Left to right: Kim Pierce, Macomb Area Economic Development Corporation; Macomb Mayor Michael Inman; NTN General Director Toru Tomiyama; NTN-Bower President Kunio Kamo; NTN Executive Officer Tetsuya Sogo; NTN Deputy Director Americas and NTN Bearing Corporation President Pete Eich and Illinois State Senator John Sullivan
The 237,000 square foot plant will increase production of tapered roller bearings with an outer diameter of 4 to 8 inches, which NTN already produces in the existing Macomb facility as well as a plant in Hamilton, AL. Completion of the second plant is slated for May 2013, with full production beginning in September. The expansion is expected to create more than 80 new jobs, bringing NTN
Product Model | Inside Diameter | Outside Diameter | Thickness |
7234BDB NACHI | 170 | 310 | 52 |
7234DB NACHI | 170 | 310 | 52 |