ABC celebrates its 100-year anniversary and launches the DL36 engine range
OGEPAR opens a subsidiary in Shanghai
ABC and KBB exhibit at the SMM fair 2012 in Hamburg
Absorption GENTSE METAALWERKEN in PEGARD
IVOIREMOTOR
Inauguration of the second phase of the renovation (Hotel ELAIS Pointe-Noire)
FOCAST Châteaubriant
Launching of TATA vehicles in the Region of the Big Lakes
OGEPAR becomes second shareholder within SORAS GROUP ltd
Kompressorenbauer are aiming high
OGEPAR launches HYUNDAI
Merger by absorption cogenaf in Ogepar
Capital increase Ogepar
FOCAST group
Congo Motors - Bukavu
GENTSE METAALWERKEN left over to PEGARD
Inauguration phase 1 of the renovation plan in hotel ELAIS (Pointe-Noire)
Taking-over of the company PIERRE VELGHE EN KINDEREN BVBA
COMOCO - KIA
60th anniversary of KBB
Thermal Power Station in Brazzaville
Hotel ELAÏS (ex NOVOTEL)
Change of share-holdership and capital of Pegard Productics
Acquisition of 100% of DESCO and fusion by absorption
SCIMI: Official dealer of LAND ROVER in Ivory Coast
Reorganisation in Czech Replublic
ABC - 175 years of Belgium
New issue of capital SCIMI s.a.
K-W-B Natural Energy GmBH
Biomass in Ostend
Purchase of all remaining shares of Pegard Productics s.a.
Inauguration of the building CERCLE ELAÏS (Kinshasa)
Inauguration of the building PROCOBU - BURUNDIMOTOR (Bujumbura)
KBB in Saxony/Germany, manufacturer of turbochargers for large Diesel- and Gas engines for ship-, locomotive- and genset application in the 500 to 3000 kW power range celebrates its 60th anniversary on June 21st, 2008. In his speech, Dr. Ulrich Kramer, Managing Director of KBB could look back to a very successful business development over the past 5 years. KBB tripled the turnover and hired 60 qualified people to follow the customer needs.
A more than 7 Mio EUR investment program for machining centres, production equipment and infrastructure was the basis for this success. The height of the festivities was the ceremonial opening of the new KBB Turbocharger Test Centre (TTC) in attendance of the members of the KBB board, former KBB management, old test stand engineers, designers and construction workers and the total KBB staff (150 people). The new TTC works with gas instead of heating oil consistently to the high environmental regulations and replaces an 50 years old facility in Bannewitz.