A young enterprise with rich traditions

1992 – A group of senior staff members leaves Steyr Wälzlager after its acquisition by SKF.
 
1996 – The NKE brand is registered internationally and the company NKE Wälzlager Vertriebsges.m.b.H., headquartered in Steyr, is established.
 
1997 – First international office is established in the UK
 
1998 – NKE is certified to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001
 
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.
 
2001 – NKE exhibits for the first time at the Hannover Industrial Fair, one of the world’s major industrial trade shows.
 
2002 – The first NKE international distributor conference is held on Mallorca, Spain.
 
2003 – The second stage in the extension of the office premises in Steyr is carried out.
 
2004 – The company name is changed to NKE AUSTRIA GmbH.
 
2005 – In the third stage of the extension, the Steyr headquarters is extended to 4,600 m².

2006 – NKE is awarded the Austria Quality Seal.
 
2006 – NKE celebrates its tenth anniversary and holds its third international conference in Athens, Greece.
 
2008 – The construction of a new 10,000-m² headquarters beginns. Annual turnover exceeds 43.3 million euro. 

2009 – New headquarters is completed.
 
Today NKE develops and manufactures a comprehensive range of high-quality bearings, which are distributed through 15 international offices and 240 distributors in more than 60 countries.