History Timeline

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)

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.

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.