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Bearing & Transmission and Groupe GLM businesses have changed their operating names to Applied Industrial Technologies. This change does not impact the fluid power divisions of hyPOWER Systems, Pro Hydraulique or PV Hydraulique.
Applied Industrial Technologies, headquartered in Saskatoon, is the Canadian-operated subsidiary of Applied Industrial Technologies Inc., one of North America's leading independent distributors of bearings, power transmission components, fluid power components and systems, rubber products, linear components, and general maintenance and specialty items. The name change will serve to effectively leverage the resources and benefits of being part of the Applied Industrial Technologies organization.
"As Applied Industrial Technologies, our name more clearly reflects the broad range of products and services we sell," said Ron Sowinski, president and CEO of Applied Industrial Technologies. "Operating under one name also demonstrates a unified approach to servicing our customers in Canada and our strong commitment to better serve our growing customer base across North America."
Bearing & Transmission operates more than 20 service centers throughout Western Canada, Group GLM operates four locations throughout Northern Quebec and serves customers across a broad range of industries, including pulp and paper, forest products, power generation, mining, oil and gas, OEM, agriculture and primary metals.
With approximately 460 facilities and 4,500 employee associates across North America, Applied Industrial Technologies is an industrial distributor that offers more than four million parts critical to the operation of MRO and OEM customers in virtually every industry. In addition, Applied provides engineering, design and systems integration for industrial and fluid power applications, as well as customized mechanical, fabricated rubber and fluid power shop services. Applied also offers maintenance training, plus solutions to meet inventory and storeroom management needs that help provide enhanced value to its customers.
www.applied.com
Applied Industrial Technologies, headquartered in Saskatoon, is the Canadian-operated subsidiary of Applied Industrial Technologies Inc., one of North America's leading independent distributors of bearings, power transmission components, fluid power components and systems, rubber products, linear components, and general maintenance and specialty items. The name change will serve to effectively leverage the resources and benefits of being part of the Applied Industrial Technologies organization.
"As Applied Industrial Technologies, our name more clearly reflects the broad range of products and services we sell," said Ron Sowinski, president and CEO of Applied Industrial Technologies. "Operating under one name also demonstrates a unified approach to servicing our customers in Canada and our strong commitment to better serve our growing customer base across North America."
Bearing & Transmission operates more than 20 service centers throughout Western Canada, Group GLM operates four locations throughout Northern Quebec and serves customers across a broad range of industries, including pulp and paper, forest products, power generation, mining, oil and gas, OEM, agriculture and primary metals.
With approximately 460 facilities and 4,500 employee associates across North America, Applied Industrial Technologies is an industrial distributor that offers more than four million parts critical to the operation of MRO and OEM customers in virtually every industry. In addition, Applied provides engineering, design and systems integration for industrial and fluid power applications, as well as customized mechanical, fabricated rubber and fluid power shop services. Applied also offers maintenance training, plus solutions to meet inventory and storeroom management needs that help provide enhanced value to its customers.
www.applied.com
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In May 2009, when the future of the Hubble space telescope was hinging on delicate repairs performed by NASA astronauts using ATK's Mini Power Tool, ATK turned to a trusted source for precision components required for the job. Now ATK and Timken play a supporting role, featured larger than life with astronauts performing the precarious spacewalk repair in the movie Hubble 3D, currently showing at IMAX theatres in 48 countries worldwide.
ATK's Mini Power Tool equipped with Timken custom thin-section precision ball bearings engineered especially for the application's unique requirements helped to enable the crucial repairs to return the Hubble Space Telescope to active duty. Wearing bulky spacesuit gloves, the astronauts operated the Mini Power Tool flawlessly to unfasten dozens of tiny screws and replace circuit boards on the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS), all while orbiting the Earth at 17,500 mph. The instrument repairs were critical to the ongoing operation of the Hubble telescope, which has since revealed new images of faraway galaxies after resuming its journey.
Timken engineered the miniature bearings in close collaboration with ATK to achieve smooth operation in the challenging space environment. Extreme operating temperatures, the vacuum of space and failsafe mechanical requirements were among the design parameters ATK and Timken engineers had to consider in designing the tool. Both companies have pedigrees supplying space-certified hardware for numerous NASA missions.
"When a spaceflight solution is needed, Timken is a trusted name with decades of experience," said Wayne Denny, Timken's chief engineer for Health and Positioning Control. "Aerospace engineers know they can turn to us to develop custom solutions that meet demanding conditions and environments."
www.timken.com
www.atk.com
ATK's Mini Power Tool equipped with Timken custom thin-section precision ball bearings engineered especially for the application's unique requirements helped to enable the crucial repairs to return the Hubble Space Telescope to active duty. Wearing bulky spacesuit gloves, the astronauts operated the Mini Power Tool flawlessly to unfasten dozens of tiny screws and replace circuit boards on the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS), all while orbiting the Earth at 17,500 mph. The instrument repairs were critical to the ongoing operation of the Hubble telescope, which has since revealed new images of faraway galaxies after resuming its journey.
Timken engineered the miniature bearings in close collaboration with ATK to achieve smooth operation in the challenging space environment. Extreme operating temperatures, the vacuum of space and failsafe mechanical requirements were among the design parameters ATK and Timken engineers had to consider in designing the tool. Both companies have pedigrees supplying space-certified hardware for numerous NASA missions.
"When a spaceflight solution is needed, Timken is a trusted name with decades of experience," said Wayne Denny, Timken's chief engineer for Health and Positioning Control. "Aerospace engineers know they can turn to us to develop custom solutions that meet demanding conditions and environments."
www.timken.com
www.atk.com
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The Timken Company has completed the acquisition of U.S.-based QM Bearings and Power Transmission Inc. That location, as well as manufacturing facilities in Prince George, B.C., and Wuxi, China, along with distribution facilities in Ontario, Texas, and Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, will become part of the Process Industries segment of Timken's Bearings and Power Transmission Group.
The acquisition is expected to be accretive to Timken's earnings in its first full year with the company. The addition of spherical roller-bearing steel-housed units and elastomeric and steel couplings expands Timken's capabilities beyond its existing, core lines for especially demanding applications such as sawmill and cement operations.
"We welcome QM associates to Timken's family of businesses and look forward to serving our customers with a broader offering of high-performance products for demanding power-transmission applications," said Michael Arnold, president of Timken’s Bearings and Power Transmission Group.
QM has approximately 100 employees in the United States, Canada and China, and posted sales of more than $14 million for the 12-month period through June 30, 2010.
www.timken.com
The acquisition is expected to be accretive to Timken's earnings in its first full year with the company. The addition of spherical roller-bearing steel-housed units and elastomeric and steel couplings expands Timken's capabilities beyond its existing, core lines for especially demanding applications such as sawmill and cement operations.
"We welcome QM associates to Timken's family of businesses and look forward to serving our customers with a broader offering of high-performance products for demanding power-transmission applications," said Michael Arnold, president of Timken’s Bearings and Power Transmission Group.
QM has approximately 100 employees in the United States, Canada and China, and posted sales of more than $14 million for the 12-month period through June 30, 2010.
www.timken.com
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The Power Transmission unit of Gates Corp. now offers Gates Mectrol food-grade belting to save maintenance time and sanitation expenses in wash down environments. Companies processing meat, poultry, cheese or any raw food benefit from the highly cleanable belts.
A drop-in replacement for one and two-inch plastic modular belting, Gates Mectrol PosiClean belting offers full synchronization and a smooth design that requires less water and labor during cleaning and sanitation. FlatClean belting is the non-fraying flat belt replacement option, while CenterClean belting offers self-tracking.
The belting can be pressure washed on the table in 50-percent less time and cut water usage by 45 percent. The food grade belts meet material requirements of the USDA and the FDA and have sealed Kevlar or aramid tension members that limit stretch. In addition, they offer fastening and installation flexibility with the options of a vulcanized weld, mechanical fasteners or the new PosiLace single-pin system, which allows for simple belt removal while limiting the chance of contamination.
According to the company, one poultry processing plant replaced plastic modular conveyor belts with PosiClean belting to save $148,000 per year in labor, water usage, water heating and wastewater disposal costs.
Find more information about Gates Mectrol food grade belting and a microbiological evaluation of the surface cleaning and disinfecting properties of Gates PosiClean belts at www.gates.com/foodgrade.
The Power Transmission unit of Gates Corp. now offers Gates Mectrol food-grade belting to save maintenance time and sanitation expenses in wash down environments. Companies processing meat, poultry, cheese or any raw food benefit from the highly cleanable belts.A drop-in replacement for one and two-inch plastic modular belting, Gates Mectrol PosiClean belting offers full synchronization and a smooth design that requires less water and labor during cleaning and sanitation. FlatClean belting is the non-fraying flat belt replacement option, while CenterClean belting offers self-tracking.
The belting can be pressure washed on the table in 50-percent less time and cut water usage by 45 percent. The food grade belts meet material requirements of the USDA and the FDA and have sealed Kevlar or aramid tension members that limit stretch. In addition, they offer fastening and installation flexibility with the options of a vulcanized weld, mechanical fasteners or the new PosiLace single-pin system, which allows for simple belt removal while limiting the chance of contamination.
According to the company, one poultry processing plant replaced plastic modular conveyor belts with PosiClean belting to save $148,000 per year in labor, water usage, water heating and wastewater disposal costs.
Find more information about Gates Mectrol food grade belting and a microbiological evaluation of the surface cleaning and disinfecting properties of Gates PosiClean belts at www.gates.com/foodgrade.
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Whitby, Ont.'s Gantrex Canada Inc., a heavy-duty crane product manufacturer, was fined $50,000 on Sept. 7 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act that caused an injury to a young worker.
On Sept. 19, 2008, at the company's Ajax manufacturing plant, a young worker was cutting strips of rubber using a shear machine. The machine jammed. The worker reached into the unguarded back of the machine to clear the jam. The shear activated and it amputated parts of the worker's thumb and finger.
Gantrex pleaded guilty to failing to ensure that the shear machine was guarded to prevent the worker from accessing its blade.
The fine was imposed by Justice of the Peace Ronald Prestage. In addition to the fine, the court imposed a 25-per-cent victim fine surcharge, as required by the Provincial Offences Act. The surcharge is credited to a special provincial government fund to assist victims of crime.
www.ontario.ca/labour
On Sept. 19, 2008, at the company's Ajax manufacturing plant, a young worker was cutting strips of rubber using a shear machine. The machine jammed. The worker reached into the unguarded back of the machine to clear the jam. The shear activated and it amputated parts of the worker's thumb and finger.
Gantrex pleaded guilty to failing to ensure that the shear machine was guarded to prevent the worker from accessing its blade.
The fine was imposed by Justice of the Peace Ronald Prestage. In addition to the fine, the court imposed a 25-per-cent victim fine surcharge, as required by the Provincial Offences Act. The surcharge is credited to a special provincial government fund to assist victims of crime.
www.ontario.ca/labour
