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History
| July 1947 | Subsequent to the resolution of Mitsui & Co. by the order of GHQ's Memorandum of Understanding, the Company was established on November 27, 1947, being mainly composed of members of the machinery and trade divisions of the former Mitsui & Co. |
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| November 1947 | The Company started its operation under the name Kyokuto Boeki Kaisha Ltd. (capitalized at ¥5 million, with head office located at 2-2, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) as a trading company specializing in technical support service for machinery. |
| January 1948 | Established the Sapporo Branch Office |
| January 1949 | Established the Osaka Branch Office |
| January 1951 | Established the Nagoya and Fukuoka Branch Office |
| April 1956 | Established the Far East Mercantile Corp. in New York as a subsidiary company |
| October 1958 | Established Far East Mercantile GmbH in Frankfurt as a subsidiary company |
| November 1960 | Moved the entire Frankfurt office to Dusseldorf |
| October 1964 | Established the London Branch Office |
| October 1965 | Moved the entire Head Office to 4, Otemachi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; later, in January 1970, the street number was changed to the present address of 2-1, Otemachi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo |
| September 1970 | Established Nippon System Industries Corporation as a subsidiary company specializing in the manufacture of electronic equipment and development of software |
| September 1984 | Changed the trade name from Far East Mercantile Corp. to KBK Inc. |
| October 1984 | Changed the trade name from Far East Mercantile GmbH to Kyokuto Boeki Kaisha (KBK) GmbH |
| March 1987 | Listed in the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| May 1997 | Established Kyokuto Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., as a subsidiary company |
| March 2000 | Listed and upgraded in the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| December 2003 | Resolved the London Branch Office and integrated it with KBK GmbH, and changed the trade name to KBK Europe GmbH |
| April 2008 | Established Kyokuto Trading (India) Pvt. Ltd. as a subsidiary company |
| April 2009 | Established KBK Steel Products Co., Ltd. as a subsidiary company |
| January 2011 | Aquired 100% ownership of Z.R.C. Japan Corporation |
| November 2011 | Acquired the shares of Sunco Spring Co., Ltd., making it a wholly owned subsidiary |
| November 2012 | Acquired the shares of Vahle Japan Co., Ltd., making it a wholly owned subsidiary |
| April 2013 | Acquired the shares of Automax Co., Ltd., making it a wholly owned subsidiary |
| April 2015 | Established Kyokuto Boeki Mexico, S.A. de C.V. as a subsidiary company |
| September 2015 | Acquired the shares of Eto Co., Ltd., making it a wholly owned subsidiary |
| April 2018 | Acquired the shares of Plant Maintenance Corporation making it a wholly owned subsidiary |
| March 2020 | Changed the trade name of Kyokuto Trading (India) Pvt. Ltd. to Kyokuto Boeki India Pvt. Ltd. |
| January 2022 | Established TWD Japan Corporation as a subsidiary company |
| April 2022 | Transitioned to the Prime Market from the first section following the market restructuring of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
