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.

The history of Carbex

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