News
By Peter Wijburg
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28 Nov 2018
Thinking about the ABF tomorrow by upgrading it today
With the ambition to provide the best and most convenient online shopping experience comes the responsibility of creating a state-of-the-art infrastructure. Just about a year ago, we transformed the web shop into the new ABF.store, an online shop that has since facilitated thousands of transactions and provided excellent service to customers t…
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By Arjen van Beek
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28 Nov 2018
![ABF is closing at 16:00 this Friday (30.11) for upgrade ERP system]()
We are upgrading our ERP system to a new version. That means that on 30.11 we will close quoting and order processing earlier at 16:00.
This enterprise resource planning (ERP)-system is the root of all of our work, ranging from purchasing, warehouse management, to quality control, sales, and ultimately; logistics. By upgrading ours to the EnterpriseOne 9.2 version of Oracle's JD Edwards…
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23 Oct 2018
ABF has had its ISO 9001 certification extended to 2021. “And this is truly deserved”, according to Auditor Peter van Herk.
ISO 9001 is the international standard to indicate that a company has a good quality system in place. Peter van Herk, on behalf of TÜV Rheinland, carried out the audit at ABF. As an Auditor, Van Herk regularly comes across technical companies. Companies he has a great…
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28 Sep 2018
ABF continues to invest in its Sales Team. In September, four colleagues started in a new job role, as we further zoom in on the future.
Promotion x3
Sander Oorthuijs, previously Benelux Account Manager, has been promoted to the role of Sales Manager. Bart van Oevelen and Sander Braat, previously Sales Team Leader and Benelux Account Manager, are the new Product Managers at ABF. We congra…
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13 Sep 2018
Sander Braat has been working at ABF's Sales Department for 5 years now. He started out as Benelux Account Manager, as the point of contact for Dutch-speaking customers. Later, he also assisted Italian and English customers with their requests for bearings and electric motors. These days, as Product Manager, he is the port of call for electric motors at ABF. We asked him how he enjoys working at A…
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31 Jul 2018
We now offer Siemens SINAMICS V20 Frequency Converters and related parts from stock.
Cost-effective, reliable and easy-to-use converter
Rated power from 0.12 kW up to 30 kW
Available in both 1- and 3-phase
Nett prices available in ABF store
Guaranteed same-day shipment until 17.59h
Bearings. Electric Motors. Got it.…
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12 Jul 2018
![Besides spoken, now written communication in 7 languages]()
At ABF, we want to serve our customers well. Therefore, our spoken communication is in English, Dutch, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Polish. And, we’ve gone the extra mile − our written communication is now available in these languages as well.
Simply set your language preference in your ABF account. Once you do so, you will receive written communication in your own language. From …
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9 Jul 2018
A new record for ABF! In July our stock grew to more than 7,000,000 bearings and electric motors.
We want to serve our customers worldwide at lightning speed. That is why we have always strived to build one of the largest stocks of bearings, electric motors and related items.
We have invested heavily in new stock in recent years and we are proud that we have now passed the 7,000,000 mark. Do…
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28 Jun 2018
We are happy to welcome several new colleagues at ABF again.
Our Sales Team was expanded with Hans Wilhelm as Account Manager for the DACH region. Thomas de Rooij has started as a Developer. Both Robin Videler and Lars Melsen have begun as Warehouse Employees. We wish all new colleagues success at ABF.
Despite these new additions, we are still looking for more enthusiastic and motivated team…
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25 Jun 2018
The last couple of years there has been a strong focus on microservices in about every architecture talk I've heard or seen. I believe every developer, project manager and business owner sees advantages in having multiple small services over one big application. I also believe there are big advantages but like anything in IT there are always trade offs.
What's a (micro)service?
I believe the ter…
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