April, 1946	Founder, Hiroshi Kobayashi, establishes Kobayashi Shoten, selling parts for truck bodies.
December, 1949	Kobayashi Shoten is incorporated.
January, 1956	Starts selling car accessories and sales go nationwide.
March, 1967	Product Control Centre is completed and warehousing is moved to a plot next to Head Office.
March, 1970	Leads the industry by introducing computerization.
October, 1971	New warehouses opened in Shimo-Fukushima (currently the Body Division). Distribution service improved by separating body parts and car accessories.
October, 1972	Company name changed to Nihon Body Parts Kogyo Co., Ltd.
May, 1973	New headquarters built (Kobayashi Building).
April, 1977	Tokyo branch established to bolster sales efforts in eastern Japan.
January, 1983	Nagoya sales office established to bolster sales of car accessories.
April, 1987	Kita Kanto branch established to bolster sales efforts in northern Japan.
May, 1990	Nishi Nihon branch established in Kyushu to bolster sales efforts in western Japan and lay the foundations for further growth in the 21st century.
September, 1993	Distribution centre at Kita Kanto branch enlarged to further bolster sales efforts in northern Japan.
September, 1998	Tokyo branch offices and warehouses modernized through rebuilding and expansion.
June, 2000	Hokkaido branch established to bolster sales efforts in Hokkaido. Kitami sales office opened.
February, 2003	Head Office Body Division moved to Kobe Research Park in Kobe to bolster sales efforts in the Head Office area
August, 2006	ISO 9001certification　was　obtained (Head Office Body Division )
August, 2008	ISO 9001　certification　was　obtained (Head Office Osaka) and Nishi Nihon branch)
August, 2009	ISO 9001　certification　was　obtained (All Other Branches )
May, 2012	Cyubu branch established to bolster sales efforts in Tokai Region Japan, merged a subsidiary "Cyubu Body Parts Co.Ltd".