Nord Drivesystems was founded on April 1, 1965, by G. A. Küchenmeister and Günter Schlicht. Since then, the family business has evolved into an important system provider for mechanical and electronic drive technology with more than 4,800 employees worldwide. This year, the drive specialists celebrate their 60th company anniversary. The company is characterized by long-term experience, extensive know-how in more than 100 industries, own production facilities, great production depth, and a global network. Thanks to its qualified employees, Nord can provide its customers worldwide with individual drive solutions from a comprehensive range of modular products and high-quality standards. After the foundation in 1965, today’s Zahnradwerk Nord was built in Glinde in 1977 for the manufacturing of gear components. In 1979, the first foreign subsidiaries have been founded in the United States, France and Sweden. Today, Nord serves the international market with 48 of its own subsidiaries in 36 countries and further sales partners in more than 50 countries. This allows for service, advice, storing and assembly directly on site – always close to the customers. Nord has expanded its production by in-house manufacturing of electric motors, and shortly afterwards started the production of electronic components in Aurich. Due to the high demand, the Nord Electronic Drivesystems subsidiary in Aurich, Lower Saxony, has grown ever since. In 1991, Fertigungstechnik NORD was founded in Gadebusch – a plant for machining for the manufacture of housings and shafts. The plants in Germany, Italy, Poland, the United States and China are steadily expanded and modernized. The headquarters in Bargteheide, where a modern administration building has recently been built, is also in continuous development. In 1981, Nord developed the UNICASE housing concept, a groundbreaking invention for the industrial production of gear unit housings, which is still an international standard. In 2000, the focus was on the product launch of decentralized drive technology. Other milestones included worm gear products (2002), Maxxdrive gear units (2009), Nordac Link (2016), Nordac Pro SK 500P (2019), Nord IE5+ (2021) and NXD Basic and NXD tupH (2025).