Kaydon Corp.

Exporter
315 E Eisenhower Pkwy., Ste. 300, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3330, United States
(734)747-7025, (734)747-6565 fax, http://www.kaydon.com

Primary SIC: Ball And Roller Bearings, Primary NAICS: Ball and Roller Bearing Manufacturing
Description: Kaydon Corporation was incorporated in Delaware in 1983 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Mich. The company is a designer and manufacturer of custom-engineered, performance-critical products. Kaydon's principal products have expanded from bearings and components and filters and filter housings, into custom rings, shaft seals, linear deceleration products, specialty balls, fuel cleansing systems, gas-phase air filtration systems and replacement media, industrial presses and metal alloy products. These products are used by customers in a variety of alternative-energy, robotics, medical, material handling, machine tool positioning, aerospace, defense, security, electronic and other industrial applications. The company has three reportable segments and other operating segments engaged in the manufacture and sale of the following: friction control products (including anti-friction bearings, split roller bearings and specialty balls), velocity control products (including industrial shock absorbers, safety shock absorbers, velocity controls, gas springs and rotary dampers) and sssealing products (including engine rings, sealing rings and shaft seals). Other operating segments manufacture and sell filter elements and liquid and gas-phase filtration systems, metal alloys, machine tool components, presses, dies and benders. In 2007, the company acquired Avon Bearings Corporation, a custom designer and manufacturer of high precision large diameter turntable bearings.Manufacturing: Manufactures anti-friction bearings, bearing systems, filters, and filter housings.