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NN, Inc. company history timeline

1980

NN, Inc. was founded in 1980 by Dick Ennen.

While the company started out making balls and rollers for the oil and gas industry, the recession in 1980 drove the company into new markets that needed chrome balls and rollers.

1994

In 1994, the company issued an IPO and began trading on the Nasdaq (NNBR).

The need for additional capital to fund further growth led the company to go public as NN, Inc. in 1994.

1997

In 1997, following Ennen’s retirement, Rock Baty was appointed CEO.

1999

In 1999, the company began a string of strategic acquisitions by acquiring Industrial Molding in Lubbock, Texas.

2000

That acquisition was followed by a joint venture and subsequent outright purchase of NN Euroball in 2000, giving the company an established facility in Pinerolo, Italy.

2003

In 2003, the company acquired SKF’s bearing components plant in Veenendaal, The Netherlands, adding tapered rollers and metal cages to NN’s product offering.

2004

In 2004, NN opened its first plant to serve the growing markets in Asia with a greenfield factory in the Peoples Republic of China.

2005

In 2005, NN completed its string of acquisitions in the bearing components sector with the purchase of certain assets from SNR.

2006

During 2006, NN then took a leap by expanding its business into a new segment—the precision metal components industry—by acquiring Whirlaway Corporation in Wellington, Ohio.

2013

In 2013, Rock Baty announced his retirement and was succeeded by Richard Holder.

2014

By the end of 2014, NN completed four more acquisitions.

2015

In October 2015, NN completed the acquisition of Precision Engineered Products (PEP), the company’s largest acquisition to date.

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1980
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