SUZUKI Philippines Incorporated recently announced that its parent Suzuki Motor Corporation (Suzuki), Japan’s fourth largest automaker, is proudly celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.

Suzuki, known as a manufacturer of superior-quality motorcycles, automobiles, and outboard motors, started as a loom weaving company called Suzuki Loom Works in 1902 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan. Founded by accomplished innovator and inventor Michio Suzuki in answer to a deep sense of mission, the company was built to help the Enshu District weaving industry and the other businesses in the city. Its initial business was providing loom weaving equipment for Japan’s massive prewar silk industry.