Murata Machinery, Ltd.

The Nishijin Jacquard Mfg. partnership was established in Kyoto.

Company was renamed the Murata Textile Machine Co., Ltd. and initiated enterprise activities. Began production of winders.

Began production of automatic cone winders.

Developed turret lathes and began production. Machine Tools Division was established.

Inuyama Plant began operations.

The company adopted its present name, Murata Machinery, Ltd.

Began production of tool cabinets. Physical Distribution Control Systems Division (following Automated Systems Division) was established.

Developed two-for-one twisters and began production.

Introduced CONEMATIC automatic winder.

Began production of man-made-fiber machines.

Murata Warner & Swasey Co., Ltd., a joint venture with the Warner & Swasey Co., U.S.A. was established and began manufacture of automatic lathes.

Introduced and began production of take-up winders.

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.

Introduced and began production of dobby.

Kaga Factory began operations.

Facsimile Machine "dex 180" obtained Japan's first type-approval by Nippon Telegraph and public Corp. (Presently, NTT).

Murata Machinery (HK), Ltd. was established in Hong Kong, China.

Murata Do Brasil was established in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Murata of America, Inc. was established in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.A.

Developed draw texturing machine, No.333-II MACH CRIMPER (with Nip-twister).

Developed air-jet spinning frame, MURATA JET SPINNER (MJS).

Introduced the ROBO-FAMILY of unmanned transportation vehicles.

Exhibited the automatic winder, No.7 MACH CONER (with Mach Splicer) at ITMA'79 in Hanover, Germany.

Introduced and began production of CNC twin spindle chucker.

Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) began operation at the Inuyama Plant.

Developed the 300 series of digital facsimile.

Developed Handling Robot for heavy workloads.

Murata Machinery Europe GmbH was established in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Developed the intelligent monorail system for clean room, SKY RAV.

Murata Machinery Taiwan Co., Ltd. was established in Taipei, Taiwan.

The 1st Murata Human Talk was held, addressed by Dr. Tonegawa.

Opened a service center in Beijing, China.

Began to sponsored the annual All-Japan Interprefectural Women's Ekiden Marathon held in Kyoto.

Oita Factory began operations.

Murata (Thailand) Co., Ltd. was established in Bangkok, Thailand.

Acquired the Wiedemann Division from the Warner & Swasey Company Co., Ltd., U.S.A., and established Murata Wiedemann, Inc. in U.S.A.

Murata Warner Swasey Co., Ltd. was merged into the Machine Tools Division of Murata Machinery, Ltd.

Murata Automated Systems, Inc. was established in U.S.A.

Murata Automated Systems Taiwan Co., Ltd. was established in Taipei, TAIWAN.

Introduced a new unified brand name, "MURATEC".

R&D Center was established in the Kyoto head office.

Murata Machinery Singapore Pte. Ltd was established in Singapore.

"Dream Center", an automated systems laboratory, completed in Inuyama Plant.

Began contract manufacturing of facsimile in Shenzhen, China.

Developed Laser Guided Vehicles (LGV).

Exhibited the MOTORUM 2000, servo motor driven CNC turret punch press, and the MW12G, CNC twin spindle chucker, at JIMTOF'94 in Osaka, Japan.

Clean Systems Division was established.

Developed the air-vortex spinning frame for cotton Murata Vortex Spinner (MVS).

Murata Machinery (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. was established in Shanghai, China.

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.

Integrated Automated Systems Division and Clean Systems Division into Logistics & Automation Division.

Integrated the subsidiaries in U.S.A.- Murata of America, Inc., Murata Wiedemann, Inc., and Murata Automated Systems, Inc. - into Murata Machinery USA, Inc.

Shanghai Factory (Murata Machinery Mfg. (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.) began operations.

Opened the RFID Solution Center utilizing RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology for material handling systems.

Integrated the subsidiaries in TAIWAN - Murata Machinery Taiwan Co, Ltd. and Murata Automated System Taiwan Co, Ltd - into Murata Machinery Taiwan, Ltd.

Developed the compact color MFP, MFX-C3400.

Developed the new communication gateway tool GriDRIVE, which realizes the secure information sharing among multiple remote locations.

Acquired Asyst Technologies Japan and established Muratec Automation Co. Ltd., specializing in Automated Material Handling Systems for Semiconductor and Flat Panel Display.

Developed the high performance AS/RS with sorting system, Uni-Shuttle HP.

Opened the L&A Solution Center.

Acquired silex technology, Inc.

Muratec Automation Co. Ltd was merged into Murata Machinery, Ltd.

Contorol & Sensing Division was established.

Murata Machinery Mexico S.de R.L.de C.V.was established in Mexico City, Mexico.

Acquired Cimcorp Oy (Ulvila, Finland).

Murata Machinery Bangladesh Ltd. was established in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Acquired AGVE AB (Goteborg, Sweden).

Acquired Horibe Machinery, Co., Ltd.(Nagoya, Japan).

Murata Machinery Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. was established in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Integrated Horibe Machinery, Co., Ltd. into Machine Tools Division.