In 1947 Conrad Naber founded his family business and manufactured pottery kilns for private use with a few employees. He purposefully expanded the business and put the company on an international course. In the meantime, Nabertherm - based in Lilienthal/Bremen - designs and manufactures furnaces and heat treatment systems for a wide variety of industries and delivers the products all over the world.

16.09.1947
Company foundation by Conrad Naber in Bremen

1954
Relocation of company from Bremen to Lilienthal
A total of 15 employees
Extension of factory building I with 350 m²

1967
Renaming company in Naber Industrieofenbau KG
Extension of factory building I to 2400 m²

1972
Commissioning of office building with 1,200 m²

1973
Renaming company in Naber Industrieofenbau GmbH + Co. KG

1977
Extension of factory building I to 5700 m²

1979
Increase of export share to 29 %

1980
Commissioning of factory building II with 4,000 m²

1983
Commissioning of factory building III with 2,400 m²

1985
Increase of export share to 43%

1989
Renaming company in Nabertherm GmbH + Co. KG

1998
Acquisition of 50 % shares in HERMES electronic GmbH

Since 1997
Foundation of Sales Subsidiaries:
Nabertherm Inc., USA
Nabertherm Schweiz AG, Switzerland
Nabertherm SARL, France
Nabertherm Shanghai Ltd., China
Nabertherm Ltd., UK
Nabertherm Italia, Italy
Nabertherm Ibérica, Spain

2001
As a spin off company, Nabertherm GmbH takes over operative function with Friedrich-Wilhelm Wentrot as Managing Director and Conrad Naber as Chairman of the Supervisory Board.

2005
Introduction of Vacuum Technology

2006
Commissioning of packaging and dispatch hall, 800 m²

2007
Martin Naber becomes Chairman of the Supervisory Board

2008
Increase of export share to more than 60 %

2009
Expansion of Customer Test Center

2011
Commissioning of factory building IV with 4,000 m²

2012
Expansion of continuous AMS furnace range

2013
Introduction of drop-bottom furnace range

Introduction of large volume composites furnaces for aircrafts industry

2014
Introduction of indirectly gas-fired furnaces for preheating of metal sheets for automotive industry

2016

Introduction of furnace product ranges for additive manufacturing

Introduction of new controller generation

2017

Commissioning of factory building V with 4,400 m²

Introduction of new generation of continuous furnaces with jet heating

29.01.2018

Our founder and long-term owner and managing director Mr. Conrad Naber passed away at the age of 95.

2018

Commissioning of an additional TRUMPF laser plant

09.04.2019

Change in the management. Timm Grotheer succeeds Friedrich-Wilhelm Wentrot as new managing director.

2019

Delivery of an indirectly gas-heated conveyor furnace with pilgrim step drive for of drying sand cores in mold construction.

Expansion of the range of gas tight hot-wall retort furnaces for the production with up to 2000 liters volume.

2020

Increase of export share to more than 75 %

2021

Construction of factory building 6 with 3,600 m²

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