History
1980 May
Established NMB Thai Ltd. in Ayutthaya.
1982 Aug
Started production of Miniature & Instrument ball bearings by NMB Thai Ltd. in Ayutthaya.
1984 Apr
Established Pelmec Thai Ltd. 
and Minebea Thai Ltd. in Bang pa- in
1985 Apr
Started production of small sized ball bearings by Pelmec Thai Ltd. and electronic devices & components such as stepping motors and PC keyboards by Minebea Thai Ltd. in Bang Pa-in.
1987 May
Established Thai Ferrite Co., Ltd. (Present Power Electronics of Minebea co., Ltd.) in Bang Pa- in and started production of ferrite magnets. (Transfered this production lines to Lopburi in 1996.)
1988 Mar
Established Minebea Electronics (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in Lopburi and started production of electronic devices and components such as magnetic heads for FDDs and PM stepping motors in April, 1988.
1988 Dec
Established NMB Precision Balls Ltd. and NMB Hi- Tech Bearings Ltd. in Bang Pa-in.
1989 Mar
Started production of steel balls for ball bearings by NMB Precision Balls Ltd.
1989 May
Started production of special type bearings such as integral shaft bearings.
1990 Dec
Established MF Industries Co., Ltd, in Rojana and started of operation of surface treatment.
Note) MF Industries Co., Ltd. was absorbed into Minebea Thai Ltd. in May, 1997.
1995 Feb
Constructed the plant ( Minebea Thai Ltd. . Present Power Electronics of Minebea Co., Ltd.) of Die-cast parts in Lopburi for products of Lopburi plant.
1995 May
Constructed the plant ( Minebea Thai Ltd. . Present Power Electronics of Minebea Co., Ltd.) of press parts in Lopburi for products of Lopburi plant.
1995 Aug
Constructed R& D center in Bang Pa-in
1996 Mar
Constructed the plant ( Minebea Thai Ltd.) of Die- cast parts. (Transfered the operation of press parts in Bang Pa- in to this new plant.)
1996 Jul
Constructed the plant ( Minebea Thai Ltd. . Present Power Electronics of Minebea Co., Ltd.) of Magnets and precision machined parts in Lopburi for the products of Lopburi plant and started both production.
1997 May
Constructed the plant ( Minebea Thai Ltd. . Present Power Electronics of Minebea Co., Ltd.) of Hard & Soft Ferrites in Lopburi.
1997 Nov
Constructed the second Micro Balls plant (NMB Precision Balls Ltd.) in Bang Pa-In.
2000 Oct
Purchased land adjacent to Bang Pa-In plant, doubling the land Minebea owns there.
2001 Feb
Constructed the second plant (Minebea Thai Ltd.) of Spindle motor for HDDs in Bang Pa-In.
2003 Nov Established Thai Minebea-Matsushita Motor Co.,Ltd. and started opertion of stepping motor in both of Bangpa-in factory and Lopburi factory.
2005 Dec
Changed company name from Thai Minebea -Matsushita Motor Co., Ltd. to Minebea Electronics Motor (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
2008 Apr
Amalgamated 7 companies in Thailand under the new name " NMB- Minebea Thai Ltd".

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