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| Dec. 1953 | Established under the name FUKOKU Rubber Industry Co., Ltd. (head office: Nakano, Tokyo; plant: Arakawa, Tokyo) for the production and sale of industrial rubber products. |
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| Apr. 1956 | Succeeded in the development of wiper blade rubber technology, and began manufacturing. |
| Nov. 1957 | Constructed the head office building and the Kawaguchi plant in Kawaguchi Motogo, Saitama, and began operations. |
| Sep. 1967 | Constructed the Ageo plant in Ageo, Saitama, and began operations. |
| Sep. 1972 | Made equity participation in Sueyoshi Kogyo Co., Ltd. |
| Aug. 1980 | Constructed the Gunma plant in Ora, Ora district, Gunma, and began operations. |
| Transferred the main branch to Ageo, Saitama (thereafter transferred to Chuo, Saitama in Jun. 2005 and then back to Ageo in Jun. 2011). | |
| Jan. 1983 | Established Thai FUKOKU Co., Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand as a joint venture, and began local manufacturing. |
| Jan. 1986 | Changed firm name to FUKOKU Co., Ltd. |
| Apr. 1986 | Constructed the Chubu factory (now the Aichi plant) in Takahama, Aichi, and began operations. |
| Successfully developed ultrasonic motors and began manufacturing. | |
| Apr. 1987 | Opened the Osaka sales office. |
| May 1987 | Established the subsidiary FUKOKU Korea Co., Ltd. in Ansan, South Korea, and began local manufacturing. |
| May 1990 | Constructed the Gunma No. 2 plant in Chiyoda, Ora district, Gunma, and began operations. |
| Oct. 1994 | Registered with the Japan Securities Dealers Association. |
| Dec. 1995 | Established Siam FUKOKU Co., Ltd. in Samut Prakan, Thailand as a joint venture, and began local manufacturing. |
| Feb. 1996 | Made equity participation in Tokyo Rubber MFG. Co., Ltd. |
| Dec. 1997 | Established the subsidiary PT. FUKOKU Indonesia in Java, Indonesia. (Now PT. FUKOKU Tokai Rubber Indonesia after equity participation by Tokai Rubber Industries Co., Ltd. [now Sumitomo Riko Company Limited] in May 2004.) |
| Jan. 2001 | Established Shanghai FUKOKU Rubber & Plastics Industry Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China as a joint venture. |
| May 2001 | Established FUKOKU America, Inc. Holdings and the South Carolina Production Company in South Carolina, USA. (Merged in Jan. 2006; now FUKOKU America Inc.) |
| Jul. 2003 | Established the subsidiary Dongguan FUKOKU Co., Ltd. in Dongguan, Guangdong, China. |
| Mar. 2004 | Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| May 2004 | Established Qingdao FUKOKU Auto Fittings Co., Ltd. in Shandong, China with funding from the subsidiary FUKOKU Korea Co., Ltd. |
| Mar. 2005 | Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| Sep. 2005 | Established the subsidiary Shanghai FUKOKU Rubber & Plastics Industry Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China. |
| Aug. 2007 | Began operations at the Korat plant of Siam FUKOKU Co., Ltd. |
| Oct. 2010 | Established FUKOKU India Private Limited in Maharashtra, India. |
| Nov. 2010 | Established Thai FUKOKU Panaplus Foundry Co., Ltd. in Samut Prakan, Thailand as a joint venture with funding from the subsidiary Thai FUKOKU. (Became the subsidiary of Thai FUKOKU Co., Ltd. in Nov. 2012.) |
| Jan. 2011 | Established Nanjing FUKOKU Bolangfeng Xiangjiao Co., Ltd. in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China as a joint venture. |
| Mar. 2011 | Established the subsidiary FUKOKU Vietnam Co., Ltd. in Hanoi, Vietnam. |
| Dec. 2011 | Established PT. Trim Rubber in Java, Indonesia as a subsidiary of Tokyo Rubber MFG. Co., Ltd. |
| Feb. 2012 | Began operations at the Korat No. 2 plant of Siam FUKOKU Co., Ltd. |
| Apr. 2013 | Began operations at the Nishio factory in Nishio, Aichi. |
| Apr. 2014 | Established the subsidiary FUKOKU Czech s.r.o. in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic. |
| Jul. 2014 | Established the subsidiary FUKOKU Mexicana, S.A de C.V. in Guanajuato, Mexico. |
| Oct. 2019 | Opened Urawa office |
| Apr. 2022 | Listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| Nov. 2022 | Closed the subsidiary FUKOKU Czech s.r.o. |