| 1965 |
- NTN Corporation entered into a technical tie-up with Birfield Industries of the U.K., and introduced powder metal technology from Birfield's U.S. subsidiary Bound Brook Bearings
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| 1966 |
- Established Toyo Bearing Powder Metal Co., Ltd. in Kanie Town, Ama District, Aichi Prefecture, and successfully produced the first oil-impregnated sintered bearing in the rolling bearing industry
- Capital 50 million yen, trademark NTN-BBB
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| 1967 |
- Completed construction of No. 1 Plant (450m²)
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| 1980 |
- Completed construction of No. 2 Plant (225m²)
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| 1984 |
- Concluded technical tie-up, changed trademark to NTN Bearphite
- Completed construction of No. 3 Plant (900m²)
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| 1989 |
- Changed company name to NTN Powder Metal Corporation
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| 1991 |
- Completed construction of new plant (3,150m² including No. 3 Plant)
- Capital 400 million yen
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| 1994 |
- Completed construction of administration building, a steel-frame 3F building with total floor area of 1,785m²
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| 1996 |
- Completed construction of one floor of the main plant (expanded area 473 m²)
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| 1998 |
- Began mass-production of Hydrodynamic BEARPHITE
- Acquired ISO9001 certification
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| 1999 |
- Acquired ISO14001 certification with multiple sites
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| 2008 |
- Became 100% NTN subsidiary
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| 2009 |
- Completed expansion of new plant (722m²)
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| 2014 |
- Awarded with New Materials and Effort Prize by Japan Powder Metallurgy Association
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| 2015 |
- Awarded with Division Award, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Material and Processing Division
- Merged with Nippon Kagaku Yakin, company name changed to NTN Advanced Materials Corporation
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| 2018 |
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| 2020 |
- Kanie Works Completed expansion of plant (raw material blending plant) (739㎡)
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| 2022 |
- Acquired JISHA method-qualified OSHMS certification
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Head office Kanie Works
Kameyama Works