Jul. 1935
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The Nishijin Jacquard Mfg. partnership was established in Kyoto.
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Sept. 1945
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Company was renamed the Murata Textile Machine Co., Ltd. and initiated enterprise activities.
Began production of winders.
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Oct. 1955
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Began production of automatic cone winders.
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Jun. 1961
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Developed turret lathes and began production.
Machine Tools Division was established.
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Apr. 1962
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Inuyama Plant began operations.
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Jun. 1962
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The company adopted its present name, Murata Machinery, Ltd.
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Sept. 1962
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Began production of tool cabinets. Physical Distribution Control Systems Division (following Automated Systems Division) was established.
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Sept. 1963
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Developed two-for-one twisters and began production.
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Jul. 1964
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Introduced CONEMATIC automatic winder.
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Dec. 1965
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Began production of man-made-fiber machines.
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Jun. 1970
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Murata Warner & Swasey Co., Ltd., a joint venture with the Warner & Swasey Co., U.S.A. was established and began manufacture of automatic lathes.
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Feb. 1972
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Introduced and began production of take-up winders.
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Nov. 1972
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Entered into technical and sales agreement with Graphic Sciences, Inc., U.S.A. and established Nippon Dex, Corp., in Japan for the production and sales of facsimile transceivers.
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Apr. 1973
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Introduced and began production of dobby.
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Jun. 1973
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Kaga Factory began operations.
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Jul. 1973
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Facsimile Machine "dex 180" obtained Japan's first type-approval by Nippon Telegraph and public Corp. (Presently, NTT).
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Oct. 1973
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Murata Machinery (HK), Ltd. was established in Hong Kong, China.
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Dec. 1973
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Murata Do Brasil was established in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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May. 1974
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Murata of America, Inc. was established in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.A.
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Aug. 1978
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Developed draw texturing machine, No.333-II MACH CRIMPER (with Nip-twister).
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Nov. 1978
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Developed air-jet spinning frame, MURATA JET SPINNER (MJS).
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May. 1979
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Introduced the ROBO-FAMILY of unmanned transportation vehicles.
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Oct. 1979
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Exhibited the automatic winder, No.7 MACH CONER (with Mach Splicer) at ITMA'79 in Hanover, Germany.
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Oct. 1980
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Introduced and began production of CNC twin spindle chucker.
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Mar. 1981
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Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) began operation at the Inuyama Plant.
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May. 1981
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Developed the 300 series of digital facsimile.
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Feb. 1982
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Developed Handling Robot for heavy workloads.
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Nov. 1984
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Murata Machinery Europe GmbH was established in Dusseldorf, Germany.
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Oct. 1986
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Developed the intelligent monorail system for clean room, SKY RAV.
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Jul. 1987
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Murata Machinery Taiwan Co., Ltd. was established in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Mar. 1988
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Opened a service center in Beijing, China.
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May. 1988
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The 1st Murata Human Talk was held, addressed by Dr. Tonegawa.
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Jan. 1989
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Began to sponsored the annual All-Japan Interprefectural Women's Ekiden Marathon held in Kyoto.
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Mar. 1989
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Oita Factory began operations.
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Jun. 1989
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Murata (Thailand) Co., Ltd. was established in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Oct. 1989
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Acquired the Wiedemann Division from the Warner & Swasey Company Co., Ltd., U.S.A., and established Murata Wiedemann, Inc. in U.S.A.
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Mar. 1990
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Murata Warner Swasey Co., Ltd. was merged into the Machine Tools Division of Murata Machinery, Ltd.
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Jun. 1990
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Murata Automated Systems, Inc. was established in U.S.A.
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Aug. 1990
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Murata Automated Systems Taiwan Co., Ltd. was established in Taipei, TAIWAN.
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Oct. 1991
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Introduced a new unified brand name, "MURATEC".
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Apr. 1992
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R&D Center was established in the Kyoto head office.
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Jan. 1993
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Murata Machinery Singapore Pte. Ltd was established in Singapore.
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Feb. 1994
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"Dream Center", an automated systems laboratory, completed in Inuyama Plant.
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May. 1994
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Began contract manufacturing of facsimile in Shenzhen, China.
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Jul. 1994
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Developed Laser Guided Vehicles (LGV).
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Oct. 1994
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Exhibited the MOTORUM 2000, servo motor driven CNC turret punch press, and the MW12G, CNC twin spindle chucker, at JIMTOF'94 in Osaka, Japan.
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Jun. 1997
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Clean Systems Division was established.
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Oct. 1997
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Developed the air-vortex spinning frame for cotton Murata Vortex Spinner (MVS).
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Mar. 1998
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Murata Machinery (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. was established in Shanghai, China.
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Apr. 2002
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Merged synthetic fiber machinery business unit with Toray Engineering Co., Ltd., and Teijin Seiki Co., Ltd., and established a joint capital company, TMT Machinery, Inc.
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Jun. 2002
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Integrated Automated Systems Division and Clean Systems Division into Logistics & Automation Division.
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Jun. 2002
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Integrated the subsidiaries in U.S.A.- Murata of America, Inc., Murata Wiedemann, Inc., and Murata Automated Systems, Inc. - into Murata Machinery USA, Inc.
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Jul. 2002
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Shanghai Factory (Murata Machinery Mfg. (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.) began operations.
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Nov.. 2006
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Opened the RFID Solution Center utilizing RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology for material handling systems.
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Jul. 2007
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Integrated the subsidiaries in TAIWAN - Murata Machinery Taiwan Co, Ltd. and Murata Automated System Taiwan Co, Ltd - into Murata Machinery Taiwan, Ltd.
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Dec. 2008
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Developed the compact color MFP, MFX-C3400.
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Mar. 2009
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Developed the new communication gateway tool GriDRIVE, which realizes the secure information sharing among multiple remote locations.
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Aug. 2009
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Acquired Asyst Technologies Japan and established Muratec Automation Co. Ltd., specializing in Automated Material Handling Systems for Semiconductor and Flat Panel Display.
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Sep. 2010
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Developed the high performance AS/RS with sorting system, Uni-Shuttle HP.
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Nov. 2010
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Opened the L&A Solution Center.
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Dec. 2011
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Acquired Silex Technology Inc.
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Apr. 2012
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Muratec Automation Co. Ltd was merged into Murata Machinery, Ltd.
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Apr. 2013
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Contorol & Sensing Division was established
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Jul. 2013
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Murata Machinery Mexico S.de R.L.de C.V.was established in Mexico City, Mexico.
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Oct. 2014
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Acquired Cimcorp Oy (Ulvila, Finland).
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Jul. 2017
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Murata Machinery Bangladesh Ltd. was established in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Feb. 2018
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Acquired AGVE AB (Goteborg, Sweden).
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Oct. 2018
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Acquired Horibe Machinery, Co., Ltd.(Nagoya, Japan).
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Sep. 2022
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Murata Machinery Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. was established in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Apr. 2023
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Integrated Horibe Machinery, Co., Ltd. into Machine tools Division.
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