The development towards a European quality brand

1978
NBR is founded as a family-led import company for Japanese ball bearing units and rolling bearings.

1984
Robert Braun assumes the company management, continuously expanding the company’s monopoly position as an importer of NBR ball bearing units and rolling bearings within German-speaking countries and in Europe.

1999
NBR secures the Europe-wide trademark rights.

2004
Sabine Braun joins the management team.

2006
NBR extends its sales activities to include international markets and enlarges its service team.

2008
The second brand EBS is marketed for the first time.

2008
NBR is a mere 30 years old!

2009
Increase of the stocks for improved delivery capacity, according to the economic recovery

2009
Audits of various manufacturing facilities in Europe and Asia

2010/2011
Optimization of the internal organizational structure for better proximity to customers and faster customer service

2011
Relaunch of the premium brand NBR ball bearing units. Improve product quality on ABEC 3 / P6. Quality assurance according to DIN ISO 2859-1. Reworking of packaging.

2011
Repetition of the audits of suppliers in Asia.
NBR will continue to focus on further development in order to remain our customers’ first choice in terms of quality, performance and service.

2012
Completion and commissioning of the new logistics center. Conversion to paperless picking. Higher efficiency, even faster, even error freer Shipping.

2014
Completion and launch of the BtoB online shop for registred customers.

2015
Introduction of the NBR ED Premium- and EBS ED Quality- Ball Bearing Unit series - to now also cover the areas of application for Ball Bearing Units of European designs - identical to the main European competitors.