History
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1944
Start of friction material production
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1964
Start of drum brake production
Technical tie-up for friction materials with the UK firm Small and Parks Ltd. (now TMD Friction) -
1968
Technical tie-up for drum brakes with UK firm Girling Ltd. (now TRW Automotive)
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1978
Technical tie-up for commercial vehicle disk brakes with UK firm Girling Ltd. (now Meritor/TRW Automotive)
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1981
Establishment of plant to manufacture disc pads(Ora-gun, Gunma Prefecture)
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1982
Technical tie-up for passenger car disc brakes with German firm Alfred Teves GmbH (now Continental Automotive)
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1984
Start of disc brake production
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1985
Technical tie-up for disc pads with German firm Textar GmbH (now TMD Friction)
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1988
Establishment of test course (Asahi, Chiba Prefecture)
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1995
Establishment of Nisshinbo Automotive Corporation (NAC) in Michigan, USA
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1996
Establishment of Nisshinbo Somboon Automotive Co., Ltd. (NSA) in Rayong Province, Thailand Investment in Indian firm Rane Brake Lining Ltd.
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1997
Establishment of Nisshinbo Automotive Manufacturing Inc. (NAMI) in Georgia, USA
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1999
Establishment of Saeron Automotive Corporation (SAC) in Cheonan, Republic of Korea
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2000
Establishment of Development Center and Testing Center (Ora-gun, Gunma Prefecture)
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2003
Establishment of Saeron Automotive Beijing Corporation (SABC) in Beijing, China
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2005
Establishment of plant to manufacture drum brakes and commercial vehicle disc brakes in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture
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2009
Establishment of Nisshinbo Brake Inc. as one of core companies of Nisshinbo Holdings Inc.
Consolidation of US business in NAMI and dissolution of NAC -
2010
Integration of Nisshinbo Brake Sales Co., Ltd.
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2011
Establishment of Nisshinbo Saeron Changshu Automotive Corporation (NSC) in Jiangsu, China Acquisition of 100% share of TMD Friction Group S.A.
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2013
Establishment of Nisshinbo Commercial Vehicle Brake Ltd. (NCB) in Rayong Province, Thailand
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2017
Establishment of Saeron Automotive Yantai Corporation (SAYC) in Shandong Province, China
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2018
Transfer of foundation brake business to Hosei Brake Industry Co., Ltd.
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2023
Transfer of TMD Friction Group S.A. to AEQUITA SE & Co.KGaA