The story
Founding (1965)
The company was founded in June 1965 in Mumbai as Needle Roller Bearing Company Limited, an Indo-French joint venture between Trilochan Singh Sahney and Nadella S.A., a French bearings manufacturer, it was established to make needle roller bearings in India. According to company history sources, NRB Bearings was the first company to manufacture needle roller bearings in India and their first manufacturing plant was established in 1966 in Thane, Maharashtra.
Expansion (1975–1995)
In 1975, a larger manufacturing plant was established at Thane. In 1980, a facility was set up in Aurangabad for the production of needle rollers and an division was established for the distribution of bearings and related products from overseas manufacturers. In 1982, the company started a plant in Jalna, Maharashtra, to manufacture cylindrical, ball, spherical and tapered roller bearings. In 1990, the company changed its name to NRB Bearings Limited. In April 1991, the company was merged with Sahney Steel and Press Works and a manufacturing plant was established at Waluj, Maharashtra. and in 1995, it began manufacturing tapered roller bearings under a collaboration agreement with SNR Roulements of France.
Acquisitions and corporate changes (2000–2012)
In February 2000, NRB Bearings bought a 45.78 percent stake in Shriram Needle Industries. In the same year, an engineering and design center was established at the Thane manufacturing unit. In October 2002, The Timken Company bought the Engineered Solutions Business of Ingersoll Rand, this also includeds Nadella S.A.'s equity stake in NRB Bearings. The partnership with Nadella ended in 2005. In 2012, NRB Bearings split its industrial bearings business into NRB Industrial Bearings Limited, which was listed as an entity.
Passing of founder (2018)
Trilochan Singh Sahney, founder and non-executive chairman of NRB Bearings, died on 16 October 2018.
Recent developments (2025)
In 2025, NRB Bearings established Mahant Tool Room Private Limited as a wholly owned subsidiary. The subsidiary later completed the acquisition of the Mahant Tool Room business in 2026.
From Wikipedia’s article on NRB Bearing, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4