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JTEKT KOYO•TMW

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1921 Koyo Seiko Co. founded
1935 Company reorganized into a corporation and renamed Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
1938 Kokubu Plant completed
1943 Operations begun at Tokyo Plant
1958 American Koyo Corp. (presently Koyo Corporation of U.S.A.) established as first overseas affiliate
1960 Steering system development and prototype production begun at Kokubu Plant
1963 Joint bearing manufacturing and sales operations with Osaka Bearing Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (presently Daibea Co., Ltd.) begun
Tokushima Plant completed
1969 Hamura Plant (presently Tokyo Plant) completed
1973 American Koyo Bearing Mfg Corp. (presently Koyo Corporation of U.S.A.) established, plant completed in South Carolina, and bearing production begun
1975 Operations begun at Hiketa Plant (presently Kagawa Plant)
1979 Operations of old Tokyo Plant and Hamura Plant combined (at Hamura Plant) and the plant renamed the Tokyo Plant
1983 World's first electronically controlled power steering system developed
1984 Ceramic bearing developed jointly with Toshiba Corporation
1986 Operations begun at Toyohashi Plant
1988 Production of world's first electric power steering system begun
Joint venture TRW Koyo Steering Systems Company formed with U.S. company TRW Inc. (presently JTEKT Automotive Tennessee-Vonore Co.)
1989 Technical center at Kokubu Plant completed
1990 Operations begun at Kameyama Plant
Financial participation in and technical assistance to Societe de Mecanique D'Irigny S.A. (presently JTEKT Automotive Lyon S.A.S.) begun
1991 North American Technical Center established in USA
European Bearing Central Office established in the Netherlands
1997 European Bearing Technical Centre established in the Netherlands
1998 R&D center completed at Nara Plant
2000 Obtained majority ownership of Peugeot steering manufacturing subsidiary, changed name to Koyo Sreering Dijon Saint-Etienne S.A.S. (presently JTEKT Automotive Dijon Saint-Etienne S.A.S.)
Basic agreement with Toyoda Machine Works, Ltd. regarding electric power steering joint development
2001 Business tie-up with Fuji Kiko Co., Ltd. regarding steering columns
2002 Establishment with Toyota Motor Corporation, Denso Corporation, and Toyoda Machine Works, Ltd. of joint venture FAVESS Co., Ltd. for the development and sale of electric power steering
Became first company in Japan to obtain certification in ISO/TS 16949 (2002 version)
2003 TRW Koyo Steering Systems Company made a wholly owned Koyo subsidiary and renamed Tennessee Koyo Steering Systems Company (presently JTEKT Automotive Tennessee-Vonore Co.)
 
1941 Toyoda Machine Works, Ltd. founded
1952 Production of automotive parts begun
1955 Technical tie-up for cylindrical grinder production formed
First transfer machine in Japan completed
1956 Technical tie-up with Meehanite for casting technology formed
1961 Technical tie-up for Z-type milling machine production formed
1965 Operations at Okazaki Plant begun
1966 Production of semiconductor pressure transducers begun
1968 Production of machining centers begun
Production of automotive power steering begun
1970 Kouda Plant completed
1972 Sales of programmable controllers, TOYOPUC begun
1973 Toyoda-Koki Do Brasil Industria e Comercio De Maquinas, Ltda. established in Brazil .
1977 Toyoda Machinery USA Corp. established in USA
1980 Production of CV joints begun
Production of CNC/CBN cylindrical grinders begun
1985 Higashi Kariya Mechatronics Plant completed
Awarded Deming Application Prize for 1985
1986 Tadomisaki Plant completed
1988 Awarded PM Excellence Prize for 1988
1989 Toyoda TRW Automotive, Inc. (presently JTEKT Automotive Tennessee-Morristown, Inc.) established in USA
1990 Hanazono Plant completed
1996 Toyoda Machine Works (Thailand) Co., Ltd. established in Thailand
1997 Toyoda TRW Steering Pumps Ltd. (presently JTEKT Automotive UK, Ltd.) established in UK
1998 Technical center at Hanazono completed
1999 GKN Toyoda Driveshafts Ltd. (presently GKN JTEKT LTD.) established
Customer Center at Kariya completed
2000

Toyoda-koki Automotive South Carolina Inc. (presently JTEKT Automotive South Carolina, Inc.) established in USA
Basic agreement with Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd. regarding electric power steering joint development
2001 Production of electric power steering begun
2002 Establishment with Toyota Motor Corporation, Denso Corporation, and Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd. of joint venture FAVESS Co., Ltd. for the development and sale of electric power steering
2003 Toyoda-Koki Automotive Czech Republic, S.R.O. (presently JTEKT Automotive Czech Pardubice, S.R.O.) established in Czech Republic
Toyoda-Koki Automotive (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. established in China
Torsen business purchased from Bosch Automotive Systems Corporation (presently Bosch Corporation)
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