moveero has continued to evolve to meet the changing market needs.
With a history that dates back to the early 1900's, 1908 saw Joseph Sankeys develop and patent the first pressed and welded, detachable motor car wheel, known as the ‘All Steel Wheel’.
This was a significant engineering breakthrough, made possible by technological advances in the production of high-quality steel alloys and rolling systems. In June 1910 the wheel went into production at the Hadley Castle Works in Telford, England — where moveero Ltd is based today.
The steel wheel was strong, mass-produced, economical and represented a leap forward for industry at the time. It may have been a simple spoked design, but it bore the hallmarks of a company growing through innovative products and delivering solutions to the marketplace in a cost-effective way.
Today, with extensive experience in off-highway markets, moveero has built a leading organization that develops innovative solutions for tomorrow’s challenges. Driven by a constant desire to provide engineering excellence, they design technologically advanced products that allow customers to be both efficient and environmentally sustainable, with our headquarters in the USA and manufacturing bases in the USA, UK and Denmark as well as world-class R&D centers in Illinois, USA and Brescia, Italy.
Key dates in moveero’ s history
- 1910 - World’s first all steel pressed wheels were manufactured by Joseph Sankey at the Hadley Site, Telford, UK & subsequently patented
- 1920 - Joseph Sankey becomes part of the GKN Group
- 1972 - The company took over manufacture of earth-mover & heavy wheels from Dunlop, and Dunlop took over Sankey's wheels production
- 1973 - Karl Moller Nagbøl of Denmark became a wholly owned subsidiary
- 1985 - Telford and Nagbol awarded the “Design Council Award” in the UK for the “Square Disc Wheel”
- 1998 - Armstrong & Estherville wheel manufacturing plants in Iowa, USA became part of the business
- 1999 - An Italian footprint established including European Wheels Test Facility
- 2004 - North American Wheels Test & Research & development Center opened in Woodridge, Illinois
- 2009 - Consolidation of the Hubs and Spindles business into the Wheels business
- 2017 - Installation of Hub Test Stand validating loads up to 100,000 lbs in Woodridge R&D Center
- 2018 - Nagbol, Denmark invests in new weld cell technology and the largest robot in Denmark
- 2019 - New wheel manufacturing line including, rim line assembly and powder coat paint facilities in Telford
- 2020 - New rim rolling line completion in Estherville
- 2020 - European R&D Center moved to Brescia, Italy and significant investment in new validation equipment
moveero USA
- 1967 - Noakes Rim & Wheel manufacturing company incorporated manufacturing small wheels for mobile homes
- 1968 - First patent filed for the drop centre wheel manufacturing process
- 1972 - Earl Noakes sold his interest in the business, and it was renamed Armstrong Rim & Wheel
- 1973 - Construction started of a new manufacturing facility on the west edge of Armstrong to allow for expansion of its product line
- 1979 - Daily production rate hits 2,200 rims
- 1986 - Armstrong Rim & Wheel starts exporting to Canada and South America
- 1988 - Armstrong plant expands an additional to 24,740sq ft to include additional manufacturing space, new shipping area
- 1998 - GKN Wheels acquired wheel manufacturing plants in Northern Iowa, USA
- 2004 - Wheels Test facility opened in Woodridge
- 2009 - Consolidation of Hubs and Spindles business into the Wheels business
- 2015 - Estherville Phase 1 rim line investment
- 2017 - Invest in the world’s largest Hub Test Stand, in Woodridge, USA
- 2020 - New rim rolling line completion in Estherville
moveero Europe
- 1904 - Nagbøl history started with Karl Møller's father, when the blacksmith Erik Møller, bought land for his forging workshop on Nagbølvej
- Until 1943 - Run by Erik Møllers together with his sons, manufactured machines for the peat industry, manufacturing rail locomotives to tow tipper trucks
- 1947 - Nagbol starts producing wheels for farm trailers
- 1952 - Wheel production increased to 85,000 pcs. in the year
- 1954 - First profile rolled tractor wheels produced
- 1973 - Karl Moller Nagbøl of Denmark became a wholly owned subsidiary of GKN
- 1994 - Acquisition of German manufacturer Hayes Lemmerz agricultural wheels portfolio
- 1999 - Italian footprint established including European Wheels Test Facility
- 2008 - Invest in state-of-the-art powder paint facility in Nagbøl, Denmark
- 2018 - Nagbøl invests in new flexible weld cell technology and the largest robot in Denmark
- 2019 - Nagbol new high speed weld cell introduction
- 2020 - European R&D Center moved to Brescia, Italy and significant investment in new validation equipment
- 2022 - Automated packaging cell investment
moveero UK
- 1910 - World’s first all steel pressed wheels were manufactured by Joseph Sankey at the Hadley Site, Telford, UK and subsequently patented
- 1920 -Joseph Sankey becomes part of the GKN Group
- 1939 -Hadley Works produced Spitfires, Lysaght’s assembled a specialised tank for the D-Day landings and the company produced steel, forgings and fasteners for tanks and aircraft, as well as millions of steel helmets
- 1946 – New wheel shop built & production increased from 500 to 5,000 wheels per week
- 1960- Over 10,000 wheels per week are manufactured and exported to over 95 counties.
- 1971 – Sankey took over production of earthmover and other heavy rims from Dunlop, who in turn took over the Sankey car wheel production.
- 1974 - Tractor cab production begins
- 2004 – Rim line investment to increase range capacity to 42”
- 2019 – Commissioning and installation of new rim line starts