COMPANY

PROFILE
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 COMPANY PROFILE

Table of contents

Company information 4

Contact information 4

General information 5
Key figures 5

Product segmentation and level of integration 5

Product quality, R&D and university collaborations 6

Main sites 6

Warehouses 7

Main production facilities 8

Production range output 8

Main markets 9

Other information 9

Main industries served 10

Main customers & items supplied 10

Certifications and quality program 10

Corporate governance 11

Stock asset value 11

Other financial data and ratios 12

Qualifications and memberships 12

Corporate responsibility 12
Company information
Company name RKB Europe SA
Executive Headquarters and
Via Primo Agosto 1, 6828 - Balerna, Switzerland
Technological Center
Holding RKB SA
Group RKB Bearing Industries Group
Design, development, engineering, optimization,
Business scope manufacture and marketing of standard and
technological rolling bearings
VAT No. CHE-113.327.770
D-U-N-S No. 48-360-7078 (Switzerland’s Top Rating Companies)
President of the Board Keiko Tanaka
Managing Director Giangiacomo Colleoni
Sales Director Alessandro Russi
Fiscal year-end December 31
Group employees 444 as of December 31, 2022
Total facilities assets 130.000 sqm as of December 31, 2022

Address
Via Primo Agosto 1
6828 - Balerna, Switzerland

P.O. Box
16 - Chiasso 3
6830 - Chiasso, Switzerland

Phone number
+41 91 260 09 30

Fax number
+41 91 260 09 50

E-mail
[email protected] Contact
Web site information
https://www.rkbbearings.com

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General information
Key figures

2021 2022
In Out of In Out of
Europe Europe Europe Europe
Technological
23,07 23,70 29,40 30,20
bearings (million €)*
Total number of
94 345 97 347
employees
Management staff 19 12 19 12
Members of the
4 - 4 -
Board
Export countries 29 41 30 42

*Standard bearings not included

Product segmentation
and level of integration
RKB has the skills and expertise necessary to design and manufacture technological
industrial bearings up to over 2.000 mm outer diameter. Our product range includes:

Deep groove ball bearings Cylindrical roller bearings

Angular contact ball bearings Tapered roller bearings

Spherical roller bearings Thrust bearings

Product segmentation
For detailed information, please refer to: RKB is a fully
o ‘RKB Product Brochures’ vertically
o ‘RKB International Producer Certificate’ integrated entity,
where its task-
specialized
Level of integration divisions work in
synergy as a unit.
For detailed information, please refer to:
o ‘RKB Business Model’

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Product quality, R&D and
university collaborations
RKB Total Quality Concept takes as guidelines the
principles of Total Quality System (TQS), Company Wide
Quality Control (CWQC) and Quick Response
Manufacturing (QRM) at all levels, from production
through post-sales assistance. We pursue the integrated
management of quality, environment and safety systems
in conformity with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 50001 and
Greenguard.

For detailed information, please refer to:

Product quality o ‘RKB General Quality Program’
o ‘RKB Material Guidelines - JX80X Series’
o Internal fully equipped laboratories
o R&D center with test rigs
o Advanced Software Engineering unit (ASE) for mechanical
Research &
design (2D and 3D), digital mockup (kinematics),
Development
microgeometry, material improvement, surface treatments,
advanced calculations and simulations
o FEM analysis
o Tokyo Institute of Technology - Japan
University
o Technical University of Brasov - Romania
collaborations
o Technical University of Cluj-Napoca - Romania

Main sites
RKB Baltics UAB
Vilnius - Lithuania

RKB Shared Services Centre Srl

Bucharest - Romania
RKB Europe SA (headquarters)
Balerna - Switzerland RKB Advanced Software Engineering Srl
RKB East Europe Srl
RKB SA (holding) Brasov - Romania
Chiasso - Switzerland

RKB Logistics
RKB T3 Plant (+ T4 Plant)
Netherlands BV
Dalian - PRC
Amsterdam - Netherlands RKB Trade SA
CIS countries

RKB Latam SA DE CV
Monterrey - Mexico RKB MS Plant
RKB Mena Fze Ningbo - PRC
United Arab Emirates
RKB Sudamericana SA
Panama

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Warehouses

Central warehouse

Switzerland

Logistics warehouses

Canada Lithuania Spain

Czech Republic Mexico Turkey
France PRC UAE
Italy Romania

Logistics warehouses
In progress

Pakistan Panama USA

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 Main production facilities
RKB MS Plant Ningbo High Gear - RKB Bearings Co., Ltd. - Ningbo (PRC)
Type International Equity Joint Venture
Protocol No. 0131199
Enterprise No. 3302010063
Manufacturing facilities area 8.000 sqm
Production range T1 Segment - Miniature and small size ball bearings
Output capacity 5,5 million pcs/month
Overseas export volume 33%
Ms. Xuelian Guan
Contact name
Plant Coordinator

RKB T3 Plant - RKB Bearings Co., Ltd. - Dalian (PRC)

Type International Equity Joint Venture
Protocol No. 0286380
Enterprise No. 2102015058
Manufacturing facilities area 56.000 sqm (+ 40.000 sqm of T4 Plant)
T2 Segment - Standard rolling bearings
Production range T3 Segment - Technological and customized rolling
bearings
Output capacity 350 tons machined steel/month
Overseas export volume 100%
Ms. Xuelian Guan
Contact name
Plant Coordinator

Production range output

10%
Spherical roller bearings

34%
Cylindrical roller bearings

29% Tapered roller bearings

Ball bearings

27%
As of December 31, 2022

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Main Markets Europe
53%

North America
16% CIS
6%
Middle East
And Africa South East
Asia and
12% Oceania
Central and
South America 7%
6%

Other information
HRK & Partners SA
Auditor
6900 - Lugano, Switzerland

Cereghetti & Associates 6830 - Chiasso, Switzerland

Legal advisors
Cavadini Steger Gianinazzi Maffi 6901 - Lugano, Switzerland

Credit Suisse SA
Piazza Indipendenza 5
6830 - Chiasso, Switzerland

For bank transfers in EUR

IBAN: CH 04 0483 51773 2786 2001
BIC: CRESCHZZ80A
Main bank
For bank transfers in CHF
IBAN: CH 65 0483 51773 2786 1000
BIC: CRESCHZZ80A

For bank transfers in USD

IBAN: CH 31 0483 51773 2786 2000
BIC: CRESCHZZ80A

Insurance AXA Winterthur

company 8400 - Winterthur, Switzerland

General condition
For detailed information, please refer to:
of contract and
o ‘RKB General Condition of Contract and Limited Warranty’
Limited warranty

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 Main industries served
6%
5% Metals
Power transmission
7% 28%
Marine, shipyard and offshore
Pulp and paper, converting and printing
Chemicals, plastics and rubber
16%
Mines and minerals
Renewable and traditional energy
Off-highway
5% 16% Electric motors, industrial fans and pumps
6% As of December 31, 2022
11%

Main customers & items supplied

For detailed information, please refer to: ‘RKB Selected References‘

Certifications and quality program

Quality Management System For detailed information, please refer to:

ISO 9001:2015 ‘RKB Certificate No. SCK/01/RES/23/41/5042’

Environmental Management System For detailed information, please refer to:

ISO 14001:2015 ‘RKB Certificate No. SCK/02/RES/23/41/5043’

Health and Safety Management System For detailed information, please refer to:
ISO 45001:2018 ‘RKB Certificate No. SCK/03/RES/23/41/5044’

Energy Management System For detailed information, please refer to:

ISO 50001:2018 ‘RKB Certificate No. BQSR19678’

For detailed information, please refer to:

Greenguard
‘RKB Certificate No. UKAI-RLHV-22-2217628’

For detailed information, please refer to: ‘RKB

Affidavit of origin
International Producer Certificate’

Conformity with applicable international For detailed information, please refer to:
standards for rolling bearings ‘RKB International Vendor Certificate’

Company Wide Quality Control (CWQC)

Total Quality System (TQS)
RKB General Quality System Quick Response Manufacturing(QRM)

For detailed information, please refer to:

‘RKB General Quality Program’
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 Corporate governance
The core values of RKB, properly adapted to reflect the specificity of the various activities
within the company, are implemented and continuously monitored in all corporate divisions.

6 RKB core 6 RKB core

ethical values performance values
o Integrity o Service
o Responsibility o Excellence
o Fairness o Teamwork
o Compliance o Commitment
o Transparency o Risk management
o Confidentiality o Profitability

Corporate governance
For detailed information, please refer to:
• ‘RKB Code of Conduct’
• ‘Swiss Code of Best Practice’

Stock asset value

RKB Active Strategic Stock Management (ASSM
Strategy - registered and patent pending advanced
software tool)

Market evaluation 118+ million€

Average rotation 14,7 months

5%
T1 Segment

Segmentation 52% T2 Segment

43%
T3/T4 Segment

As of December 31, 2022

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 Other financial data and ratios

Gross profit margin ROE D/E ratio

o 28% - 2021B o 16% - 2021B o 0,63 - 2021B
o 28% - 2022E o 16% - 2022E o 0,72 - 2022E

Interest coverage Payout ratio Order book

ratio
o 105 days -
o 5,6 - 2021B o 0 - 2021B Customer backlog
o 5,9 - 2022E o 0 - 2022E o 97 days - ASSM

Qualifications and memberships

Qualifications and memberships

o Member of Ticino Industrial
Association (AITI)
o Member of Ticino Industrial
Chamber of Commerce (Cc-Ti)

Corporate responsibility

Education
Accredited and certified by Swiss Federal
Office BBT (Bundesamt für Berufsbildung
und Technologie) as Company for
Professional Training Programs

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Via Primo Agosto 1· 6828 Balerna· Switzerland
P.O. Box 16· 6830 Chiasso 3· Switzerland

+41 91 260 09 30 +41 91 260 09 50

[email protected] www.rkbbearings.com