Koyo bearings, sold & sourced by Dalton Bearing Service
Dalton Bearing Service supplies Koyo bearings 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.
Koyo is the bearing brand of JTEKT Corporation, the Japanese company formed in 2006 when Koyo Seiko merged with Toyoda Machine Works. We supply Koyo tapered roller bearings, radial and deep groove ball bearings, angular contact ball bearings, cylindrical and spherical roller bearings, needle roller bearings, thrust roller bearings and miniature ball bearings. Koyo also makes specialty bearings, including hybrid ceramic ball bearings and bearings for extreme or special environments, for jobs where a standard bearing will not last.
Koyo is the name to know for needle bearings in North America. In 2009 JTEKT bought the needle roller bearing business Timken had acquired with Torrington, so many needle bearings that used to carry the Torrington name now come from Koyo. If you have an old Torrington needle bearing number, send it to us and we will find the current Koyo or Timken part.
Koyo serves automotive OEM, automotive and heavy-duty aftermarket, and industrial OE and aftermarket customers. Keeping a line down for a part costs more than the part. Tell us what you are replacing and how soon you need it. If the exact Koyo number is on backorder, we will tell you up front and offer an NSK, NTN or Timken cross-reference.
Koyo ownership & history
Koyo Seiko began in Osaka in 1921 and was making Koyo-branded bearings by 1935. On January 1, 2006 it merged with Toyoda Machine Works, a Toyota-group machine tool builder, to form JTEKT Corporation. Koyo continues as JTEKT's bearing brand.
On December 31, 2009 JTEKT completed its purchase of Timken's Needle Roller Bearings business for about $330 million. That business had come to Timken with The Torrington Company in 2003. JTEKT organized it as Koyo Bearings USA, which put the old Torrington needle bearing plants and products under the Koyo brand. Timken kept the rest of Torrington.
- 1921 Koyo Seiko founded in Osaka, Japan
- 1935 Koyo-branded bearings in production
- 2003 Timken acquires The Torrington Company, including its needle bearing business
- 2006 Koyo Seiko and Toyoda Machine Works merge to form JTEKT Corporation (Jan 1)
- 2009 JTEKT completes purchase of Timken's needle roller bearing business (Dec 31); Koyo Bearings USA formed
Koyo lines we stock
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Related brands
TorringtonNeedle bearing business bought by JTEKT (Koyo) from Timken in 2009
TimkenSold its Torrington needle bearing business to JTEKT in 2009
IKOJapanese needle roller bearing specialist
NSKJapanese peer and common cross-reference
NTNJapanese peer and common cross-reference
NachiJapanese peer and common cross-reference
FafnirRelated brand
Why buy Koyo 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 Koyo bearings straight from stock or our supplier network and, when a number is backordered or discontinued, offer a checked cross-reference — often from Timken, 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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