With effect from 01 October 2009, NSK has combined the Bearings and Linear Products departments into a single ‘European Industrial Business Unit”. The new business unit will be headed by Dr. Jürgen Ackermann, with the European sales and marketing functions being coordinated by Dipl.-Ing. Volker Polonyi.

The Bearings and Linear Products departments were previously organised as separate business units that acted largely independently in the market. This divide is being erased for good reason. Dr. Jürgen Ackermann, Managing Director of the new European Industrial Business Unit, says, ‘More and more customers are using both bearings and linear components from NSK. In line with the vision of “One face to the customer”, they now have one point of contact. That simplifies our cooperation.’

The two business units are also being consolidated to enhance customer and industry orientation. Dipl.-Ing. Volker Polonyi, Managing Director of Sales and Marketing for the European Industrial Business Unit says, ‘We have very extensive industry know-how in our core markets. Some of these industries, such as machine tool manufacturing, the steel industry, installation and operation technology, and food technology, use both our bearings and our linear components. So we are now better able to bundle our industry expertise.’


Photo captions:
Dr. Jürgen Ackermann, Managing Director of the new “European Industrial Business Unit” of NSK
Dipl.-Ing. Volker Polonyi, Sales Director of the European Industrial Business Unit