Company History -Former Toyoda Koki-
JTEKT ｜ Former Koyo Seiko ｜ Former Toyoda Koki
- 1941
- Toyoda Machine Works, Ltd. founded
- 1952
- Production of automotive parts begun
- 1955
- Technical tie-up for cylindrical grinder production formed
- 1955
- 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
- 1968
- 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
- 1980
- Production of CNC/CBN cylindrical grinders begun
- 1985
- Higashi Kariya Mechatronics Plant completed
- 1985
- 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
- 1999
- Customer Center at Kariya completed
- 2000
- Toyoda-koki Automotive South Carolina Inc. (presently JTEKT Automotive South Carolina, Inc.) established in USA
- 2000
- 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
- 2003
- Toyoda-Koki Automotive (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. established in China
- 2003
- Torsen business purchased from Bosch Automotive Systems Corporation (presently Bosch Corporation)