| 1935-07 |
The Nishijin Jacquard Mfg. partnership was established in Kyoto. |
| 1945-09 |
Company was renamed the Murata Textile Machine Co., Ltd. and initiated enterprise activities. Began production of winders. |
| 1955-10 |
Began production of automatic cone winders. |
| 1961-06 |
Developed turret lathes and began production. Machine Tools Division was established. |
| 1962-04 |
Inuyama Plant began operations. |
| 1962-06 |
The company adopted its present name, Murata Machinery, Ltd. |
| 1962-09 |
Began production of tool cabinets. Physical Distribution Control Systems Division (following Automated Systems Division) was established. |
| 1963-09 |
Developed two-for-one twisters and began production. |
| 1964-07 |
Introduced CONEMATIC automatic winder. |
| 1965-12 |
Began production of man-made-fiber machines. |
| 1970-06 |
Murata Warner & Swasey Co., Ltd., a joint venture with the Warner & Swasey Co., U.S.A. was established and began manufacture of automatic lathes. |
| 1972-02 |
Introduced and began production of take-up winders. |
| 1972-11 |
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. |
| 1973-04 |
Introduced and began production of dobby. |
| 1973-06 |
Kaga Factory began operations. |
| 1973-07 |
Facsimile Machine "dex 180" obtained Japan's first type-approval by Nippon Telegraph and public Corp. (Presently, NTT). |
| 1973-10 |
Murata Machinery (HK), Ltd. was established in Hong Kong, China. |
| 1973-12 |
Murata Do Brasil was established in Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
| 1974-05 |
Murata of America, Inc. was established in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.A. |
| 1978-08 |
Developed draw texturing machine, No.333-II MACH CRIMPER (with Nip-twister). |
| 1978-11 |
Developed air-jet spinning frame, MURATA JET SPINNER (MJS). |
| 1979-05 |
Introduced the ROBO-FAMILY of unmanned transportation vehicles. |
| 1979-10 |
Exhibited the automatic winder, No.7 MACH CONER (with Mach Splicer) at ITMA'79 in Hanover, Germany. |
| 1980-10 |
Introduced and began production of CNC twin spindle chucker. |
| 1981-03 |
Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) began operation at the Inuyama Plant. |
| 1981-05 |
Developed the 300 series of digital facsimile. |
| 1982-02 |
Developed Handling Robot for heavy workloads. |
| 1984-11 |
Murata Machinery Europe GmbH was established in Dusseldorf, Germany. |
| 1986-10 |
Developed the intelligent monorail system for clean room, SKY RAV. |
| 1987-07 |
Murata Machinery Taiwan Co., Ltd. was established in Taipei, Taiwan. |
| 1988-05 |
The 1st Murata Human Talk was held, addressed by Dr. Tonegawa. |
| 1988-07 |
Opened a service center in Beijing, China. |
| 1989-01 |
Began to sponsored the annual All-Japan Interprefectural Women's Ekiden Marathon held in Kyoto. |
| 1989-03 |
Oita Factory began operations. |
| 1989-06 |
Murata (Thailand) Co., Ltd. was established in Bangkok, Thailand. |
| 1989-10 |
Acquired the Wiedemann Division from the Warner & Swasey Company Co., Ltd., U.S.A., and established Murata Wiedemann, Inc. in U.S.A. |
| 1990-03 |
Murata Warner Swasey Co., Ltd. was merged into the Machine Tools Division of Murata Machinery, Ltd. |
| 1990-06 |
Murata Automated Systems, Inc. was established in U.S.A. |
| 1990-08 |
Murata Automated Systems Taiwan Co., Ltd. was established in Taipei, TAIWAN. |
| 1991-10 |
Introduced a new unified brand name, "MURATEC". |
| 1992-04 |
R&D Center was established in the Kyoto head office. |
| 1993-01 |
Murata Machinery Singapore Pte. Ltd was established in Singapore. |
| 1994-02 |
"Dream Center", an automated systems laboratory, completed in Inuyama Plant. |
| 1994-05 |
Began contract manufacturing of facsimile in Shenzhen, China. |
| 1994-07 |
Developed Laser Guided Vehicles (LGV). |
| 1994-10 |
Exhibited the MOTORUM 2000, servo motor driven CNC turret punch press, and the MW12G, CNC twin spindle chucker, at JIMTOF'94 in Osaka, Japan. |
| 1997-06 |
Clean Systems Division was established. |
| 1997-10 |
Developed the air-vortex spinning frame for cotton Murata Vortex Spinner (MVS). |
| 1998-03 |
Murata Machinery (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. was established in Shanghai, China. |
| 2002-04 |
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. |
| 2002-06 |
Integrated Automated Systems Division and Clean Systems Division into Logistics & Automation Division. |
| 2002-06 |
Integrated the subsidiaries in U.S.A.- Murata of America, Inc., Murata Wiedemann, Inc., and Murata Automated Systems, Inc. - into Murata Machinery USA, Inc. |
| 2002-07 |
Shanghai Factory (Murata Machinery Mfg. (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.) began operations. |
| 2006-11 |
Opened the RFID Solution Center utilizing RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology for material handling systems. |
| 2007-07 |
Integrated the subsidiaries in TAIWAN - Murata Machinery Taiwan Co, Ltd. and Murata Automated System Taiwan Co, Ltd - into Murata Machinery Taiwan, Ltd. |
| 2008-12 |
Developed the compact color MFP, MFX-C3400. |
| 2009-03 |
Developed the new communication gateway tool GriDRIVE, which realizes the secure information sharing among multiple remote locations. |
| 2009-08 |
Acquired Asyst Technologies Japan and established Muratec Automation Co. Ltd., specializing in Automated Material Handling Systems for Semiconductor and Flat Panel Display. |
| 2010-09 |
Developed the high performance AS/RS with sorting system, Uni-Shuttle HP. |
| 2010-11 |
Opened the L&A Solution Center. |
| 2011-12 |
Acquired silex technology, Inc. |
| 2012-04 |
Muratec Automation Co. Ltd was merged into Murata Machinery, Ltd. |
| 2013-04 |
Contorol & Sensing Division was established. |
| 2013-07 |
Murata Machinery Mexico S.de R.L.de C.V.was established in Mexico City, Mexico. |
| 2014-10 |
Acquired Cimcorp Oy (Ulvila, Finland). |
| 2017-07 |
Murata Machinery Bangladesh Ltd. was established in Dhaka, Bangladesh. |
| 2018-02 |
Acquired AGVE AB (Goteborg, Sweden). |
| 2018-10 |
Acquired Horibe Machinery, Co., Ltd.(Nagoya, Japan). |
| 2022-09 |
Murata Machinery Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. was established in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
| 2023-04 |
Integrated Horibe Machinery, Co., Ltd. into Machine Tools Division. |
