AKT Küpper - corporate history
2016
New building in Velbert with a large testing facility
2011
Next warehouse expansion in Bottrop
2010
The beginning of several international representations are opened
2009
A fully automated assembly plant is commissioned
2008
The business is transfered to the 3rd Generation. Rolf Kuepper retires. Susan Kuepper is the new Managing Partner
2007
Enlargement of production facilities (by approx. 1,000 square metres) and the administrative wing
2002
Establishment of a European network with international producers of ball bearings and agencies abroad
1997
Cooperation agreement with an Asian producer of ball bearings; first time certification according to DIN EN ISO 9001
1994
Construction of a production facility for rolling bearings in the Czech Republic
1969
An additional production site is built in Bottrop; production halls are enlarged several times
1964
Rolf Küpper, the son of the company’s founder, takes over the management of the company
1950
A new product range is introduced: Idlers and conveyor belt rollers
1933
Artur Küpper establishes a company in Velbert for the production of special ball bearings