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.

History History
1940
  • ・Established Nabeya Kogyo Kaisha(NBK).
1947
  • ・Started production and sales of cast iron flat pulleys.
1948
  • ・Introduced cast iron split pulleys.
1950
  • ・Set manufacturer's standards for V pulleys and started production and sales.
1957
  • ・Set manufacturer's standards for cast iron handwheels.
1963
  • ・Introduced flexible flanged shaft couplings.
1967
  • ・Introduced JIS standard V pulleys.
1971
  • ・Introduced Wedge® pulleys.
1974
  • ・Completed Seki Garden Factory's first phase construction.
1980
  • ・Began affiliation with Lanker & Co. AG (Switzerland) for the M&M product line.
1982
  • ・Introduced Isomec® bushings and Isomec® SP pulleys.
1983
  • ・Introduced Isomec® synchronous pulleys and Isomec® Poly-Drive pulleys.
  • ・Opened Tokyo sales office.
1985
  • ・Developed computer software for pulley selection.
  • ・Opened Osaka sales office.
1986
  • ・Obtained licensing agreement with TB Wood's Incorporated (U.S.A.) for flexible shaft couplings. Introduced Sure-Flex® couplings.
1987
  • ・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
  • ・Presented with the Good Design Product award by MITI for the Couplicon® MST miniature coupling.
1990
1991
  • ・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
  • ・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
  • ・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
  • ・Taichi Okamoto, President and CEO, awarded "Persons of distinguished services to the promotion of science and technology" by the Science and Technology Agency.
2000
2001
  • ・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
  • ・Affiliated with Zimmer GmbH (Germany) for Linear Guideway Clamper.
2003
  • ・Introduced LinearClamper-Zee® clamping elements.
2004
  • ・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
  • ・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
  • ・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)Separate window icon at Seki Garden Factory.
2007
  • ・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
  • ・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
  • ・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
  • ・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
2012
2013
2014
  • ・Started "Reduce costs by Beppin Imono" the service for casting metal.
2015
  • ・NBK America LLC started.
  • ・"Handling technology" started.
  • ・Mino Garden Factory started.
2017
  • ・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
  • ・Began manufacturing and selling “Wireless Positioning Units” capable of automating device/equipment positioning setup.
2019
  • ・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
  • ・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
2022
2023
  • ・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
  • ・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.
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