Abhijeet Karmarkar

NRB Bearings – A Complete Friction Solutions Provider; From Design to Delivery Founded in 1965, NRB Bearings was the first company to manufacture needle roller bearings in India. For over 50 years NRB has pioneered leading-edge roller bearings technology. Today 90% of vehicles on Indian roads run on NRB parts. Since inception, NRB has grown to offer a wide range of high precision friction solutions across mobility applications. Its global client list includes all the world leaders viz. Getrag, Honda, John Deere, Magna, Maruti Suzuki, Mercedes Benz, Volvo and ZF just to name a few. NRB has close to 70 percent market share in India for needle bearings and globally is a market leader in automotive cylindrical bearings with a growth rate of 46% in this segment; this is in spite of the German and Japanese companies having set up their manufacturing facilities in India. Built on world-class engineering and quality-driven manufacturing infrastructure, NRB today has 7 plants in India and 1 in Thailand. Its supply logistics enables it to export all over the world, and today it supplies bearings and allied products to customers in 45 countries across 5 continents, including Brazil, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia , Sweden, the Czech Republic and the USA. NRB envisions itself to be the recognised leader in the design and production of customised friction solutions with a presence in every vehicle in the world.