May 1987

Bando Chemical Industries, Ltd. of Japan and Lord Corporation of the United States entered into a joint enterprise agreement, with the territory being Japan.

April 1988

Introduced Force/Torque Sensors.

May 1990

Introduced Auto Tool Changers (BL Quick-Change).

April 1991

BL Autotec became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bando Chemical Industries, Ltd.

November 1993

Introduced Wrist Compliancer.

September 1998

Introduced Axially-Compliant Deburring Tools.

December 2001

ISO 9001:2000 certification was acquired.

November 2005

Introduced BL Rotary Joint.

March 2006

ISO 14001:2004 certification was acquired.

August 2006

Relocated HQ to the current address.

April 2014

Merged with Bando Seiki, Ltd.