Company - History

1910  Founded as the Chemische Fabrik O. Hansen Manufacture of lacquers 1937  Foundation of the ‘Karl Klemm’ firm; manufacture of lifting ramps 1945  Eisenverarbeitungsgemeinschaft Aufbau Co-operative; manufacture of everyday household products 1946  Change of name to Maschinenbau GmbH Bannewitz; manufacture of piston compressors 1948  Foundation of VEB Kompressorenbau Bannewitz; manufacture of lifting platforms, piston compressores and cellular blowers 1953  Start of the production of exhaust-gas turbochargers (N type) 1956  Start of the in-house turbocharger development (H type) 1966  Development of the first turbocharger with radial-flow turbine (R type) 1970  Integration into the SKL Magdeburg combine 1980  Development of a new turbocharger generation for supercharging M types 1990  Separation from SKL; placed under the Treuhandanstalt Berlin 1993  Privatisation by HOLSET Engineering Co. Ltd. Huddersfield - United Kingdom 1995  KBB is certified by LRQA to be in compliance with ISO 9001 1998  Development of the HPR Series 1999  Take-over by OGEPAR Group -Luxembourg