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Mitsubishi Fuso down the year
1932 First B46 bus built and christened "Fuso" at Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.'s Kobe Works.
1934 Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. renamed Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
1937 MHI motor vehicle operations at Kobe Works transferred to Tokyo Works.
1949 Fuso Motors Sales Co., Ltd. established. (Renamed Mitsubishi Fuso Motors Sales Co., Ltd. in 1952)
1950 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is split into three companies: East Japan Heavy Industries, Ltd., Central Japan Heavy Industries, Ltd. and West Japan Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Heavy Bus Aero King Heavy Bus Aero Queen Heavy Bus Aero Star
1952 Central Japan Heavy Industries, Ltd. renamed Shin Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.; West Japan Heavy Industries, Ltd. renamed Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd.
East Japan Heavy Industries, Ltd. renamed Mitsubishi Nippon Heavy Industries, Ltd.
1957 MNHI integrates Tokyo and Kawasaki Works into the Tokyo Motor Vehicle Works.
1964 Mitsubishi Nippon Heavy Industries, Ltd., Shin Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd. merged to form Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Mitsubishi Fuso Motors and Shin Mitsubishi Motors Sales Co. merge to form Mitsubishi Motors Sales Co. Medium Bus Aero Midi (MK) Light Bus Aero Midi (ME) Light Bus Rosa
1970 MHI signs joint venture agreement with Chrysler Corporation.
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) established. MHI transfers motor vehicle operations to MMC.
1975 MMC commissions Nakatsu Plant at its Tokyo Motor Vehicle Works.
1980 MMC commissions Kitsuregawa Proving Grounds.
1982 Fuso brand celebrates 50th anniversary.
1984 MMC merges with Mitsubishi Motor Sales Co., Ltd.
1985 MMC and Mitsubishi Corporation establish joint-equity company Mitsubishi Truck of America, Inc. in the United States.
1993 MMC and Chrysler Corporation dissolve equity partnership.
1999 MMC and AB Volvo enter equity and operational alliance covering truck and bus operations. AB Volvo acquires 5% of MMC stock.
2001 DaimlerChrysler replaces AB Volvo as MMC's strategic alliance partner in the truck and bus sector.
MMC renames Tokyo Plant the Truck and Bus Production Office (referred to externally as the Kawasaki Plant).
2003 Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation established.
DaimlerChrysler, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation and other Mitsubishi group companies acquire equity stakes of 43%, 42% and 15% respectively in MFTBC.
2004 DaimlerChrylser, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation and Mitsubishi group companies hold shares of 65%, 20% and 15% respectively as MMC sold part of its MFTBC shares to DaimlerChrysler.
2005 Mitsubishi Motors Corporation transferred rest of its MFTBC shares to DaimlerChrysler as a major part of the agreement of compensation for financial damages resulting from quality issues and recalls at MFTBC.
DaimlerChrylser and Mitsubishi group companies hold shares of 85% and 15% respectively
2006 March 1: 26 consolidated domestic dealers integrated into MFTBC.
April 1: Fuso Engineering Corporation integrated into MFTBC.
2007 Fuso brand cerebrates 75th anniversary.
2008 July: Fuso official baseball team stops activity
2009 July: Fuso Techinical Service Corportaion integrated into MFTBC
2011 January:Daimler AG has increased equity in MFTBC by 30 Billion Yen
Capital to be changed to 35 Billion Yen
Daimler and Mitsubishi group companies hold shares of 89.29% and 10.71% respectively

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