1943 | March | Founded Matsuoka seikousyo in Ikuno-ku Osaka |
1962 | May | Established Naniwa Seimitsu Co., Ltd. In Ikuno-ku Osaka |
1964 | July | Head Office moved to 2-58 Kusune-chou, Yao, Osaka |
1976 | December | Established the subsidiary-GMB Universal Joints Inc. in USA |
1977 | December | Acquired Higashi Osaka Tankou Co., Ltd. as a subsidiary |
1979 | February | Established Korea GMB Industry Co., Ltd. as a subsidiary |
1981 | October | Head Office officially moved to 4-20 Kusune-chou, Yao, Osaka |
1985 | January | Function and staff of Head Office moved to Nara |
1988 | April | Merger of GMB Universal Joints Inc. and GMB Universal Joints(West) Inc. - New Company Name : GMB North America Inc. |
1989 | May | Company Name officially changed to GMB Corporation in Japanese |
1991 | December | Established Korea Bearing Co., Ltd. in Korea |
1992 | September | Established Shangdong GMB Industry Co., Ltd. in China |
1993 | June | Acquisition of Korea Bearing Co., Ltd. by Korea GMB Industry Co., Ltd. |
1996 | March | Established Qingdao GMB Machinery Product Co., Ltd. |
2001 | September | Established Thai GMB Industry Co., Ltd. |
2002 | August | Head Office officially moved to Nara |
November | "GMB" Name officially registered in English |
2004 | December | Listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange Second Section |
2005 | January | Korea GMB Industry Co., Ltd. changed the Company name to GMB KOREA Corp. |
2006 | August | Established Qingdao GMB Automotive Co., Ltd. |
2009 | June | Established Thai Kyowa GMB Co., Ltd. |
2010 | December | Sold total stake in Shangdong GMB Industry Co., Ltd. |
2012 | November | GMB KOREA Corp. listed on the Korea Stock Exchange |
2013 | January | Established HANGZHOU GMB AUTOMOTIVE Co., Ltd. |
April | Established AG TECH Corp. |
June | Listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange First Section |
July | Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section, following integration of the Cash Equity Markets of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange. |
December | Established GMB AUTOMOTIVE NANTONG Co.,Ltd |
2014 | May | Established GMB RUS TOGLIATTI LLC. (now GMB RUS AUTOMOTIVE LLC.) |
May | Established GMB ROMANIA AUTO INDUSTRY S.R.L. |
2017 | September | Established GMB ELPIS CORP. |
2019 | November | Established GMB OCEANIA PTY.LTD |
2020 | January | Established GMB Sales & Marketing Office in Chuo-ku, Osaka |