Year	Month	Major Events
1935	12	NIHON DIESEL INDUSTRIES, LTD. is established in Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan for production of diesel engines.
'36	4	Patent is granted for the Krupp-Junkers two-cycle diesel engine and production commences.
'42	12	The name is changed to establish KANEGAFUCHI DIESEL. CO.,LTD..
'46	5	The name is changed to establish MINSEI SANGYO CO.,LTD.
'50	5	A car sector succeeded from the MINSEI SANGYO CO.,LTD. to establish MINSEI DIESEL INDUSTRIES, LTD. with 100 million yen in capital.
'53	12	NISSAN MOTOR CO.,LTD. takes in the stake.
'55	6	NISSAN MINSEI DISEL SALES, LTD. is established as a comprehensive sales company and Sales Department is spun-off in a 50-50 partnership with NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
'60	12	UD Trucks CO.,LTD. is introduced to take over the old name and the general distributor NISSAN-MINSEI DIESEL Sales Company changes its name to UD Trucks SALES CO.,LTD..
'61	5	90 acres of land acquired in Ageo City, Saitama Prefecture, and construction of the plant gets off the ground.
	9	The company product name changed from MINSEI to UD Trucks.
'62	5	The Ageo Plant starts production.
'64	5	Co-sign with Yusoki Kogyo CO.,LTD. for crane carriers production.
	12	Tokyo Office is established in Kanda, Chiyoda Ward.
'68	10	Long-term export agreement is signed with Chrysler Corporation from the US for commercial and marine engines.
'70	10	UD Trucks CASTING CO.,LTD. or the present Konosu Plant finds a home in Konosu City in Saitama.
'72	1	UD Trucks CASTING CO.,LTD. begins operations.
'73	4	UD Australia established in Australia in the joint venture with Sumitomo Corporation.
	5	Production of light-duty trucks starts : Reached for outsource by NISSAN MOTORS.
'77	12	Accumulative production reaches 50 thousand units.
'79	1	Technical support agreement for the domestic KD production is signed off with TOA Motors or present Sang Yong Motors of South Korea.
	11	Technical support for the domestic KD production is signed off with SIAM UD Trucks SALE CO.,LTD. of Thailand.
'80	3	Began construction of Gunma Plant in Ota City, Gunma Prefecture.
'81	2	Joint venture with Nichimen Infinity produces the local capital to establish Columbia Motors Corp. in the Philippines.
	4	The Gunma Plant begins operation.
'84	2	UD Trucks North America, Inc. is established in Texas in U.S.
	9	Accumulative production reaches a million units.
'85	7	Engine supply agreement is reached with Motor Iberica of Spain.
	8	Technology transfer agreement for heavy-duty trucks with China No.2 Automobile works or present DONG FENG MOTOR CO.,LTD. is reached.
	9	Heavy-duty trucks OEM supply agreement is reached with International Harvester or present Navistar International, Inc. in U.S.
'86	2	Joint venture GHANDHARA UD Trucks LTD. is established in Pakistan.
	5	Part supply center starts operation in Gunma Prefecture.
	9	The Gunma Plant starts the manufacture of transmissions.
'87	2	Kawaguchi production line is transferred to the Ageo and Gunma plants.
	5	UD Trucks (THAILAND) CO.,LTD. is established in Thailand.
	8	Medium-duty truck/bus exports reach 200 thousand units.
	9	Testing ground construction begins in Motegi, Haga, Tochigi Prefecture.
	10	Co-generation system takes off for the production and sales.
'88	10	Medium-size bus, the "SPACE RUNNER", was selected for the good design award of the year.
	10	The Motegi Testing Ground completes the first phase of the construction.
'89	7	Light-duty trucks reach cumulative production of 600 thousand units.
	11	A co-development agreement for low emission diesel engines is concluded with Iveco Fiat of Italy.
	11	Diesel engine technology transfer agreement is concluded with Italian Iveco Fiat Co.
'90	2	Accumulative production reaches 1.5 million units.
	10	Heavy-duty truck, "Big Thumb" is selected for the good design award of the year.
	10	China No.2 Automobile begins production on collaboration car as a result of our technology transfer.
'91	4	Second phase of construction is completed on the Motegi testing ground.
	9	Bus business joint venture UD Trucks PHILIPPINES CO., LTD established in Philippines. A Belgian company, Jonckheere, introduces bus body manufacturing technology.
	10	UD Trucks consolidates UD Trucks Casting.
'92	10	Hanyu Plant begins production.
'93	10	Medium-duty truck, "Fine Condor" is selected for the good design commodity of the year.
'94	8	Basic contract for the truck's OEM supply (2 to 3.5 tons of the truck) meets the agreement with Isuzu Motors.
'95	8	Cumulative production reaches 2 million units.
	9	UD Trucks takes a stake in The Auto Makers from South Africa..
'96	4	Joint venture P.T. Astra UD Trucks INDONESIA is established in Indonesia.
	5	Hangzhou DONG FENG UD Trucks CO.,LTD. established as a joint-venture company in China.
'97	8	Technology support agreement for the diesel engine is concluded with NISSAN MOTOR LBERICA, Spain.
'98	4	Ageo Natural Gas Station starts the operation.
'96	2	The Ageo Plant acquires the first ever ISO 14001 approval in the nation for the heavy-duty truck production plant.
	5	Renault from France acquires a stake in NISSAN.
	10	Domestic distributors are restructured and consolidated into 16-organization system across the nation.
	10	The Gunma Plant is transferred to the Ageo Plant with the Medium-duty truck assembly lines where the Medium and Heavy-duty truck lines are consolidated into the system.
2000	1	UD Trucks Sales transfers the business to consolidate the distributor sectors.
	11	Agreement is concluded with Renault pertaining to supply of ZD engines.
'01	5	Agreement is concluded with Hino Motors for the purchase and supply of the mid-class engines.
	8	Agreement is concluded with Dong Feng Chaoyang Diesel Company of China pertaining to the small-size diesel engine technology support.
'02	10	Agreement is concluded with Hino Motors over the OEM supply for the full size four-wheel drive car.
	10	A top mark of the trucks was completely changed.
	10	Technical transfer agreement is reached over the multi-stage transmission with Datong Gear Group CO.,LTD., China.
'03	3	Environment management system is constructed for the development of products to obtain ISO14001 certification.
	6	New business support system, "NEXT-CA", is adopted and introduced to dealers across the nation.
	6	Agreement on the support for developing the bus air suspension is reached with DONG FENG MOTOR CO.,LTD.
	9	The new long term business plan for 2004- 2008 is in place.
	10	Light-duty truck joint venture "NISSAN Light Truck CO.,LTD." is established with NISSAN MOTOR.
	11	Co-development agreement for the medium and heavy cab concludes with DONG FENG MOTOR CO.,LTD.
'04	4	The first ever-domestic CNG POWERES middle -duty truck reaches cumulative production of 500 units.
	4	"Junsei (or genuine) Custom Paint" surpasses 5000 units ordered.
	6	Commercialization agreement for the capacitor of large capacity meets with the JOEL, LTD., Advanced Capacitor Technology.
'05	4	Joint-venture agreement is concluded to establish an axle manufacturing company in China.
	6	Tie-up is formed with Mitsubishi Fuso for technologies to comply with new long-term emissions regulations on large trucks.
'10	2	Changed the company name to UD Trucks Corporation.