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