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MRC

SKF Group

  • Headquarters

  • Sven Wingquist Gata 2, Göteborg, Sweden SE-415 50, SE
USA

  • Established time

  • 1907

  • Number of employees

  • 10000+

  • Products

  • Mechatronics, Bearings, Precision machinery and parts, Belts, linear motion systems, Lubrication, Seals, Chain, Gears

MRC Bearings (Manufacturers' Roller Company) are the product of a merger of the three oldest bearing companies in the United States:

  1. Standard Roller Bearing Company — founded as a result of a merger with the Ball Bearing Company of Boston and seven other manufacturers of ball bearings and manufacturing equipment.
  1. Gurney Ball Bearing Company — founded in 1902 by Frederick W. Gurney in Jamestown, New York. In 1905, Gurney introduced the Gurney "radial-thrust" bearing, and in 1909, the "radial type R" bearing. Gurney also developed duplex bearings.
  1. Strom Ball Bearing Manufacturing Company — established in 1908 by Stephen Snyder under the name U.S. Ball Bearing Manufacturing Company. The name was changed when the sole owner, Axel Strom, took over. This company became a recognized supplier of precision ball bearings for the automotive and machinery markets.

Historical links and mergers:

  • Rockwell-Drake Corporation, founded by Albert F. Rockwell, began acquiring several companies, including Standard Roller Bearing Company of Philadelphia. The company was later reorganized into Standard Steel Bearing, Inc., a division of Marlin Rockwell Corporation.
  • In 1924, Gurney Ball Bearing Company merged with Marlin Rockwell Corporation.
  • In 1925, MRC acquired Strom Ball Bearing Manufacturing Corporation.
  • In 1964, MRC merged with TRW, Incorporated, and in 1979 it was renamed TRW Bearings Division.
  • In 1986, the bearing division was acquired by the SKF Group.

Thus, MRC is the result of a long history of mergers and acquisitions, bringing together leading American companies in bearing manufacturing.