Founded in 1946, National Engineering Industries Ltd (NBC), is an integral part of the CKA Birla group(formerly the CK Birla Group) and manufacturer of the NBC brand of bearings. CKA Birla Group is today a multibillion dollar diversified conglomerate with over 35,000 employees and 50+ manufacturing facilities across India and the world, with a presence in diverse sectors including technology, automotive, home and building and healthcare. NBC is India’s leading manufacturer and exporter of bearings with manufacturing capacity of 250 Mn bearings annually in over 3100+ variants for application across automotive, railways, aerospace and industrial segments to serve customers in more than 30 countries. It also serves the Indian aftermarket through a countrywide network of over 550 authorized stockiest and thousands of retailers. Headquartered in Jaipur, NBC is the only bearing manufacturer in the world to win the prestigious Deming Grand Prize (2015). With an employee strength of over 3,000 and five manufacturing plants in Jaipur (2), Bagru (Rajasthan), Newai (Rajasthan) and Vadodara (Gujarat), NBC is equipped with global manufacturing and process technology and has one of the best R&D centres in India. Apart from being technologically advanced, the company practices methods of sustainability by using alternate sources of energy and increasing the efficiency of the manufacturing process by leveraging on the power of digitization. In 2020, National Engineering Industries Ltd, acquired Kinex bearings in Europe through it’s subsidiary NBC Global Ag, to enhance, diversify and provide best-in-class products to its existing and potential customers. In 2022, NBC Global Ag opened it’s Global Technology Centre in Germany to support innovation and provide support to NBC’s global growth. In 2024, NBC Bearings has ventured into the aerospace segment, leveraging its precision engineering expertise to support India’s growing ambitions in aviation and space technologies. In 2026, NBC Bearings marked its strategic entry into the advanced drone technology sector through a partnership with Ahamani EV Technology India Pvt. Ltd., the Indian subsidiary of Ahamani Advanced Inc., Taiwan.