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| 1921 |
Matoba Shokai Ltd. founded by the founder, Jinjiro Matoba
Production of celluloid bicycle frame pumps started |
| 1926 |
Production system for frame pumps revised for exclusive export around the world |
| 1937 |
Sales of steel balls started |
| 1948 |
Company trademark registered as "MATEX" |
| 1950 |
Company status upgraded to limited company |
| 1955 |
Plastic injection molding machines installed
Production and sales of commercial precision parts and household goods made of nylon resin started
From then on till the present date, all kinds of heatable and malleable resins handled |
| 1972 |
R&D into planetary gear module systems started. From then on, various industrial patents acquired |
| 1973 |
Company renamed "MATEX Co., Ltd." Yao Plant opened |
| 1976 |
Sales of planetary gear module systems started |
| 1983 |
Tokyo Office opened |
| 1990 |
Matex built an additional reinforced two-story warehouse with fireproof cabinets for molds with a storage capacity of 1,000 molds in the site of Yao factory. |
| 1996 |
MATEX INTERNATIONAL, INC. established in the Philippines |
| 1997 |
Headquarters moved and centralized in Yao Plant |
| 2001 |
80th anniversary of company's founding |
| 2004 |
Philippines No.3 Plant completed
Precision Part Development Dept. initiated |
| 2005 |
WUXI MATEX PRECISION CO., LTD. started in Jiangsu Province as No.2 overseas production base |
