONESIA, an automotive parts and bearing sales company, was established in Indonesia.
- 2009/6
- KOYO BEARINGS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED, a bearing sales company, was established in India.
- 2010/1
- The needle bearing business was acquired from THE TIMKEN COMPANY, a major bearing company in the United States.
- 2010/5
- JTEKT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (WUXI) CO., LTD., a technical center, was established in China.
- 2010/6
- Capital increase through public offering and third-party allotment
- 2010/10
- PT. JTEKT INDONESIA in Indonesia started production of the motor-driven power steering system and starter clutch.
- 2011/7
- GKN JTEKT LTD. was merged and acquired.
- 2012/1
- A brand mark symbolizing integration of JTEKT, KOYO and TOYODA was established.
- 2012/10
- The Iga Test Course was opened.
- 2012/10
- Toyoda Machine Works Torsen Co., Ltd. was merged and acuired.
- 2014/3
- JTEKT AUTOMOTIVA BRASIL LTDA. started production of the Electric power steerings.
- 2014/4
- Large Size Bearing Engineering Development Center was opened.
- 2014/10
- Koyo Sales Co., Ltd. was merged and acuired.
- 2015/9
- JTEKT AUTOMOTIVE MEXICO, S.A. de C.V. started production of the Electric power steerings.
- 2016/1
- JTEKT 10th anniversary
- 2017/9
- Established JTEKT AUTOMOTIVE MOROCCO S.A.S.
- 2017/11
- Established JTEKT IT Center Akita Corporation.
- 2017/12
- Fuji Kiko Co., Ltd. became our wholly owned subsidiary company
- 2018/11
- Established KOYO MAGNETIC BEARING CORPORATION
- 2019/1
- Daibea Co., Ltd. became our wholly owned subsidiary company
- 2020/1
- Yutaka Seimitsu Kogyo, Ltd. became our wholly owned subsidiary company
- 2021/10
- Established JTEKT Sales Corporation
- 2021/11
- The Gear Innovation Center was opened.
- 2022/4
- Established JTEKT FINETECH Co., Ltd.
- 2022/4
- Established JTEKT SURPRET Co., Ltd.
- 2022/4
- Unify business brand to "JTEKT"