JATCO Ltd History
| August 1943 | Yoshiwara Plant of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd’s aircraft division begins operations. |
| January 1970 | Japan Automatic Transmission Co., Ltd, jointly established by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd, Mazda Motor Corporation (after: Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd) and Ford Motor Company. |
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April 1970
| MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION is established. |
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October 1989
| Japan Automatic Transmission Co., Ltd changes its name to JATCO Corporation. |
| June 1999 | Nissan Motor Co., Ltd´s, AT/CVT division, splits off to become TransTechnology Ltd. |
| October 1999 | Trans Technology Ltd and JATCO Corporation merge to form JATCO TransTechnology Ltd. |
| April 2000 | QS9000 certification is acquired. |
| April 2002 |
JATCO TransTechnology Ltd changes its name to JATCO Ltd. Mitsubishi Motors Corporation´s AT / CVT division splits off to become Diamondmatic Co., Ltd.
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| April 2003 | JATCO Ltd merges with Diamondmatic Co., Ltd.
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| April 2003 | JATCO Mexico is established in Mexico. |
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October 2003
| JATCO France SAS is established in France. |
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May 2004
| JATCO Korea Service Corp. is established in Korea. |
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February 2005
| Acquires ISO / TS 16949 certification. |
| January 2009 | Received the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy Director´s General´s Award as an Excellent Energy Management Factory for Fiscal Year 2008.
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| April 2011 |
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| May 2011 | Received the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan (JSAE) Technological Development Award for the development of a new compact, lightweight, fuel-conserving CVT that is the first in the world to have an auxiliary gearbox with JATCO CVT7.
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| July 2011 | Established a production company in Thailand, JATCO Thailand Co., Ltd (100% capital financing). |
| April 2012 |
Received the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) Medal for New Technologies for development a 1-motor, 2-clutch parallel full-hybrid system.
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| June 2012 | Commenced product delivery to JAC Motors (China). |
| June 2012 | Commenced product delivery to AvtoVAZ (Russia). |
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