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History

1998

NKE is certified to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.

2018

Fersa Bearings acquires 100 percent of NKE Austria

2021

NKE celebrates 25th anniversary and 5 years of Fersa Group.

2016

NKE celebrates its twentieth anniversary and holds its eight international distributor conference in Steyr, Austria.
NKE Austria and FERSA bearings form strategic partnership FERSA bearings based in Zaragoza Spain, involved companies with 49% of the NKE.

2015

Market introduction of the NKE Agri units.

2014

Sales of 50 Million Bearing.

2011

NKE joins Research Association Power Transmission Engineering (Forschungsvereinigung Antriebstechnik e.V. - FVA).

2009

New headquarters is completed. NKE is awarded with the Gold Prize in the regional industry prize Pegasus and certified to OHSAS 180001.

2008

The construction of a new 10,000-m² headquarters beginns.

2006

NKE is awarded the Austria Quality Seal.

2005

In the third stage of the extension, the Steyr headquarters is extended to 4,600 m².

2004

The company name is changed to NKE AUSTRIA GmbH.

2003

The second stage in the extension of the office premises in Steyr is carried out.

2002

The first NKE international distributor conference is held on Mallorca, Spain.

2001

NKE exhibits for the first time at the Hannover Industrial Fair, one of the world’s major industrial trade shows.

1999

Due to rapid expansion, NKE constructs new headquarters on an area of over 2,000 m² of the company’s reserves of 14,000 m².

1997

First international office is established in the UK.

1996

The NKE brand is registered internationally and the company NKE Wälzlager Vertriebsges.m.b.H., headquartered in Steyr, is established.

1992

A group of senior employees left Steyr Wälzlager after it was through SKF.