Top page > Corporate Information > History November 1919 Kayaba Research Center was founded by Shiro Kayaba January 1927 Kayaba Seisakusho was established for manufacturing of hydraulic damper, catapults, etc. for aircraft March 1935 Kayaba Manufacturing Co., Ltd. was established. July 1943 Gifu works (presently Gifu South Plant) was established. November 1948 Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd. was established (based on the Corporate Reconstruction and Reorganization Act). June 1956 Kayaba Auto Service Co., Ltd. (presently KYB Engineering and Service Co., Ltd.) was established. March 1958 Nihon Koki Co., Ltd. was established for engineering and sales of mining equipment. October 1959 Company's stocks were listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. March 1961 Urawa special purpose vehicle works (presently Urawa Plant) was established. April 1968 Gifu North Branch Plant (presently Gifu North Plant) was established. June 1970 Capital participation in Yung Hwa Machinery Industrial Co., Ltd. in Taiwan. January 1971 Kumagaya Plant was established. May 1971 Miye Plant was established. July 1974 Sales subsidiary was established in the United States. May 1975 Sagami Plant was established. February 1976 Shock absorber production joint venture was established in Indonesia. September 1977 Nippon Power Steering Co., Ltd. was established. November 1980 Deming Application Prize was awarded for TQC activities. June 1983 Shock absorber manufacturer in Spain was jointly acquired. August 1983 Shock absorber production manufacturing joint venture was established in Malaysia. September 1984 MacGregor-Kayaba, Ltd. was established as a joint venture for engineering and sales of marine equipment. October 1985 Company name "KYB" in Japanese changed from kanji (Chinese characters) to katakana (Japanese Characters). November 1986 Shock absorber manufacturing subsidiary was established in the United States. June 1989 Sales subsidiary was established in Germany. January 1996 Shock absorber manufacturing jointly venture was established in Thailand. June 1996 Joint venture was established in Spain for manufacture of hydraulic components for automobiles. October 1996 Joint venture was established in Thailand for manufacture of hydraulic components for automobiles. October 1996 TPM Special Award was granted to four plants, including Gifu North Plant. The same award was granted to Urawa Plant in October 1997. October 1997 Gifu South (Motorcycle Parts) Plant obtained ISO 9001 certification; All other plants obtained the same certification by March 1998. February 2000 Gifu South Plant obtained ISO 14001 certification; All other plants received the same certification by February 2001. March 2000 Gifu North Plant obtained QS 9000 certification. October 2001 Shock absorber manufacturing subsidiary in the United States became a wholly owned subsidiary. October 2002 Motorcycle shock absorber manufacturing subsidiary was established in Vietnam. December 2002 Automobile shock absorber manufacturing subsidiary was established in China. September 2003 Urawa plant was closed and operations were merged into the Sagami plant. October 2005 "KYB" was assumed to be an alias name of the company.
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