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Terrysch · 07-10-2019, 07:17 PM

Timken has a lot of manufacturing in the United States. But they have been global a long time.

In the 1920's they purchased a major part of the bearing division of Vickers which had plants in England and France.
Up until that time all of the bearing technology from Vickers was already licensed from Timken.
In the end of the 1950's Timken bought out the rest of the Vickers bearing division and those plants became wholly owned by Timken.

07-10-2019, 07:17 PM	#7
Terrysch Registered User Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: Ozark, MO Posts: 577	Re: front wheel bearing preference? Timken has a lot of manufacturing in the United States. But they have been global a long time. In the 1920's they purchased a major part of the bearing division of Vickers which had plants in England and France. Up until that time all of the bearing technology from Vickers was already licensed from Timken. In the end of the 1950's Timken bought out the rest of the Vickers bearing division and those plants became wholly owned by Timken.