History

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1. 1941

2. 1941

   Nippon Bearing Production Co., Ltd. is founded.

3. 1942

   The company is renamed Nippon Yushi Industry Co., Ltd. and begins manufacturing and selling oil seals.

4. 1944

   The company is renamed Nippon Yushi Industry Co., Ltd.

5. 1951

   Nippon Yushi Industry Co., Ltd. merges with Tokyo Oil Seal Industry Co., Ltd. (established in 1939) and is renamed Nippon Oil Seal Industry Co., Ltd. (currently NOK Corporation)

6. 1960

7. 1960

   A capital participation agreement is concluded with Freudenberg (Germany).

   Fujisawa Plant is established in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture.

8. 1964

   Nihon Sealol Co., Ltd. (currently Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.) is founded.

9. 1965

   A Technical Center (currently Shonan R&D Center) is established at Fujisawa Plant.

   Saitama Plant is established in Sakado City, Saitama Prefecture.

10. 1967

    Shizuoka Plant is established in Makinohara City, Shizuoka Prefecture.

11. 1968

    NOK-USA, Inc. (currently NOK Inc.) is founded in the United States as the first overseas sales base.

    Fukushima Plant is established in Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture.

12. 1969

    Nippon Mektron, Ltd. (currently MEKTEC Corporation) is founded.

13. 1970

14. 1970

    Kumamoto Plant is established in Aso City, Kumamoto Prefecture.

15. 1971

    Okayama Plant is established in Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture.

16. 1973

    Singapore Oilseal Co. (Pte.) Ltd. is founded in Singapore as the first overseas production base.

17. 1974

    Tokai Plant is established in Kikugawa City, Shizuoka Prefecture.

18. 1976

    NOK Klüber Co., Ltd. is founded.

19. 1978

    Haneda Plant is integrated into Fukushima Plant.

    The company name is changed from Nihon Sealol Co., Ltd. to Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.

20. 1979

    Eagle Industry Taiwan Corporation is established in Taiwan.

21. 1980

22. 1985

    The company name is changed from Nippon Oil Seal Industry Co., Ltd. to NOK Corporation.

23. 1986

    MEKTEC Manufacturing Corporation (Taiwan) Ltd. is established in Taiwan.

24. 1987

    Nihonmatsu Plant is established in Nihonmatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture.

    PT Eagle Industry Indonesia is founded in Indonesia.

    NOK Eagle Korea Co., Ltd. (currently NEK Co., Ltd.) is established in South Korea as a joint venture with Zuishin Tsusho Corporation.

25. 1988

    Eagle Industry (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (currently EKK Eagle (Thailand) Co., Ltd.) is founded in Thailand.

    Thai NOK Co., Ltd. is founded in Thailand.

26. 1989

    Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership is established in the United States as a joint venture with Freudenberg.

27. 1990

28. 1992

    Changchun NOK-Freudenberg Oilseal Co., Ltd. is founded in China.

29. 1994

    MEKTEC Manufacturing Corporation (Thailand) Ltd. is founded in Thailand.

30. 1995

    Wuxi NOK-Freudenberg Oilseal Co., Ltd. is founded in China.

31. 1996

    PT NOK Indonesia is founded in Indonesia.

    NOK Asia Company Pte. Ltd. is founded in Singapore.

32. 1997

    MEKTEC Manufacturing Corporation (Zhuhai) Ltd. is founded in China.

33. 1998

    Eagle-Witzenmann S.A.S. (currently Eagle Industry France S.A.S.) is founded in France.

34. 2000

35. 2000

    Sigma Freudenberg NOK Pvt. Ltd. (currently Freudenberg NOK Pvt. Ltd.) is founded in India as a joint venture with Freudenberg.

36. 2001

    NOK Precision Component Thailand, Ltd. is founded in Thailand.

37. 2002

    MEKTEC Europe GmbH is established in Germany.

    UNIMATEC Co., Ltd. is established as a spin-off from NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD. (currently MEKTEC Corporation).

    MEKTEC Manufacturing Corporation (Suzhou) is established in China.

    NOK (Wuxi) Vibration Control China Co., Ltd. is established in China.

    Eagle Industry (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. is established in China.

38. 2003

    Okuhara Plant (currently Ushiku Plant) is established in Ushiku City, Ibaraki Prefecture.

39. 2004

    Vietnam NOK Co., Ltd. is founded in Vietnam.

    Tottori Plant is established in Nanbu-cho, Tottori Prefecture.

40. 2005

    Shonan Development Center (currently Shonan R&D Center) is established in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture.

41. 2006

    UNIMATEC Singapore Pte. Ltd. is established in Singapore.

42. 2007

    Synztec Co., Ltd. is founded.

    Eagle Industry Sales & Service (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. is founded in China.

43. 2009

    Eagle Simrax B.V. is established by acquiring the business of Simrax in the Netherlands.

    Eagle Seals Systems India Ltd. merges with Burgmann India Pvt. Ltd. and is renamed EagleBurgmann India Pvt. Ltd.

44. 2010

45. 2010

    Kitaibaraki Plant is established in Kitaibaraki City, Ibaraki Prefecture.

46. 2012

    Pyung Hwa NOK Drive Train CO., Ltd. (currently Pyung Hwa Oil Seal Industry Co., Ltd.) is founded in South Korea.

    All shares of Actuator Components Hungary Kft. (currently Eagle Industry Hungary Kft.) are acquired, making it a consolidated subsidiary.

    EKK Eagle Industry Mexico S.A. de C.V. is founded in Mexico.

47. 2014

    EKK Eagle Products India Pvt. Ltd. is founded in India.

    R&D Center is established at Saitama Plant.

48. 2015

    All shares of ABC Technology (currently Eagle ABC Technology S.A.S.) are acquired, making it a consolidated subsidiary.

49. 2016

    MEKTEC Manufacturing Corporation (Vietnam) Ltd. is founded in Vietnam.

50. 2020

51. 2023

    All shares of ESTOH Co., Ltd. are acquired, making it a consolidated subsidiary.

52. 2024

    NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD. is renamed MEKTEC Corporation.

53. 2026

    All shares of SYNZTEC Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries are transferred.

    Domestic manufacturing subsidiaries (18 companies) are reorganized to establish five companies: NOK TohokuCorporation, NOK Kita-Kanto Corporation, NOK Shizuoka Corporation, NOK Tottori Corporation, and NOK Kyushu Corporation.

    NOK Group Corporation is established through a joint share transfer between NOK Corporation and Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.

    Technically listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.