History

1907 Established Nisshin Cotton Spinning Co., Ltd.
1940 Established Toa Jitsugyo Co., Ltd.
(name changed to Nisshin Toa Inc. in 1990)
(name changed to NISSHINTOA IWAO INC. in 2016)
1958 Established Nihon Kohbunshikan Co., Ltd.
(name changed to Nippon Kohbunshi Co., Ltd. in 1986)
(merged by Nisshinbo Mechatronics Inc. in 2010)
1962 English name of company changed to Nisshin Spinning Co., Ltd.
1972 Established Nisshinbo Do Brasil Industria Textil LTDA. (Brazil)
1984 English name of company changed to Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.
1985 Acquired Nissin Denim Inc.
(merged by Nisshinbo Textile Inc. in 2014)
1989 Established Kohbunshi (Thailand) Ltd. (Thailand)
(name changed to Nisshinbo Mechatronics (Thailand) Ltd. in 2011)
1993

Established Pudong Kohbunshi (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (China)

(name changed to Nisshinbo Mechatronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in 2010)

Established PT. Nikawa Textile Industry (Indonesia)
1995 Established Nisshinbo Automotive Corporation (U.S.A.)
(dissolved in 2009)
Established Nisshinbo Urban Development Co., Ltd.
1996 Established Nisshinbo Somboon Automotive Co., Ltd. (Thailand)
1997 Established Nisshinbo Automotive Manufacturing Inc. (U.S.A.)
1998

Established PT. Gistex Nisshinbo Indonesia (Indonesia)
(name changed to PT. Nisshinbo Indonesia in 2010)

1999 Established Saeron Automotive Corporation (South Korea)
2000 Established Continental Teves Co., Ltd. as a joint venture with Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG (name changed to Continental Automotive Co., Ltd. in 2007)
2002 Acquired all shares of Iwao & Co., Ltd.
(merged by NISSHINTOA IWAO INC. in 2016)

Established Nisshinbo (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (China)

2003 Established Saeron Automotive Beijing Corporation (China)
2004 Established Continental Teves Corporation (Lian Yun Gang) (China)
(name changed to Continental Automotive Corporation (LYG) Co., Ltd. In 2013)
2005 Added New Japan Radio Co., Ltd. as consolidated subsidiary
2006 Acquired additional shares of Japan Radio Co., Ltd. and Nagano Japan Radio Co., Ltd.
2008 Acquired all shares of Nisshinbo Brake Sales Co., Ltd.
(merged by Nisshinbo Brake Inc. in 2010)
Established Jiangsu Yawei Nisshinbo Precision Instruments & Machinery Co., Ltd. (China)
(name changed to Nisshinbo-Yawei Precision Instruments & Machinery (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. in 2010)
2009 Spun off five businesses—Textiles, Automobile Brakes, Papers, Mechatronics and Chemicals—and converted to holding company; corporate name changed to Nisshinbo Holdings Inc.
2010 Established Nisshinbo Textile Changzhou Co., Ltd. (China)
Added Japan Radio Co., Ltd. and Nagano Japan Radio Co., Ltd. as consolidated subsidiaries
2011 Established Nisshinbo Saeron (Changshu) Automotive Co., Ltd. (China)
Established Nisshinbo Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Singapore)
Acquired all shares of TMD Friction Group S.A. (Luxemburg)
(all shares transferred in 2023)
2012 Established Nisshinbo Business Management (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (China)
2013 Added Alphatron Marine Beheer BV as consolidated subsidiaries
2014 Established Nisshinbo–Continental Precision Machining (Yangzhou) Co., Ltd. (China)
2015 Acquired all shares of Tokyoshirts Group
Acquired all shares of Nanbu Plastics Co., Ltd.
2016 Japan Radio Co., Ltd. acquired all shares of Nagano Japan Radio Co., Ltd. and Ueda Japan Radio Co., Ltd.
Japan Radio Co,.Ltd. acquired all shares of Alphatron Marine Beheer B.V.
2017 Transferred paper product business
Established Saeron Automotive (Yantai) Co., Ltd.(China)
Acquired all shares of Japan Radio Co,.Ltd.
2018 Added RICOH Electronic Devices Co., Ltd. as consolidated subsidiaries
Established JRC Mobility Inc.
Acquired all shares of New Japan Radio Co., Ltd.
2019 Added NJ Components Co., Ltd. as consolidated subsidiaries
2020 Acquired all shares of RBI GmbH and LEAS GmbH
2022 Merged New Japan Radio Co., Ltd. and Ricoh Electronic Devices Co., Ltd. Name changed to Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc.
Acquired all shares of D-CLUE Technologies Co., Ltd.
2023 Added Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc. as consolidated subsidiaries