| Month and year | Event |
|---|---|
| April 1890: | Masajiro Murata founded a business in 2-chome Shinkawa, Naniwa-ku, Osaka, for the purpose of the production and trade of bead curtains. |
| May 1908: | Made its Kobe branch as the headquarters of the business in order to specialize in trade and Kojiro Murata became the chief of the headquarters. |
| January 1913: | Invented the wood shavings blind. Established contractors' factories in Tsu-shi, Kyoto-shi, and Hyogo Prefecture. |
| October 1921: | Consolidated the contractors' factories into a plant in 3-chome, Okuracho (currently Okurahachiman-cho), Akashi-shi. |
| August 1940: | Started manufacturing wooden storage battery separators and delivering them to Japan Storage Battery Co., Ltd. and other battery manufactures. |
| August 1942: | Moved the head office to the Akashi plant. |
| January 1943: | Changed MURATA-GO & CO., LTD. to a joint-stock organization and established NIHON SEPARATOR CO., LTD. |
| August 1944: | Invented a manufacturing method of microporous rubber separators, which was patented in 1943, and awarded as an excellent invention by the Institute of Technology. |
| September 1945: | NIHON SEPARATOR CO., LTD. was renamed to NIHON RINKOU CO., LTD., which started handling war-damage reconstruction materials besides the production of separators. |
| June 1950: |
MURATA-GO & CO., LTD. was established with the resumption of trade. Masanori Murata assumed the post of the President, and the company started manufacturing products. |
| January 1961: | Started molding synthetic resin and accompanied business. |
| June 1964: | Renamed to MURATA INDUSTRY CO., LTD. with an expansion of its manufacturing department. |
| July 1965: | Designated as a subcontract plant of synthetic resin battery cases by the Automotive Battery Division of Japan Storage Battery Co., Ltd. |
| January 1967: | The company as an excellent cooperation factory took over the production facilities of microporous rubber separators from Japan Storage Battery Co., Ltd. and started manufacturing microporous rubber separators. |
| June 1974: | The Kobe plant site featured a molding factory and started manufacturing car battery cases. |
| September 1977: | MURATA DIECAST CO., LTD. was established. |
| July 1979: | MURATA SANGYO CO., LTD. was established. |
| April 1983: | Masanori Murata assumed the post of the Chairman. Shigeki Murata assumed the post of the President. |
| April 2002: | MURATA AUTOMOTIVE PLASTIC COMPONENTS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. was established. |
| February 2022: | MURATA AUTOMOTIVE PLASTIC COMPONENTS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. relocated to Liyue Road,Pujiang Town,Minhang District,Shanghai. |