IKO bearings, sold & sourced by Dalton Bearing Service
Dalton Bearing Service supplies IKO needle bearings, cam followers and linear motion products from our counter at 601 S Glenwood Ave in Dalton, Georgia, and we ship them wherever your plant is. Send us a part number, a photo of the nameplate, or a description, and a real person will track it down and get you a price.
IKO is the brand of Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd., a Japanese company that specializes in needle roller bearings and linear motion rolling guides. From IKO we supply needle roller bearings, cam followers and roller followers, crossed roller bearings, spherical plain bearings and rod end bearings, plus linear guides and linear rails & blocks from the IKO Linear Way family. These parts turn up on machine tools, packaging and food processing equipment, automation, and industrial and construction machinery.
IKO maintenance-free rod ends and spherical plain bearings suit machines where oil has to stay out or that cannot be relubricated. IKO cam followers and crossed roller bearings are a common choice for track rollers, indexing tables and rotary joints.
If you are crossing an IKO number to another brand, or matching a Koyo, Torrington, NSK or THK part to IKO, send us the full number and we will check dimensions, seals and load ratings before we quote. Keeping a line down for a part costs more than the part. Tell us how soon you need it. If the exact IKO number is on backorder, we will tell you up front and offer an equivalent.
IKO ownership & history
IKO's parent was founded in Japan in 1950 as Daiichi Kogyo, a bearing and machine parts supplier. It started making needle roller bearings at a new plant in Himeji in 1959. In 1963 it took the name Nippon Thompson and registered IKO as its brand.
The company later added linear motion products alongside its needle bearings, and its U.S. arm, IKO International, has served North American customers since the early 1970s. Nippon Thompson remains an independent, publicly listed company. It is not part of the NSK, NTN or JTEKT groups.
- 1950 Founded in Japan as Daiichi Kogyo
- 1959 Needle roller bearing production starts at the Himeji plant
- 1963 Renamed Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd.; IKO registered as the brand
IKO lines we stock
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Related brands
KoyoNeedle roller bearing alternative (JTEKT, incl. former Torrington needle lines)
TorringtonFormer U.S. needle bearing brand; common IKO cross- THKJapanese linear guide alternative
- NB CorporationJapanese linear motion alternative
NSKJapanese peer for bearings and linear guides
NTNJapanese peer, incl. needle roller bearings
HiwinRelated brand
INARelated brand
Why buy IKO bearings from Dalton Bearing
Dalton Bearing Service has kept plants running from Dalton, Georgia since 1946. We are an independent industrial distributor, not the manufacturer — which means we can quote IKO bearings straight from stock or our supplier network and, when a number is backordered or discontinued, offer a checked cross-reference — often from INA, NTN or NSK. Send a part number, a photo of the nameplate, or just the dimensions, and a real person gets back to you with price and availability, usually the same day.
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