1918Began research and manufacture of ball bearings at Nishizono Ironworks. (Uchibori, Kuwana-cho, Kuwana-gun, Mie Pref.) 1923Nishizono Ironworks and Tomoe Trading Co. (Nishi-ku, Osaka) began joint manufacture and sale of......1918Began research and manufacture of ball bearings at Nishizono Ironworks. (Uchibori, Kuwana-cho, Kuwana-gun, Mie Pref.) 1923Nishizono Ironworks and Tomoe Trading Co. (Nishi-ku, Osaka) began joint manufacture and sale of bearings under the brand name NTN. 1927NTN Mfg. Co., Ltd. established with capital of 50,000 yen. 1934Reorganized into a stock company with capital of 3,000,000 yen. 1937Named the Toyo Bearing Mfg. Co., Ltd. Increased capital to 10,000,000 yen. Company stock traded publicly. 1938Established Showa Bearing Mfg. Co., Ltd.(the present Takarazuka Works) in Muko-gun, Hyogo Pref. (Later, merged and company name changed to Mukogawa Works in 1939) (Later, company name changed to Takarazuka Works in 1962) 1939Constructed Kuwana Plant.(the present Kuwana Works) 1943Commenced production of steel balls at Kuwana Plant. 1954Awarded the Deming Prize for statistical quality control for the first time in the Japanese machinery industry. 1960 Established Toyo Bearing Iwata Co., Ltd.(the present Iwata Works) and began mass production of ball bearings.(merged with NTN Corporation in 1983). Merged with Nishibayashi Precision Engineering Co., Ltd. (Later company name changed to NTN Hirano Ironworks, closed in 2001) 1961 Acquired Kongo Bearing Co., Ltd. (the present NTN Kongo Corp.). Established NTN Wälzlager (Europa) G.m.b.H in West Germany. 1962 Constructed needle bearing plant at Toyo Bearing Iwata Co., Ltd. Established Toyo Bearing Machine Tool Laboratory Co., Ltd. (the present Production Engineering R&D Center). 1963 Established NTN Bearing Corp. of America. Entered into a technical tie-up with Hardy Spicer Co., Ltd. in the U.K. and began production of constant velocity joints 1964 Established NTN SIDAG S.A. in France. (the present NTN France S. A.) in a Joint venture with INA-SIDAG. (Became a consolidated subsidiary to NTN Corporation in 1973) Established NTN Bearing-Birfied Ltd. (the present NTN Bearings (UK) Ltd.) in a joint venture with Birfeld. (Became a consolidated subsidiary to NTN Corporation in 1988) 1965 Entered a business tie-up with Dixon Corp. of the U.S.A. and established Toyo Bearing Rulon Co., Ltd. (the present NTN Engineer Plastic Corp.) through merger (Renamed as NTN Engineer Plastic Corp. and became a consolidated subsidiary to NTN Corporation in 1991). 1966 Established Toyo Bearing Powder Metal Co., Ltd.(the present NTN Powder Metal Corp.) 1968 Established NTN Bearing Corp. of Canada Ltd. 1971 Established American NTN Bearing Mfg. Corp. in the U.S.A. Established NTN Trading-Hong Kong Ltd. (the present NTN China Ltd.) in Hong Kong. Established NTN Bearing Singapore (PTE) Ltd. in Singapore. Established Toyo Bearing Okayama Co.,Ltd. (the present Okayama Works, merged with NTN Corporation in 1983) Established NTN Kugellagerfabrik (Deutschland) G.m.b.H. in Germany. 1972 Renamed as NTN Toyo Bearing Co., Ltd. Established NTN Toyo Bearing Product Development Institute (the present New Product Development R&D Center). 1973 Established NTN Bearing-CAE Mfg.(Canada) Ltd. (merged with NTN Bearing Corp. of Canada Ltd. in 1981). Constructed constant velocity joint plant at Toyo Bearing Iwata Co., Ltd. Established NTN Bearing Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. in Malaysia. 1975 Established NTN Elgin Corp. in U.S.A. (merged with American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corp. in 1985) Established NTN Sudamericana, S.A. in Panama. 1976 Established NTN Sales Co., Ltd. (Later company name changed to NTN Sales Co., Ltd. and merged with NTN Corporation in 2000). Established NTN De Mexico S.A. in Mexico. 1982 Constructed constant velocity joint plant in Toyo Bearing Okayama Co., Ltd. Licensed constant velocity joint technology to Hyundai Motors. (South Korea) 1984 Established Toyo Bearing Nagano Co., Ltd. (the present Nagano Works, merged with NTN Corporation in 1989) 1985 Licensed bearing production technology to National Engineering Industries Ltd. (India) Established NTN-Bower Corporation, a joint venture with Federal Mogul Corporation. (U.S.A.) (Became a consolidated subsidiary to NTN Corporation in 1987) 1986 Constructed Japans first plant dedicated to aerospace bearings, In Kuwana Works. Cumulative total of all constant velocity joints produced reaches 100 million. 1988 Established Unidrive Pty. Ltd., a joint venture manufacturer of constant velocity joints in Australia. Established NTN Technical Center (U.S.A) ,Inc. (Transferred functions to NTN Automotive Center at NTN Bearing Corp. of America in 2002) 1989 Constructed Iwata Engineering Center. Established NTN Driveshaft Inc. in the U.S.A. Changed company name to NTN Corporation. 1990 NTN USA Corporation established as headquarters in the U.S.A. Constructed Kuwana Engineering Center. 1991 Toyo Bearing Rulon Co., Ltd. name changed to NTN Engineering Plastics Corp. and became a 100% owned affiliate. 1994 Obtained ISO9002 certification (Kuwana Works). Established a distribution center in Singapore. 1996 Bought the ball bearing division of American firm Federal Mogul Corporation (U.S.A), NTN-BCA established. 1997