Began operation as Yoshiwara Plant of aircraft division of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
1970 January
Japan Automatic Transmission Co., Ltd. jointly established by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Mazda Motor Corporation (then: Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd.), and Ford Motor Company
1970 April
MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION established
1989 October
Japan Automatic Transmission Co., Ltd. changed name to JATCO Corporation
1999 June
AT/CVT division of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. split off to become TransTechnology Ltd
1999 October
TransTechnology Ltd and JATCO Corporation merged to form JATCO TransTechnology Ltd
2000 April
Acquired QS9000 certification
2002 April
JATCO TransTechnology Ltd changed name to JATCO Ltd AT/CVT division of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation split off to become Diamondmatic Co., Ltd.
2003 April
JATCO Ltd merged with Diamondmatic Co., Ltd.
2003 April
JATCO México, S.A. de C.V. established in Mexico
2003 October
JATCO France SAS established in France
2004 May
JATCO Korea Service Corp. established in Korea
2005 February
Acquired ISO/TS 16949 certification
2007 April
JATCO (Guangzhou) Automatic Transmission Ltd. established in China
2009 January
Received the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy Director-General's Award as an Excellent Energy Management Factory for FY2008
2009 September
JATCO (Guangzhou) Automatic Transmission Ltd. began production of CVTs
2011 April
Received the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) Medal for New Technology for the development of the Jatco CVT7, a CVT with an ultra-compact auxiliary gearbox, large gear ratio range, and low fuel consumption
2011 May
Received the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan (JSAE) Technological Development Award for the development of a new compact, lightweight, and fuel-conserving CVT that is the first in the world to have an auxiliary gearbox with the Jatco CVT7
2011 July
JATCO (Thailand) Co., Ltd. established in Thailand
2012 April
Received the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) Medal for New Technology for the development of a 1-motor, 2-clutch parallel full-hybrid system
2012 June
Commenced delivery of products to JAC Motors (China)
2012 June
Commenced delivery of products to AvtoVAZ (Russia)
2012 December
Selected for the Thomson Reuters ???2012 Top 100 Global Innovators??? list
2013 February
JATCO México, S.A. de C.V.???s 2nd manufacturing plant established
2013 April
Held opening ceremony for the new Shanghai office of our Chinese production subsidiary and began production of the Jatco CVT8 in China
2013 April
Received the Automotive Engineers of Japan ???Contributions to the Advancement of AT and Belt CVT Technologies Through Tribology??? award
2013 June
Opened the Moscow representative office
2013 September
Received the FY2013 ???Shizuoka Labor Bureau Director General???s Award for Excellence??? in the category for companies promoting equality
2013 September
JATCO (Thailand) Co., Ltd. began production of CVTs
2013 October
Selected for the Thomson Reuters ???2013 Top 100 Global Innovators??? list
2014 January
Began offering tool resharpening services in Mexico
2014 May
Established the Spain office
2014 September
JATCO México, S.A. de C.V.'s 2nd plant began production of CVTs
2015 August
Became the first company in Shizuoka Prefecture to receive the Platinum Kurumin certification
2016 March
Became the first company in Shizuoka Prefecture to be selected for the ???2016 New Diversity Management Selection 100??? list
2017 October
Received the ???FY2017 Resource Recycling Technology System Award,??? a Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry???s Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau Director-General???s Award.
2018 June
JATCO (Suzhou) Automatic Transmission Ltd. established in China
2018 November
Selected for the ???Best Practices Companies??? list by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan???s Shizuoka Labor Bureau
2019 February
Received the ???Health and Productivity 2019??? certification
2019 November
JATCO (Suzhou) Automatic Transmission Ltd. began production of CVTs
2020 March
Received the ???Health and Productivity 2020 (White 500)??? certification
2021 February
Received the ???Sports Yell Company 2021??? certification
2021 March
Received the ???Health and Productivity 2021 (White 500)??? certification
2022 October
Electrified powertrain R&D office, Zama R&D Center, established
