History
Founded in 1560
Our manufacturing dates back to 1560.Our predecessors, who acquired advanced specialized knowledge and technical skills, created castings such as pots, pans, bells, and lanterns, earning a license as casters to the imperial court.


- 1940
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- ・Established Nabeya Kogyo Kaisha(NBK).
- 1947
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- ・Started production and sales of cast iron flat pulleys.
- 1948
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- ・Introduced cast iron split pulleys.
- 1950
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- ・Set manufacturer's standards for V pulleys and started production and sales.
- 1957
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- ・Set manufacturer's standards for cast iron handwheels.
- 1963
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- ・Introduced flexible flanged shaft couplings.
- 1967
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- ・Introduced JIS standard V pulleys.
- 1971
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- ・Introduced Wedge® pulleys.
- 1974
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- ・Completed Seki Garden Factory's first phase construction.
- 1980
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- ・Began affiliation with Lanker & Co. AG (Switzerland) for the M&M product line.
- 1982
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- ・Introduced Isomec® bushings and Isomec® SP pulleys.
- 1983
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- ・Introduced Isomec® synchronous pulleys and Isomec® Poly-Drive pulleys.
- ・Opened Tokyo sales office.
- 1985
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- ・Developed computer software for pulley selection.
- ・Opened Osaka sales office.
- 1986
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- ・Obtained licensing agreement with TB Wood's Incorporated (U.S.A.) for flexible shaft couplings. Introduced Sure-Flex® couplings.
- 1987
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- ・Began affiliation with Otto Ganter GmbH & Co. KG (Germany) for the M&M product line.
- ・Introduced Couplicon® miniature couplings and Clamp-Lock® bushings.
- ・Completed the first phase of computerizing Kakamigahara Foundry.
- 1988
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- ・Presented with the Good Design Product award by MITI for the Couplicon® MST miniature coupling.
- 1990
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- ・Began affiliation with Gamm s.r.l. (Italy) for the M&M product line.
- 1991
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- ・Presented with the "iF" Design Prize for the Couplicon® MST miniature coupling, chosen as One of "The Top Ten of the Year-1991" by Industrie Forum Design Hannover.
- ・Presented with the Good Design Product award by MITI for the M&M Dimple Knob, Plastic Clamp Lever and Couplicon® MOL miniature coupling.
- 1992
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- ・Completed construction of Seki Garden Factory's office building and auditorium.
- ・Began affiliation with Southco, Inc. (U.S.A.) for the Access Hardware product line.
- ・Began affiliation with Rogan Corp. (U.S.A.) for the M&M product line.
- 1994
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- ・Presented with the Good Design Facility award by MITI and honored by the President of the Japan Greenery.
- ・Research and Development Center for the Seki Garden Factory.
- ・Presented with the Medium and Small Business Research Institute Award.
- 1995
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- ・Taichi Okamoto, President and CEO, awarded "Persons of distinguished services to the promotion of science and technology" by the Science and Technology Agency.
- 2000
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- ・Introduced e-nedzi.com® specialized screws.
- ・Acquired certifications of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 for all the areas and activities at the same time.
- 2001
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- ・Changed the company name to Nabeya Bi-tech Kaisha.
- ・Concluded licensing agreement with Lovejoy Inc. (U.S.A.) for flexible shaft couplings.
- ・Introduced JawMax® couplings.
- 2002
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- ・Affiliated with Zimmer GmbH (Germany) for Linear Guideway Clamper.
- 2003
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- ・Introduced LinearClamper-Zee® clamping elements.
- 2004
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- ・Acquired OHSAS 18001. Commenced the operarion of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 as integrated management system.
- ・A ISO Class 4 clean room included in Bi-tech Plant.
- 2005
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- ・Completed Positive Air Pressure Place designed to support the logistics of our high frequency, micro-scale, and same-day shipment.
- ・Introduced PowerStop® shock absorbers.
- ・Received "The 1st Japan Craftsmanship Award" by the Prime Minister for micro-scale production of diversified V-pulleys.
- 2006
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- ・Selected as one of "The 300 best small and medium-sized enterprises in Japan" in 2006.
- ・Received the "Nikkei New Office Award".
- ・Opened Gifu Collection of Modern Arts(Gi-Co-Ma)
at Seki Garden Factory.
- 2007年
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- ・Introduced UDEX series, accessory parts with universal designs for human-friendly manufacturing.
- ・Presented with the 2007 "Good Design Award" for the Couplicon® limX series shaft couplings.
- ・Presented with the 2007 "Long Life Design Award" for the Couplicon® MST,MOL shaft couplings, Plastic Clamp Lever LEM, and Dimple Knob KDM, KLM, KRM.
- 2008
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- ・Selected as the best company of the "IT Executive Management Award" in 2008 by METI.
- ・LCA report of miniature plastic clamp lever LECM/LECF and LECMS/LECFS was confirmed by the Japan Environmental Management Assosiation for Industry (JEMAI) the method of analysis is properly carried out according to ISO14040 stabdard (2006).
- ・Presented with the Incentive Award of "'CHO' MONODZUKURI Innovative Parts and Components Award 2008" for the next generation of high performance Couplicon® limX XGT and XGS shaft couplings.
- 2009
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- ・Presented with the "Craftsmanship Award" by The Society of Plant Engineers Japan(SOPE-J)
- ・Presented with the Incentive Award by Life Cycle Assesment Society of Japan(JLCA)
- 2010
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- ・Selected as the best company of the "IT Executive Management Award" in 2010 by METI.
- ・Selected as the visitation site of the official event of APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Ministerial Meeting.
- ・Established Nabeya Bi-tech (Suzhou) Co., Ltd..
- 2011
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- ・Started Nabeya Bi-tech (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
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- ・Presented with The 2011 "Good Design Award" for Smart-Zee® series HKL,HKC clamping elements.
- ・Started Nabeya Bi-tech (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
- 2012
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- ・Presented with the 2012 "Good Design Award" for the Couplicon® MJC shaft couplings.
- 2013
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- ・Introduced High-Gain Type Coupling eXtra Gain® XG2 series shaft couplings.
- 2014
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- ・Started "Reduce costs by Beppin Imono" the service for casting metal.
- 2015
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- ・NBK America LLC started.
- ・"Handling technology" started.
- ・Mino Garden Factory started.
- 2017
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- ・Selected as "Excellent company for promoting work-life balance in Gifu Prefecture" sponsored by Gifu Prefecture.
- ・Selected by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as "Regional Future Leader".
- 2018
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- ・Began manufacturing and selling “Wireless Positioning Units” capable of automating device/equipment positioning setup.
- 2019
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- ・Begin selling “XGHW Series” vibration-absorption capable disk type couplings.
- ・Selected as "The New Diversity Management Selection 100 Project in FY 2019".
- ・Selected as a "Job that Seki-shi woman was easy to commit ".
- ・Automation of the Mino foundry pouring line, creation of production management system that takes advantage of IoT.
- 2020
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- ・Began new “Cloud history monitoring system ezeio (easy IO)” service.
- ・The holding company, NBK & Co., Ltd., was established.
- ・Alliance with eze System, Inc. (U.S.A.) for ezeio®.
- 2021
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- ・The employee recreational plaza attached to the Future Factory received the "Lighting Design Awards" award of excellence.
- ・Began sales of robot stands.
- ・Certified "Health and Productivity Management Outstanding Organization 2021."
- ・Quick Positioning Brackets CUSH and CUSB received the Good Design Award.
- ・The employee recreational plaza attached to the Future Factory received the "Lighting Design Awards" award of excellence.
- 2022
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- ・First individual exhibition in Southeast Asia.
- ・Began manufacture and sales of space-saving stands and actuator brackets.
- ・Began sales of Auto Tool Changers.
- ・Began manufacture and sales of Pulls with Switch and LED.
- ・Published Issue Solutions and Case Studies for Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment.
- ・Switched to use of locally produced timber for warehouse pallets.
- 2023
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- ・Operation begins at Nabeya Bi-tech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
- ・Agreement signed with Gifu Prefecture based on the Gifu Prefectural System of Agreements Promoting the Use of Prefectural Forestry and Natural Products.
- ・Issued Case Studies on Factory/Site Process Improvement.
- ・Issued Issue Solutions and Case Studies for Food/Packaging Industries.
- ・Revised corporate logo.
- ・We have been registered as a Gold Partner in the Gifu SDGs Partner Registration System.
- ・Established NBK ASIA MANAGEMENT PTE. LTD. in Singapore.
- 2024
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- ・Silicon carbide screws (SiC screws) received an Award for Excellence at the 2023 Nikkei Excellent Products and Services Awards.
- ・Started NBK ASIA MANAGEMENT PTE. LTD..
- ・Opened Gifu Collection of Modern Arts Toko Gallery.
- ・Was featured on a Japanese economic TV program.
- ・Began manufacture and sales of Switch Box.