1926 | Established INOUE RUBBER CO., LTD. in Atsuta-ku Nagoya City Started production of inner tubes and tires for bicycles |
1938 | Established INOUE RUBBER INDUSTORY CO., LTD. Started production of industrial rubber products (molding, extrusion) |
1954 | Concluded technology support contract with Bayer AG in Germany and established MTP KASEI CO., LTD. |
1955 | Started Japan’s first polyurethane foam production |
1959 | Started Color Foam mattress sales |
1960 | Automobile interior articles using polyurethane foam were first introduced in Japan |
1980 | Established INOUE MTP CO., LTD. by merging the industrial rubber and plastic sections of INOUE RUBBER INDUSTORY CO., LTD. and MTP KASEI CO., LTD. |
1990 | Renamed INOUE MTP CO., LTD. as INOAC CORPORATION |
1994 | Integrated living and consumer goods sales sections in the group established INOAC LIVING CO., LTD. as a new comprehensive planning and wholesale company. |
1997 | Started developing care equipment |
2005 | AEROFLOW, the original bedding brand, was born |
2014 | Smile, the nursing care brand, was born |
2015 | Held the Polyurethane International Forum to mark the 60th anniversary of starting urethane production |