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• 1912
  Founded as Yamaoka Hatsudoki Kosakusho
• 1921
  Yanmar brand name adopted
• 1933
  World's first practical small diesel engine developed
• 1936
  Amagasaki Plant opened
  
• 1942
  Nagahama Plant opened
• 1947
  Entered the market for small-sized diesel engines in fishing boats
  
• 1952
  Company name changed to Yanmar Diesel Engine Co., Ltd.
  
• 1955
  Awarded Diesel Gold Medal by German Inventors' Association
  
• 1957
  Subsidiary established in Brazil
  Awarded German Merit Cross
  
• 1961
  Yanmar Agricultural Equipment Co., Ltd.
  established Tractor YM13A
• 1962
  Test operation of rotary engine Service base opened in Singapore
  Magokichi Yamaoka passes away. Succeeded as president by Yasuhito Yamaoka
• 1963
  Yasuhito Yamaoka passes away. Succeeded as president by Tadao Yamaoka (current chairman)
• 1966
  Service base opened in Thailand
  Production of compact construction equipment launched
• 1967
  Subsidiary established in Malaysia
• 1968
  Deming Prize (first in this industrial sector)
  
• 1972
  Yanmar Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd. established
  Yanmar Sangyo Co., Ltd. established
  Subsidiary established in Indonesia
• 1976
  Service base established in the Netherlands
• 1977
  Amagasaki Plant first factory in Japan to receive mass production facility certification from NK (Japan Maritime Association)
• 1978
  Subsidiary established in Thailand
  Amagasaki Plant's production facilities certified by AB and LR
• 1981
  Subsidiary established in the United States
  
• 1982
  Production of gas turbines launched
• 1983
  World's smallest air-cooled diesel engine developed
• 1987
  World's first diesel outboard engine developed
  
• 1988
  Production of gas engine heat pump launched
  Marine farm established
• 1989
  Subsidiary established in the Netherlands
  Subsidiary established in Singapore
  Joint venture company launched with Ammann in France
• 1990
  Full-scale entry into environmental business with development of raw garbage processing and water purification equipment
• 1992
  ISO9001 certification for all business operations
  Yanmar production reaches 10,000,000 units
• 1993
  Representative office opened in Shanghai
  FIE pump unit injector wins national invention prize
• 1995
  Ultra-modern Biwa Plant opened
  Joint venture company launched with Cagiva in Italy
  
• 1997
  ISO14001 certification for all plants
  
• 1998
  Tadao Yamaoka decorated by the nation
  Takehito Yamaoka assumed the presidency and Tadao Yamaoka the chairmanship
  
• 1999
  Domestic operations reorganized into seven sales companies
  Environment Minister's prize for cool containers
• 2000
  New R&D laboratories opened in Maibara
  
  Trade and Industry Ministry's energy-saving prize for micro-gas-turbine generation and mirror-cycle gas cogeneration
  Yanmar Energy System Co., Ltd. established 
• 2001
  Joint venture company for production of parts launched in Indonesia
• 2002
  Yanmar's 90th anniversary since foundation
  Company name changed to Yanmar Co., Ltd.
  Yanmar Marine International BV, Yanmar Marine System Co., Ltd., Yanmar Logistics Service Co., Ltd. established
• 2003
  Yanmar Energy System Co., Ltd. established.
  Yanmar Engine (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. established.
  Shandong Shefeng Yanmar Engine Co., Ltd. established.
• 2004
  Yanmar Construction Equipment Co., Ltd. established.
  Yanmar Construction Equipment Sales Co., Ltd. establised. Yanmar Agricultural Machinery (THailand) Co., Ltd. establised.
• 2005
  New Yanmar brand mark and mission statement established.
  Yanmar Noki Korea established.
  Capital Participation of Yanmar in India Tractor Manufacturer, ITL.
• 2006
  Yanmar Celebrates the production of 5,000,000th vertical diesel engine.
  India sales office established.
  Yanmar develops woods based biomass power generation for Higashiohmi city.
• 2007
  Restructuring of North America Companies New YA, YAMA and YMU.
  Production of compact utility tractors at YAMA starts.