Manufacturer
- a transnational company (Sweden)
– “Premium” quality class.
SKF
(Svenska Kullagerfabriken) company was founded in 1907 inSweden. The reason for the business
establishment became the invention of the double-row self-aligning ball bearing
by an engineer Sven Wingquist.
Nowadays,
SKF is a world leader in the sphere of bearings and one of the biggest
manufacturers of bearing steel. This international industrial group, which is
represented in 130 countries of the world, reckons 80 plants and 150 trading
companies with 41-thousand staff. Out of 100 bearings used all over the world,
20 bearings are of “SKF” brand. The concern produces 600 million bearings a
year (or 19 bearings a second) starting from the smallest one – 1 gram, up to the biggest –
55 tons. Product assortment comprises 95% of the existing bearing dimention-types
in the world.
SKF
plants are situated in Argentina,
Brazil, France, China,
Germany, India, Indonesia,
Italy, Japan, Korea,
Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands,
Poland, South Africa, Spain,
Sweden, Great Britain and the USA.
SNR
company (SNR Roulements, Annecy,
France) was
founded in 1946 and is one of the prominent bearing manufacturers for various
branches of industry and the ¹ 1 supplier for European automobile industry.
About 2/3 of its products SNR produces specially for automobile construction
and secondary market of spare parts. Having gained trust of the major car
manufacturers, SNR is not just one of the suppliers for them but a strategic
partner which controls over 30% of the European market. Just enough to mention
that SNR is the main supplier of the bearings for wheel hubs for Mercedes
conveyors. Many bearing manufacturers use the patents registered by SNR Group
while manufacturing their own products.
SNR Group is the first
bearings manufacturer in the world to acquire the ISO 9001 certification (since
1990). In 1994 it was assigned A class in accordance withEAQF system (the quality system accepted by
European automobile manufacturers), and in 1998 the company received QS 9000
certificate (the quality system accepted
by American and Japanese automobile manufacturers)
Manufacturer
– Czech Republic
- quality class “higher than GOST”.
In
1947 there stood the official decision to introduce a comprehensive manufacture
of rolling bearings in former Czechoslovakia.
That very year the newly constituting plant within the Zbrojovka Concern at Brno - Lisen established
contacts and collaboration with the British company Hoffmann. This laid the
foundations for development of bearings manufacture not only in Brno but also in the whole
republic. Despite the all difficulties in the year 1948 the manufacture of
first 28 types of bearings had been acquired. To the date of January 1, 1950 a new
establishment was set up: Zavody presneho strojirenstvi, Brno - Lisen (Precision Engineering Works).
To it the subsidiary plants at Klasterec nad Ohri, at Dolni Mecholupy and at
Kysucke Nove Mesto gradually affiliated. All these units manufactured 155 types
of bearings at that time. Starting from the year 1953 this manufacturing and
economic entity performed under the name of ZKL and from the year 1976 as
ZETOR. During the years 1959-60 the establishment introduced the manufacture of
tapered roller bearings at Presov and then in the years 1961-63 a new bearings plant was
erected at Skalica. Another part of production moved to Blanicke strojirny,
while the manufacture of tapered rolls went to Povazske strojirny plant at
Povazska Bystrica. Within the period between 1965 to 1980 the manufacture of
further 217 types of bearings were relocated from Brno works to other plants.
The
lasting demand for new types of bearings and mounting demands for technical
level in technology, design and quality initiated to establish the ZKL VUVL (Rolling
Bearings Research Institute).
After
the year 1990 and after subsequent division of the republic the economic
transformations within ZETOR Brno works resulted first in separation of
bearings manufacture from the tractor plant and later in formation of an
independent entity for the manufacture of spherical roller bearings - joint
stock company ZKL Brno, a. s. In the year 1998 it became the majority owner of
ZKL Klasterec nad Ohri, a. s. and VLT Hanusovice.
The
contacts with clients are carried out by the sections of domestic and foreign
sale integrated in the management of ZKL Group at Brno, by the trading company ZKL Bearings CZ,
a. s., domiciled at Praha.Besides, the
affiliated company in Argentine ZKL Rodamientos, S.A.,
is oriented in the territories of South America.
The history of Fersa Bearings begins in 1968 when two family owned
businesses, in the automotive sector, decided to join forces and create
A&S Fersa.
A&S Fersa’s success of this last decade stems from three
principal strategies: aggressive R&D investment; the complete
modernization of all manufacturing processes; and the implementation of a
corporate culture synonymous with continuous innovation and passion for
quality.
Since 2003, investment in R+D equipment and personnel has been
equivalent to 5% to 6% of annual sales. The incorporation in 2001 of new
partners was essential to the modernization of the productive
processes, which meant not only the construction of a new manufacturing
plant in Zaragoza, Spain, but also new automatic manufacturing and
assembly lines with the latest European generation technology in this
field.
These aggressive investment into Research, Development and plant
infrastructure have been essential in obtaining certification from Tier 1
companies supplying axles and transmissions to global OEM’s.
The customer and market diversification strategy adopted in 2000 and
the, then recently introduced, culture of continuous innovation were key
elements to the successful market penetration the brand has had in more
than 60 countries.
In 2005 Fersa inaugurated their new manufacturing plant in Spain,
with the latest technological advances; in 2009 the company opened new
sales/engineering offices in Brazil; and in April of 2011 a new
production center opened in China. As a result of these actions Fersa’
has trebled its production capacity to supply the ever increasing demand
of our global customers.
Our investment plans for 2012-2014 include the opening of a new
manufacturing plant in North America and the inauguration of an R+D
center in Germany.
Manufacturer
- a transnational company (USA)
– “Premium” quality class.
Timken
company (The Timken Company, Canton,
USA) is a world
leader in manufacturing of tapered roller bearings, bearing units for rail
industry, special steel under Timken trade mark and miniature tapered rolling
bearings under MPB trade markas well as
cylindrical and spherical roller under TPS trade mark. Timken manufacturing
potential consists of 9 steel manufacturing factories, about 30 bearing
factories all over the world including the ones in the USA, Canada, Great
Britain, the Netherlands, Romania, Poland, SAR and other countries.
The
first bearings of Koyo company (Japan)
were manufactured in Osaka
in 1921. Nowadays, Koyo is one of the leading world manufacturers of ball and
rolling bearings, cuff packing, automobile mechanisms of steering control and heavy
duty equipment. In terms of production capacity the company occupies the fifth
place in the world among bearing giants. At 33 factories, which are situated in
Asia, America and Europe, Koyo produces more than 100 000 various
kinds of ball and rolling bearings. The outer diameter of the biggest one is
more than seven metres, and the inner diameter of the smallest one is about one
milimetre. Koyo’s research centres, are located in Japan,
the USA and the Netherlands,
which are the continuous generators of innovations not only in bearing
manufacturing and steering control mechanisms but also in other Koyo products.
FAG
enterprise (FAG Kugelfischer AG, Schweinfurt, Germany) is one of the major ball and rolling bearing
manufacturers in Germany.
At present, FAG is one the world leaders in manufacturing of ball and roller
bearings for automobile, aerospace and heavy industry, lathe-building and other
various branches of engineering. Since the end of the last century, FAG affiliated
into the structure of its competitor INA (Germany). Nowadays, it is one of
the most powerful players on bearing market. The plants of the enterprise are
located in Europe as well as outside it, namely in South Korea.
Samara
bearing factories (Russia)
– SPZ-4 and SPZ-9 specialize in manufacturing of ball, radial, angular contact
and roller bearings with short cylindrical rollers. The factories manufacture
4000 rolling bearings,dimension-types from
1 to 600 mm
in diameter, and weighing from 1
gram to 60 kilograms, from “zero” to “2nd”
precision class. The enterprises also offer balls, cylindrical and needle
rollers.
During
about sixty years the factories have occupied the first places among the
biggest Soviet and later Russian manufacturers of bearing products, they are
considered to be the leading Russian enterprises specialized in manufacturing
of rolling bearings and the major manufacturers of high precision bearings. Project
development includes exploration of manufacturing of new bearing types.
Introduction of the method of cold rings rolling and assortment increase of the
bearings with polyamide separators enable to economize metal up to 30%, reduce
labour-intensiveness of the further technological operations, save tools,
reduce labour-intensiveness of assembling operations.
Together
with “Samara Bearing Factory” JSC at SPZ-4 is conducted improvement of quality
control system and quality management certification according to ISO standard.
Private
joint-stock company Vologda Bearing Factory (VBF) is one of the largest bearing
factories in Russia
established in 1967. VBF PJSC is the leader of production in the Russian
bearing market. The factory produces 18% of all bearing output in Russia.
The product range is more than 1,700 different ball and roller bearing types
including radial, angular contact and thrust with inner diameter from 8 to 1320 mm, outer diameter
from 22 to 1950 mm.
The assortment also includes the bearings of high and very high quality,
automatic lines for metalworking.
The
factory is the main bearing supplier for enterprises such as AvtoVAZ, GAZ,
“Avtodetal-servis” PJSC, KamAZ, MAZ, and ZAZ. VBF Bearings are utilized in most
models produced by these companies. International companies supplied by VBF
are: "Uz-DAEWOO", "John Deere", "Polaris",
"Eaton", "Tean Industries"
The
factory quality system has the certificates in accordance with MS-²SÎ 9001-94,
GOST-R ²SÎ 9001-96, QS-9000/ISO-9001-94.
Saratov
Bearing Factory is one of the leaders in bearing industry in Russia. The first products were
manufactured here in 1941. At that time the enterprise received the name “3rd
State Bearing Factory” (GPZ-3).
“SPZ”
PJSC produces a wide range of standard and special ball, roller, needle,
combined and jointbearings, as well as
balls and rollers for them. SPZ bearings are used in highly precision
metalworking lathes, in diving equipment, electrical engines, as well as in
nuclear power, rail and auto transport, tractors, combines, motocycles and other machines and mechanisms.
JSC
"Minsk Bearing Plant" (MPZ) is among the largest manufactures of
spherical roller bearings. The main products of the plant are rolling bearingsfrom 10 to 980 mm in diameter, including 24 constructive
varieties, among which are spherical roller and cylindrical ball, tapered,
needle, joint.
All
the constructive groups and types of bearings meet the requirements of
international ISO standards, are interchangeable with import analogs and
competitive on ÑISmarket as well as on
others.
The
main problem of the manufacturer is mass forgery from China which has floodedÑIS. It is strongly recommended to purchase the
products from this plant only of reliable companies with impeccable reputation.
“Lutsk
Bearing Plant” JSC was established in 1981. It is a modern enterprise
specialized in manufacturing of tapered roller and needle bearings. On February 16, 2007 “Lutsk
Bearing Plant” JSC was renamed into “SKF - Ukraine” JSC.
Advanced
equipment allows to produce annually 6 million pieces of tapered roller
bearings with outer diameter from 35 to 320 mm and 9 million pieces of needle roller
bearings with inner diameter from 10 to 50 mm.
The
quality system of bearing production that corresponds to international
standards ISO 9002 is introduced and applied at the enterprise. In 1998 the
enterpriseaffiliated into SKF corporation, a world leader in bearing
manufacturing, which is its strategic investor.
Nowadays,
Kharkiv Bearing Plant (former HPZ-8, and “HARP” JS now) occupies a leading
place among the bearing enterprises of ÑIS countries.
“HARP”
JS is a modern manufacturing complex located on 450 thousand square metres.
More than 5000 personnel workers, high-skilled technicians and professional managers
work at the enterprise. The enterprise produces about 500 bearing types, which
are certified in accordance with GOST-520. All the bearings pass a full cycle
of quality control including the control of 50 parameters.
Wafangdian
Bearing Group Corporation (WBGC) is the biggest and the most esteemed bearing
manufacturer in China.
The plant was established in 1938 with the help of the specialists from thefellowship Soviet Union
and manufactures the products under ZWZ brand. This is one of the three state
plants of PRC where are employed 12000 workers, plant premises occupies the
territory of 216 ha,
total real estate value is 500 million USD. Nowadays, ZWZ bearings are produced
at the major manufacture and at joint ventures together with the following
companies SKF (Sweden), KOYO
(Japan), ÒÍÊ (Japan), GBC INTERPARTS (USA). The corporation
distributes the products in more than 50 countries of the world and has there
22 branches, 70 dealers and 45 warehouses. At present, the manufacturing
capacity is enough to produce more than 11000 bearing models from 20 to 5000 mm in size and in 5
precision classes. These bearings are widely applied in various branches of
industry and in the sphere of advanced technologies such as modern rail
transport, engineering, metallurgy, electric drives etc. The bearings under ZWZ
trade mark are used by more than 6000 consumers in more than 80 countries of
the world. WBGC possesses its own technological centre which monitors the whole
process starting from material supply for production up to quality control of manufactured
products. The quality control is confirmed by QS-9000, ISO 9001, VDA 6.1 abd
ISO 14000 certificates. The certificates of correspondence are enclosed by our
enterprise. These bearings have been distributed to various industrial
enterprises of Russia and Ukraine
since 2003.
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