THORDON BEARINGS
Thordon Bearings designs and manufactures a complete range of high performance, environmentally friendly journal bearing and seal solutions for marine, pump, hydro-turbine, offshore oil and other industrial markets. Utilizing Thordon, a unique polymer alloy as the bearing wear surface, Thordon bearing systems offer exceptional life and performance.
First introduced in 1966, Thordon products are now recognized as reliable, environmentally friendly, cost effective solutions in the most demanding journal bearing applications.
In-house application design expertise, superior customer service and a rigorous approach to quality have earned us customer recognition internationally. Our application engineers provide innovative, yet proven, bearing system designs that meet or exceed the customer's requirements while a dedicated team of Polymer Scientists and R&D Engineers continually develop and test new generation polymers and bearing designs. Corporate strategy as mandated by the owners has been to grow organically and opportunities to do so through New Product Development (NPD Department) have been prominent in our strategic planning process.
Thordon Bearings is represented in over 70 countries throughout the world by factory trained Thordon Distributors or Agents.
MARSH BROTHERS AVIATION
High performance bushing and seal applications for the General Aviation market are made exclusively for MBA by Thordon. Marsh Brothers which began as an aircraft and Helicopter Service organization at Hamilton Airport is the newest firm in the group and is applying products specially made for Aviation applications.
Marsh Brothers products are not made to OEM design but are engineered to provide longer life, grease-free service and lighter weight in critical airframe and landing gear applications. Products are sold as upgrade kits through select distributors or to overhaul shops to the General Aviation market. This business was built on an established base of successful warbird applications.
TG DNALOP
This company was built from the ground up in Slupsk Poland in 2011-12 and began operating in 2013. Slupsk is close to the Baltic Sea about half way between Szczecin and Gdansk. The factory is capable of making all Thordon products as a back up to the Burlington plant in case of any situation where Canadian production might be interrupted.