Kingsbury, Inc.
P.O. Box 9570
Philadelphia, PA 19154-3803
Bearings have chemical-resistant plastic surface.
Fluid-film thrust and journal bearings incorporate engineered plastic surface for use in process-lubricated applications. Bearing pad material is environmentally friendly and can operate directly in water, process fluid, or oil. It provides chemical and wear resistance and tolerates dry start conditions. Mechanical properties such as strength, resistance to creep, and thermal/electric...
Read More »Kingsbury Announces Plans for German Manufacturing Plant
Philadelphia, PA — Following the opening of the Kingsbury GmbH sales office in GÃ-¶ttingen Germany in 2012, officials at Kingsbury have announced plans to expand into manufacturing. According to managing director, Dr. Morched Medhioub, The decision to move into manufacturing Kingsbury bearings, made in the first quarter of 2013, was the natural outgrowth from the initial success of our...
Read More »Kingsbury, Inc. Appoints Dr. Morched Medhioub Managing Director of Kingsbury GmbH
Philadelphia, PAÃ- – Kingsbury, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Morched Medhioub as Managing Director of Kingsbury GmbH effective immediately. Dr. Medhioub joined Kingsbury as manager of the European office at its inception in 2011; Kingsbury GmbH was subsequently incorporated in 2012. Dr. Medhioub has more than 20 years of expertise in the field of hydrodynamic bearings,...
Read More »Kingsbury, Inc. Updates Thrust-Journal Combination Bearing
Philadelphia, PA –Ã- For the past several years, Kingsbury (kingsbury.com) has been revamping the design of its CH System, a combination fluid-film thrust and journal bearing, that was first developed more than 75 years ago by the company’s founder himself. Dr. Kingsbury was looking for a way to simplify the use of hydrodynamic bearings on applications such as pumps, and with the CH...
Read More »Kingsbury, Inc. Receives Presidential E-Star Award
Philadelphia, PA (May 29, 2012) - At a ceremony in Washington DC on Thursday, May 17, 2012, Kingsbury, Inc. was awarded the coveted President's E-Star award to acknowledge the company's outstanding export growth. U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson spoke at the ceremony and cited Kingsbury in his speech as the only company in 2012 that had received an original E-Award in 1942 for its outstanding...
Read More »Kingsbury, Inc. Celebrates Centennial
Philadelphia, PA (April 2, 2012) - Throughout 2012, Kingsbury, Inc. is delighted to be celebrating a century of innovation that began in 1912 with the first successful installation of Dr. Albert Kingsbury's invention at a hydro generating station on the banks of the Susquehanna River in Central Pennsylvania. The utility, known then as Pennsylvania Power and Water, had been using rolling element...
Read More »Dr. Morched Medhioub Joins Kingsbury, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA (November 8, 2011) - Kingsbury, Inc. is pleased to announce that Dr. Morched Medhioub has joined the company effective 1 Nov 2011. Dr. Medhioub has more than 20 years of expertise in the field of hydrodynamic bearings, and is an alumnus of the prestigious University of Braunschweig in Germany, where he received his undergraduate and doctoral degrees in Engineering. His...
Read More »Kingsbury Inc's Messinger Bearing Product Line Expands Repair Expertise to the West Coast
Philadelphia, PA (January 17, 2011) - Kingsbury's repair and service facility in Yuba City, CA, which opened in 2007 to service the fluid film bearing market in the Western United States and Canada, is now available to provide inspections and repairs of ball and roller bearings for our Western customers. The Yuba City facility will give rolling element bearing users in the region access to...
Read More »Kingsbury, Inc. Opens Repair and Service Facility in Yuba City, California
PHILADELPHIA, PA, March 28, 2007 - Kingsbury Inc., the nation's oldest and most respected manufacturer of babbitted bearings, is pleased to announce the opening of its new, state-of-the-art Bearing Repair & Service facility in Yuba City, CA. The facility, located at 219 Burns Avenue, officially opened for business on March 15, 2007. Dr. Albert Kingsbury started the company in Philadelphia in 1912...
Read More »Kingsbury, Inc. Receives Order for DDG-1000 Main Propulsion Bearings
PHILADELPHIA, PA, August 31, 2006 - Kingsbury, Inc. is proud to report that the company has received an order to design and manufacture the main propulsion bearings for the first DDG-1000 ships. The order includes an option for five additional ship sets. The assemblies will be provided to the two main contractors on the project, Bath Iron Works (BIW) and Ingalls Shipyard (Northrup Grumman). The...
Read More »Kingsbury's Repair & Service Division Expands to Reduce Lead Times
HATBORO, PA - In response to customer demands for shorter lead times, particularly on large bearings and components, the Repair & Service (R&S) Division of Kingsbury, Inc. will break ground in February 2006 to add 12,000 square feet of production space. The addition will include a new 120 horizontal boring mill and 130 vertical boring mill, as well as a 30-ton overhead crane. The additional space...
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