| 1923-04 |
The late Yasuo Nakabayashi established Nakabayashi Seihon in Kawaramachi, Naniwa-ku, Osaka, specializing in magazine binding and book repair. |
| 1929-04 |
Publication of Yasuo Nakabayashi's masterpiece, 'William Blake Bibliography'. |
| 1951-06 |
The late Honorary Chairman Yasuyuki Takimoto established Nakabayashi Seihon Co., Ltd. in Katamachi, Miyakojima-ku, Osaka, with capital of 500,000 yen and 18 employees. |
| 1956-10 |
A new domestic largest library binding factory (Sakai Factory) was established in Sakai. |
| 1959-08 |
Started manufacturing of notebooks. |
| 1963-07 |
Changed the company name to Nakabayashi Notebook Co., Ltd. and increased capital to 12 million yen. |
| 1968-11 |
Started manufacturing photo albums and expanded into stationery paper products. |
| 1970-10 |
Renamed the company to "Nakabayashi Co., Ltd." |
| 1971-07 |
Established Sada Factory in Sada Town, Hikawa District, Shimane Prefecture (now: Izumo City Sada Town), expanding album manufacturing |
| 1972-07 |
Established Kakeai Factory in Kakeai Town, Iishi District, Shimane Prefecture (now: Unnan City Kakeai Town), started manufacturing files, and entered the office paper products field |
| 1973-07 |
Established Hyogo Factory in Oyacho, Yabu District, Hyogo Prefecture (now: Yabu City Oyacho) as a main factory for library binding |
| 1974-04 |
Started manufacturing electric desktop binding machine Tojister and entered the office equipment field |
| 1976-03 |
Completed the head office building in Higashi-ku, Osaka City (now: Chuo-ku), integrating the head office and Osaka branch |
| 1977-10 |
Listed on the Second Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange |
| 1980-06 |
Launched a coin counter and entered the coin processing machine field |
| 1980-07 |
Relocated Fukuoka Branch to Higashi-ku, Fukuoka City, and established a delivery center |
| 1981-02 |
Relocated Nagoya Branch to Atsuta-ku, Nagoya City, and established a delivery center |
| 1981-06 |
Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| 1983-04 |
Designated on the First Section of the Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchanges |
| 1984-11 |
Established Hirata Factory ("Hirata Nakabayashi Co., Ltd.") in Hirata City, Shimane Prefecture (now: Izumo City), expanding production of paper products and notebooks |
| 1986-11 |
Entered the business form printing field and started production at Sakai Factory |
| 1989-05 |
Completed Osaka Branch Building in Joto-ku, Osaka City |
| 1989-06 |
Established Izumo Nakabayashi Co., Ltd. in Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture, expanding paper product production |
| 1989-10 |
Completed Kanto Logistics Center in Tamagawa Village, Hiki District, Saitama Prefecture (now: Tokiwa Town) |
| 1990-10 |
Established Matsue Factory ("Matsue Nakabayashi Co., Ltd.") in Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture, expanding office equipment production |
| 1990-10 |
Established Matsue Factory (established Matsue Nakabayashi Co., Ltd.) in Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture, expanding production of office equipment (OA desks, letter cases, office furniture, etc.) |
| 1992-01 |
Launched a large-scale system shredder |
| 1993-05 |
Established a new environmental business division and fully launched a used paper compression solidification device (product name P-CUBE) |
| 1995-07 |
Completion of Kansai Logistics Center in Chihayaakasaka Village, Minamikawachi District, Osaka Prefecture |
| 1997-05 |
Obtained ISO9002 certification for the business form printing division at Sakai Factory |
| 2000-06 |
Obtained ISO9002 certification for the planner manufacturing division of Hirata Nakabayashi Co., Ltd. |
| 2000-12 |
Obtained ISO14001 certification at headquarters and Osaka branch |
| 2001-12 |
Expanded ISO14001 certification at Tokyo branch (Sapporo and Sendai sales offices) |
| 2002-06 |
Expanded ISO9001 and ISO9002 certification at all 9 manufacturing plants |
| 2002-09 |
Papyrus Network Association established |
| 2003-03 |
Obtained Privacy Mark certification at all business locations |
| 2004-04 |
Implemented corporate system reform, organized and integrated sales subsidiaries into one company, Fueur Sales Co., Ltd. |
| 2004-04 |
Implemented a company system reform, introduced a company division system, and organized and integrated sales subsidiaries into one "Fueru Sales Co., Ltd." |
| 2005-10 |
Consolidation of Izumo Nakabayashi Co., Ltd., Hirata Nakabayashi Co., Ltd., and Matsue Nakabayashi Co., Ltd. into Shimane Nakabayashi Co., Ltd. |
| 2005-11 |
Miyoshi Co., Ltd. and Lehman Co., Ltd. joined the group |
| 2006-04 |
Established Ningbo Zhonglin Trading Co., Ltd. in Zhejiang Province, China |
| 2007-04 |
Implemented a two-headquarters system in Tokyo and Osaka |
| 2007-06 |
Japan Communication Paper Co., Ltd. joined the group |
| 2007-11 |
Launched Fueur Photo Book, a photo album creation service |
| 2008-03 |
Launched Fueur Fine Book, a web binding service |
| 2009-03 |
Uman Staff Co., Ltd. joined the group |
| 2010-08 |
Established a special subsidiary, Shimane Nakabayashi Sunworks Co., Ltd. |
| 2011-10 |
Franklin Planner Yaesu Main Store opened |
| 2011-10 |
Established a special subsidiary, NTK Ishioka Works Co., Ltd. |
| 2012-07 |
Joined the Matsumoto Color Type Photography Company Group |
| 2012-11 |
Kagukuro Inc., Group Entry |
| 2013-05 |
Establishment of Matsue Biomass Power Generation Co. |
| 2013-12 |
Transfer of shares to make NCL VIETNAM CO.,LTD. (Ben Tre Province, Vietnam) a non-consolidated subsidiary (100% ownership) through a share transfer agreement |
| 2015-04 |
Started vegetable production at Hyogo Factory Sekiya Plant Center |
| 2015-11 |
Rejoined the Lievox Co., Ltd. group |
| 2016-09 |
Joined the Hakkosha Co., Ltd. group |
| 2017-12 |
Joined the International Chart Co., Ltd. group |
| 2018-06 |
Joined PT Mirai International Indonesia |
| 2018-08 |
Obtained JGAP certification at Hyogo Factory |
| 2018-12 |
Established Osaka Branch Office in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture |
| 2019-06 |
Certified as a child-rearing support company with the "Kurumin" certification |
| 2020-04 |
Joined Fuji Kogei Printing Co., Ltd. group |
| 2020-12 |
New Osaka headquarters building completed in Chuo Ward, Osaka City |
| 2021-05 |
Joined Hirota Paper Industry Co., Ltd. group |
| 2021-07 |
Sun Lemon Inc., Group Entry |
| 2023-10 |
Changed market classification to the Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market |
| 2024-01 |
Merged Miyoshi Co., Ltd. and Lievox Co., Ltd. |
| 2024-03 |
Absorbed and merged Lehman Inc. |
| 2025-01 |
Merged Vickslee Co., Ltd. |
| 2025-07 |
Hyogo Factory and Sekiya Factory succeeded to Shimane Nakabayashi Co., Ltd. through company split. Changed the trade name of Shimane Nakabayashi Co., Ltd. to Nakabayashi Factory Co., Ltd. |
