| 1906 |
Bando Chemical has been responding to customer needs by developing new technologies and new products since its founding in Kobe in 1906, as a pioneer of industrial belts. |
| 1906-04 |
Start of cotton belt (band) production |
| 1921 |
Start of Japan's first conveyor belt production |
| 1931 |
Start of rice husking roll sales |
| 1932 |
Start of Japan's first V-belt sales |
| 1950-03 |
Start of resin film and sheet products sales |
| 1959-05 |
Start of sales of toothed belt "Synchronous Belt: ®" |
| 1969-01 |
Established a representative office in Chicago, USA |
| 1969-06 |
Established a representative office in Dusseldorf, Germany |
| 1978-06 |
Established Bando Chemical Industries (Europe) GmbH in Germany (current name: Bando Europe GmbH) |
| 1978-06 |
Established Bando American Inc. (current name: Bando USA, Inc.) in Chicago, USA |
| 1978-07 |
Invested in Philippine Belt Manufacturing Corporation in the Philippines |
| 1978-11 |
Invested in Kee Fatt Industries, Sdn. Bhd. in Malaysia |
| 1980-08 |
Established Bando Chemical Industries (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (current name: Bando (Singapore) PTE. Ltd.) in Singapore |
| 1985-04 |
Established Sanwu Bando Inc. in Taiwan |
| 1987-04 |
Established Siamse-Bando Rubber Industry Ltd. (current name: Bando Manufacturing (Thailand) Ltd.) in Thailand |
| 1987-08 |
Established Bando Manufacturing OF America, Inc. (current name: Bando USA, Inc.) in Kentucky, USA |
| 1987-09 |
Established Bando Iberica, S.A. in Spain |
| 1987-11 |
Established P.T. Bando Indonesia in Indonesia |
| 1988-05 |
Established Pengeluaran Getah Bando (Malaysia) Sdb. Bhd. in Malaysia |
| 1988-07 |
Established Dongil Bando Co., Ltd. (current name: Bando Korea Co., Ltd.) in South Korea |
| 1988-08 |
Established Bando Jung Kong, Ltd. in South Korea |
| 1990-11 |
Established Bando (U.S.A.), Inc. (current name: Bando USA, Inc.) in the USA |
| 1995-03 |
Established Bando Sakata Ltd. (current name: Bando Siix Ltd.) in Hong Kong |
| 1998-09 |
Established Bando Chemical Industries (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. (current name: Bando Belt (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.) in China |
| 2002-05 |
Established Bando (Shanghai) International Trading Co., Ltd. (current name: Bando (Shanghai) Management Co., Ltd.) in China |
| 2003-01 |
Established Bando Kockaya Belt Manufacturing (Istanbul), Inc. (current name: Bando Belt Manufacturing (Turkey), Inc.) in Turkey |
| 2003-07 |
Bando (U.S.A.), Inc. merged with its subsidiaries Bando Manufacturing Of America, Inc. and Bando American Inc., and renamed Bando USA, Inc. |
| 2003-12 |
Established Bando (India) Pvt. Ltd. in India |
| 2004-10 |
Renamed Bando (Shanghai) International Trading Co., Ltd. to Bando (Shanghai) Management Co., Ltd. |
| 2004-11 |
Established Bantech Korea Co., Ltd. in South Korea |
| 2005-06 |
Established Bando Manufacturing (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. in China |
| 2005-09 |
Dongil Bando Co., Ltd. becomes a 100% subsidiary and changes its company name to Bando Korea Co., Ltd. |
| 2008-11 |
Established a representative office in South America. |
| 2009-10 |
Bando Kockaya Belt Manufacturing (Turkey) Inc. becomes a 100% subsidiary and changes to Bando Belt Manufacturing (Turkey), Inc. |
| 2010-03 |
Established a驻在员事務所 in Russia. |
| 2012-02 |
Established China Technical Center in Shanghai, China. |
| 2012-03 |
Established BL Autotec (Shanghai), Ltd. in Shanghai, China. |
| 2012-05 |
Established Bando Manufacturing (Vietnam) Co., Ltd. in Vietnam. |
| 2012-09 |
Established Bando (Shanghai) Industrial Belt Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China. Bando Manufacturing (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. was reorganized into Bando (Shanghai) Management Co., Ltd., a holding company. |
| 2013-01 |
Bando (India) Pvt. Ltd. established a new factory in Bangalore, India. Bando Manufacturing (Thailand) Ltd. opened the Asia Technical Center. |
| 2014-06 |
Established Bando (Shanghai) Industry Equipment Element Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China. |
| 2014-12 |
Our 100% subsidiary, Bando Korea Co., Ltd., acquired all shares (59.4% ownership) of Bando Jungkong Ltd., held by our subsidiary Bando Auto Tech Co., Ltd., making Bando Jungkong Ltd. a wholly owned subsidiary. |
| 2015-10 |
Bando Belting de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. started operations in Mexico. |
| 2018-01 |
Bando Asia & Pacific Co., Ltd. started operations in Thailand. |
