50 years Getriebebau Nord
A success story with future
1965 – The start of a success story
1965
Foundation of Getriebebau NORD GmbH + Co. KG by Günter Schlicht and G. A. Küchenmeister in Bargteheide near Hamburg
Right from the very start, the young company relied on a high level of quality and the latest technologies. Over the years, there was an increasing depth of production, an increasing range of products and the start of an international presence as early as the 1970s – our strategy for success!
Getriebebau NORD started as a supplier of geared motors. In those days the company produced gear unit housings, shafts and flanges, while all other components were purchased externally. With the inauguration of our own gear production in 1977 we took the first step towards increasing our depth of production and ensuring a high standard of quality.
Since setting up our own electronics production in the middle of the 1980s NORD has become a complete drive solution supplier. The establishment of our own motor factory in Italy in the 1990s considerably improved the flexibility of the company. We have always invested in the very latest technology for each new division and have increased our know-how in order offer customers the very highest quality at all times. Parallel to this, NORD has orientated its activities to the international market and founded our first foreign subsidiaries more than 35 years ago in the USA, Sweden and France. Today, NORD is always close to its customers on all five continents, with our own assembly and service facilities. NORD DRIVESYSTEMS is one of the world's leading complete suppliers of mechanical and electronic drive technology.
1970 - 1979
1977
Establishment of our own gear wheel production in Glinde, near Hamburg
1979
Foundation of a subsidiary company with its own housing and shaft production in Waunakee, WI, USA
- NORD Gear Corporation, USA
Foundation of subsidiaries in France and Sweden
- NORD Réducteurs S.A.R.L., France
- NORD Drivsystem AB, Sweden
1980 - 1985
1981
Development of the revolutionary Unicase housing construction for all gear units
1982
Foundation of a subsidiary in the Netherlands
- NORD Aandrijvingen Nederland B.V.
1983
Establishment of our own electric motor production
1984
Start of our own electronics production in the Aurich factory in Lower Saxony
1985
Foundation of a subsidiary in Austria
- Getriebebau NORD GmbH, Austria
1986 - 1990
1986
Foundation of a subsidiary in Canada
- NORD GEAR Limited, Canada
1987
Foundation of subsidiaries in Italy and Belgium
- NORD Motoriduttori S.r.l., Italy
- NORD Aandrijvingen België NV, Belgium
1989
Foundation of a subsidiary in Denmark
- NORD Gear Danmark A/S Denmark
1991 - 1995
1991
Inauguration of housing and shaft production in Gadebusch, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Start of the "Global NORDnet" intranet. This system enables all NORD plants to communicate with
each other more easily and increase the speed of their response.
1992
Foundation of a subsidiary in Spain
- NORD Motorreductores S. A., Spain
1993
Foundation of a subsidiary in Switzerland
- Getriebebau NORD AG, Switzerland
1994
Foundation of subsidiaries in the UK and the Czech Republic
- NORD Gear Limited, UK, United Kingdom
- NORD Pohánèci Technika s.r.o., Czech Republic
1996 - 2000
1996
Establishment of our own electric motor production in San Giovanni Persiceto, Italy.
Foundation of subsidiaries in Turkey and Singapore
- NORD DRIVESYSTEMS Güç Aktarma Sistemleri San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti., Turkey
- NORD GEAR Pte Ltd, Singapore
1997
Foundation of a subsidiary in Slovakia
- NORD-Pohony, s.r.o., Slovakia
1998
Foundation of subsidiaries in Finland, Hungary, Norway, Poland and Croatia
- NORD Gear Oy, Finland
- NORD Hajtástechnika Kft., Hungary
- NORD GEAR NORGE AS, Norway
- NORD Napędy Sp. z o.o., Poland
- NORD Pogoni d.o.o., Croatia
1999
Foundation of a subsidiary in Brazil
- NORD Drivesystems Brasil Ltda., Brazil
2000
Start of decentralised drive technology
2001 - 2005
2001
Foundation of a subsidiary in Indonesia
- PT NORD Indonesia, Indonesia
2002
Market launch of the modular UNIVERSAL worm gear unit system
2003
Foundation of a subsidiary in Ukraine and Russia
- Getriebebau NORD GmbH, Ukraine
- NORD PRIVODY, Russia
2004
Establishment of motor and gear unit production in Suzhou, near Shanghai, China
- NORD (China) Power Transmission Co., Ltd., China
2005
Establishment of component production in Nova Sol, Poland.
Foundation of subsidiaries in India and Slovenia
- NORD Drivesystems Private Limited, India
- Getriebebau NORD GmbH, Slovenia
Inauguration of the high bay storage facility at the Bargteheide site
2006 - 2010
2006
Introduction of the NORDBLOC.1 gear unit
Foundation of subsidiaries in Mexico and Romania
- NORD DRIVE SYSTEMS S.A. DE C.V., Mexico
- S.C. NORD Drivesystems S.R.L., Romania
Opening of the new production facility for electronic products at the Aurich site
2007
Foundation of a subsidiary in Portugal
- Nord Drivesystems PTP, Lda, Portugal
2008
Foundation of subsidiaries in Australia
- NORD Drivesystems (Aust) Pty Ltd, Australia
2009
Introduction of the NORD industrial gear unit series with sizes off up to 242,000 Nm
Foundation of a subsidiary in Vietnam
- NORD Gear Pte Ltd – Vietnam Representative Office, Vietnam
2010
Expansion of the Bargteheide site, enlargement of the assembly area for industrial gear units and doubling of the size of the high bay storage facility
2011 - 2015
2011
Opening of a second factory in China, in Tianjin, near Beijing
2012
Foundation of a subsidiary in South Korea
- NORD Drivesystems Co., Ltd. Korea, South Korea
2013
New construction of a further production facility in Suzhou, China
2014
For the first time, the NORD DRIVESYSTEMS Group achieved sales of more than 500 million Euro.
Foundation of a subsidiary in Morocco
- NORD Réducteurs Bureau de Liaison Maroc, Morocco
2015
Inauguration of the new administration building at the headquarters in Bargteheide
Commissioning of a new painting plant at the Bargteheide factory
50th anniversary of Getriebebau NORD