2002 Established THT (Tsubaki Hoover Taicang) to produce precision Chrome balls.
2003 Acquired Polish ball and roller manufactuerer, ZET to form THP (Tsubaki Hoover Poland)
2006 Acquired Chongqing Steel Ball Company located in Chongqing, China.
2006 Washington, Indiana Distribution Center was moved to Cumming, Georgia.
2007 Conneticut and Tennessee facilites were consolidated and transferred to the Georgia facility.
1980 - 1999
1980 Built the Cumming, Georgia plant to supply high volume Chrome Balls.
1983 Acquired Ultraspheric in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. (Plastic and specialty ball products)
1984 Acquired Superior Ball in Washington, Indiana and Hartford, Connecticut. (Low Carbon and Semi-Precision Balls)
1985 Johnson Controls merged with Hoover Universal and Hoover Group was formed along with four previous Hoover Universal division.
1990 Tsubaki Nakashima Company, LTD. located in Nara, Japan, acquired the assets of Hoover Groups’ ball products division, and a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary was formed - HOOVER PRECISION PRODUCTS, INC.
1995 Acquired Baleros Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. which is the largest Carbon ball manufacturer in Mexico. Now known as THM (Tsubaki Hoover Mexico)
1999 Hungarian subsidiary, THH (Tsubaki Hoover Hungary) formed to acquire the ball manufacturing assets of the former MGM in Debrecen, Hungary.
1913 - 1979
1913 Hoover Steel Ball Company was founded by Leander J. Hoover in Ann Arbor, MI.
1924 Imperial Bearings Company was acquired.
1936 Name was changed to Hoover Ball and Bearing Company.
1955 Merged with Universal Die Casting and Manufacturing Corporation.
1958 Acquired Strom Steel Ball Company and the Coolidge Corporation
1959 Ball Operations moved to Erwin, Tennessee.
1972 Created Joint Venture in North America with NSK.
1975 Entire Interest in Joint Venture was sold to NSK
1979 Acquired Juliar Precision Ball in East Granby, Connecticut. (Pen and miniature precision balls)