History
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Jul. 1935
The Nishijin Jacquard Mfg. partnership was established.
Began production and sales of jacquard machines. -
Sept. 1945
Company was renamed the Murata Textile Machine Co., Ltd.
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Jun. 1946
Began production of winders.
Entered the field of spinning machines. -
1950
Developed manual tube winder "No. 68" and split drum winder "No. 22".
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1951
Developed Automatic Tube Winder "No. 100".
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Oct. 1955
Through a license agreement with Abbott Co. of the United States, began production of automatic cone winders.
Began full-scale involvement in the spinning machine industry. -
Jan. 1959
Began production of automatic cone winder No.10.
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Jun. 1959
Through a license agreement with Maxbo of Sweden, began production of air jet looms.
Entered the field of weaving machines (to 1965). -
Jun. 1962
The company name changed to Murata Machinery, Ltd.
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Jul. 1964
Jointly developed two-for-one twisters for filament with Teijin Limited.
Entered the field of machinery for manmade fiber. -
Jun. 1965
Through a license agreement with Gilbos NV of Belgium, began production of automatic winder No. 11.
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Jun. 1967
Through a technology-sharing agreement with Neumag of Germany, began production of take-up winders for manmade yarn.
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Sept. 1967
Two-for-one twister exhibited at the 5th ITMA - International Exhibition of Textile Machinery in Basel, Switzerland.
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Jan. 1972
Representative office in Hong Kong opened. Becomes an overseas subsidiary in 1980 (Presently, Murata Machinery (H.K.), Ltd.).
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April. 1973
Introduced and began production of dobby.
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Jun. 1973
Kaga Factory began operations.
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Dec. 1973
Murata Do Brasil was established in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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1973
Developed single spindle type automatic winder "No. 7-I".
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April. 1974
Representative office opened in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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May. 1974
Murata of America, Inc. (Presently, Murata Machinery USA, Inc.) established in Charlotte, NC, USA.
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Oct. 1975
At ITMA Milan 1975, exhibited draw texturing machine, No.333.
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Sept. 1976
Individual-spindle type automatic winder No. 7 exhibited at the 1st OTEMAS - Osaka International Textile Machinery Show in Osaka, Japan.
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Feb. 1978
Released the central monitoring system for automatic winders, “MONITRON”.
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Aug. 1978
Developed draw texturing machine, No.333-II MACH CRIMPER (with Nip-twister).
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Nov. 1978
Developed air-jet spinning frame, MURATA JET SPINNER (MJS).
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Oct. 1979
Exhibited the automatic winder with Mach Splicer, No.7-II Mach Coner, and the draw-texturing machine with Nip Twister, No. 333-II, at ITMA'79 in Hanover, Germany.
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Feb. 1981
Representative office opened in Karachi, Pakistan.
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Nov. 1981
The Murata Jet Spinner (MJS), a revolutionary air-jet spinning machine, and the Bobbin Tray/Link Coner automated transport system for automatic winder and spinning frame exhibited at the 2nd OTEMAS.
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Oct. 1983
At ITMA Milan 1983, exhibited Automatic Winder with Bobbin-tray system and Link Coner system.
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Nov. 1984
Murata Machinery Europe GmbH was established in Dusseldorf, Germany.
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May 1986
Representative office opened in Cairo, Egypt.
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Jul. 1987
Murata Machinery Taiwan Co., Ltd. (presently, Murata Machinery Taiwan, Ltd.) established in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Jun. 1988
Opened a service center in Beijing, China (presently, Murata Machinery (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Beijing Branch) opened.
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Jun. 1989
Murata (Thailand) Co., Ltd. was established in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Jan. 1991
Reached cumulative shipments of 2 million spindles of two-for-one twisters.
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Oct. 1991
Introduced a new unified brand name, "MURATEC".
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Oct. 1992
Released “Murata Jet Spinner Management System”.
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Jun. 1994
Representative office opened in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Oct. 1997
Exhibited the Murata Vortex Spinner (MVS), a highly revolutionary the air-vortex spinning frame, at the 6th OTEMAS.
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Mar. 1998
Murata Machinery (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. was established in Shanghai, China.
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Jun. 1999
Released the integrated management system for automatic winders, “Visual Manager”.
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Sept. 1999
Reached cumulative production of 1 million spindles of the No.7 automatic winder series.
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May. 2001
Representative office opened in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
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Oct. 2001
Exhibited the No. 21C series automatic winder at the 7th OTEMAS.
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April. 2002
Established TMT Machinery, Inc. as a joint venture company with Toray Engineering Co., Ltd. and Teijin Seki Co., Ltd.
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Jul. 2002
Shanghai Factory (Murata Machinery Mfg. (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.) began operations.
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Mar. 2003
Synthetic fiber machinery business completely transferred to TMT Machinery.
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Aug. 2005
The arrange winder won the first Monozukuri Nippon Grand Award Prime Minister's Award.
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Oct. 2007
Murata Machinery India Private Ltd. was established in India.
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Feb. 2010
Reached cumulative shipments of 1,000 machines of VORTEX spinning machine.
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Sept. 2011
At ITMA 2011 Barcelona, released the automatic winder “QPRO” and “VORTEX Ⅲ 870”, and introduced the concept of “Muratec Smart Support(MSS)”.
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May. 2012
Released the integrated management system for VORTEX, “VORTEX LABO”.
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Jul. 2013
Murata Machinery Mexico S.DE R.L.DE C.V. was established in Mexico.
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Nov. 2015
At ITMA 2015 Milan, released the automatic winder "QPRO Plus" and "FPRO plus“, and MSS applications.
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April. 2016
Murata Machinery Korea Co., Ltd. began operations.
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Sept. 2016
Released “Visual Manager Ⅲ” for automatic winder and “V-LABOⅢ” for VORTEX.
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Feb. 2017
Murata Machinery Bangladesh Ltd. was established in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Oct. 2018
At ITMA ASIA + CITME 2018 Shanghai, released the automatic winder "QPRO EX" and "FPRO EX".
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Sept. 2019
At ITMA 2019 Barcelona, released the "VORTEX 870 EX".
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Jun. 2023
At ITMA 2023 Milan, released the automatic winder "AIcone”.