Product category:
Bearings
News Release from: RA Rodriguez (UK) | Subject: Avon Bearings
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 20 March 2008
Acquisition eases access to larger
bearings
Deal provides instant access to Avon's flexible manufacturing capabilities for low volume, large diameter slewing ring bearings up to 240in (6m) in diameter.
The news that the Kaydon Corporation has recently acquired the Avon Bearings Corporation brings important advantages to the customers of RA Rodriguez This Letchworth-based supplier of precision engineering components is the longstanding sole distributor for Kaydon bearings in the UK and this corporate development certainly extends its product scope
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 22 Nov 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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With its headquarters in Ohio, Avon is a leading designer and manufacturer of custom, large diameter turntable bearings.
Indeed it is one of the most respected manufacturers in this field with customers in a diverse set of markets.
Avon also remanufactures bearings and is known globally for its focus on engineering support.
This acquisition complements manufacturing capabilities at Kaydon and, in combination with ongoing capital investment programmes, has set the company on course to be the largest manufacturer of slewing ring bearings in North America.
"From our perspective in the UK this news gives our customers instant access to Avon's flexible manufacturing capabilities for low volume, large diameter slewing ring bearings up to 240in (6m) in diameter", says David Hey, Sales Manager at RA Rodriguez.
"The arrangement also allows us to provide a rework service for large diameter slewing ring bearings".
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