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About Bunting Bearings
Engineered for Performance. Trusted for Generations.
Since 1907, Bunting Bearings has manufactured, stocked and distributed bearing and material solutions for industrial applications. Today, Bunting combines U.S. casting, powder metallurgy and CNC machining operations with engineered plastic bearing options, stocked products and service support.
Manufacture. Stock. Distribute.
Multiple manufacturing paths. One application-first approach.
Bunting manufactures and supplies both cataloged and custom bearing solutions. Its published product range includes cast bronze bearings and stock materials, powdered metal bearings and components, Lube-Align mounted bearings, engineered plastic bearings and permanent mold products.
In-house casting, CNC machining and design capabilities allow the company to support standard components as well as drawing-based requirements. Product and material selection still begins with the operating conditions, dimensions and applicable customer specifications.
Cast Bronze & Stock Materials
Cast bronze bearings plus continuous-cast stock forms for catalog and machining requirements.
Powdered Metal
Oil-impregnated bearings, thrust washers, bars, discs, plates and structural products produced through powder metallurgy.
Custom Machining
CNC machining and drawing-based production for application-specific geometry, tolerances and material requirements.
Engineered Materials
Engineered plastic, lead-free bronze and other material options that can be evaluated for the application and its environment.
Company history
From an Ohio bronze company to Bunting Bearings, LLC.
The company’s published history spans founding, expansion, acquisitions and consolidation across several bearing and metals businesses.
Bunting Brass & Bronze is founded.
The company begins in Alliance, Ohio.
The business moves to Toledo.
Bunting Brass & Bronze relocates from Alliance to Toledo, Ohio.
A Mansfield operation opens.
Barnes Manufacturing, later renamed B-Mold, opens in Mansfield, Ohio.
Apex Bearing is founded.
Apex Bearing begins operations in Hudson, Ohio.
Detroit Sintered Metals is acquired.
Bunting Brass & Bronze acquires Detroit Sintered Metals, which initially operates as a subsidiary.
Powdered-metal operations join Bunting.
Detroit Sintered Metals begins operating as a Bunting Brass & Bronze facility in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
NL Industries purchases the company.
Bunting Brass & Bronze retains its name under NL Industries ownership.
Eagle-Picher expands its bearing operations.
Eagle-Picher Bearings and Metals Division acquires Masten Corporation and its Apex Bearing subsidiary.
Eagle-Picher acquires Bunting.
Eagle-Picher purchases Bunting Brass & Bronze from NL Industries.
The bearing businesses consolidate.
Eagle-Picher Bearings & Metals Division is consolidated and renamed Eagle-Picher Bearings Division.
Bunting Bearings Corp. is formed.
Four officers purchase the Eagle-Picher Bearings Division and name it Bunting Bearings Corp.
Holland becomes the corporate base.
A new Holland, Ohio facility is built for corporate offices and the national warehouse.
Holland expands.
A 56,000-square-foot addition is completed, and machining from Delta and Mansfield is consolidated into Holland.
The corporation restructures.
Bunting Bearings Corp. restructures to enhance operations and position the company for future growth.
Bunting Bearings, LLC continues the operation.
Bearing Acquisition, LLC acquires the assets and rebrands the business as Bunting Bearings, LLC.
U.S. manufacturing network
Manufacturing, service and sales across five locations.
Bunting’s current centers page lists four manufacturing centers and two service/sales centers. Holland serves both groups; the published history also identifies it as the facility built for the corporate offices and national warehouse.
Holland, Ohio
1001 Holland Park Blvd.
Holland, OH 43528
Delta, Ohio
200 Van Buren St.
Delta, OH 43515
Portage, Michigan
2812 E. Kilgore Rd.
Portage, MI 49002
Mansfield, Ohio
153 E. Fifth St.
Mansfield, OH 44902
Houston, Texas
9700 Wallisville Rd., Suite D
Houston, TX 77013
Quality & responsibility
Documented standards and a practical material policy.
Bunting publishes its ISO certificate and product SDS documents for customer review. The company also states that its metal products are made in the United States.
Under its Green Policy, Bunting describes a product range that includes lead-free and plastic options and an effort to lower consumption of gas, electricity and raw materials.
ISO 9001:2015
Bunting identifies its quality management system as ISO 9001:2015 certified and publishes the certificate.
U.S. Operating Network
Bunting operates manufacturing and service locations across Michigan, Ohio and Texas.
Material Options
Lead-free bronze, engineered plastics and multiple metal-bearing families provide different paths for application review.
More from Bunting
Learn more about the company and its work.
Bunting Blog
Technical articles, application discussions and company stories.
Company News
Announcements and updates published by Bunting Bearings.
Careers
Employment information for Bunting’s U.S. locations.
Start with the application
Bring us the part number, drawing or operating requirements.
Bunting can help identify a catalog option or review the path for a made-to-order component.