It all began in 1887…
When accurate and top quality brushes operating in demanding environments are called for, Carbex offers a range of brushes that work with high performance under extreme and in the toughest conditions.
Carbex is not only one of the world’s leading manufacturers of contact brushes, it is also one of the oldest. With a history spanning over 130 years, we have long since laid the foundations to be foremost within power and signal technology.
Today, Carbex is part of the Addtech Group: a listed business concern consisting of over 130 enterprises with much in common in terms of business ideas. Carbex manufactures carbon brushes of the highest quality and supply additional, value-adding components globally within our market segments.
To day Carbex is more than a carbon brush manufacturer. We are a unique system supplier, but always with the carbon brush in our hearts and as a central product for us.
Our experience, expertise and personalized service enables us to provide our customers with the ability and opportunity to create value, safe in the knowledge that we can deliver complete, quality assured solutions with confidence of supply – quality to the core.

1887
Company established by the name Svenska Dynamoborstfabriken
1909
Patent of powder mixture for electric brushes
1950
Launch of
silver graphite brushes
2000
Electric brushes for the medical device industry
2002
Brush supplier to wind power and aviation industry
2004
Joins the
Addtech
group
2010
Establishes
sales office
in China
2013
V-Type brush holder developed and patented
2017
New era, going from being a brush manufacturer to a unique system supplier
2019
i-BRUSH 1.0
system launched
2020
Launch new family
of copper grades (CMB)
2022
i-BRUSH 2.0
2022
i-BRUSH 1.1