Bando Chemical Industries, Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of elastomer products and automotive belts. It operates through the following divisions: Automotive Parts and Industrial Materials, Advanced Elastomer Products and Others. The Automotive Parts and Industrial Materials division includes power transmission systems and power transmission belts for four wheel and two wheeled vehicles. The Industrial Products division includes industrial power transmission belts for industrial and agricultural machinery. The Advanced Elastomer Products division comprises of precision parts, functional films for printing and medical fields. The Others division deals with robot related devices. The company was founded by Naozaburo Bando and Mitsuzo Enami on April 14, 1906 and is headquartered in Kobe, Japan.