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The eBearing News
June 13, 2003
Glacier Garlock Bearings Acquires Saver North America
copyright © 2003 eBearing Inc.
Glacier Garlock Bearings (USA, a division of EnPro Industries, USA) has acquired Saver North America Inc. (USA).
Glacier, with sales of approximately $150 million, is the world's largest manufacturer of prelubricated
and self-lubricating plain and polymer bearings. Glacier has manufacturing facilities in the
United States, Germany, France, Slovakia and Brazil, and 22 operating units in 17 countries.
Under Goodrich, Glacier Garlock Bearings was made up of Garlock
and the Glacier Industrial Bearing Division, acquired from Dana in May 2001.
Glacier was rolled under Goodrich's Garlock self-lubricated polymer bearings business and
renamed Glacier Garlock Bearings. It was spun off from Goodrich in mid-2002 as the key manufacturing
component of the new EnPro Industries.
• article: spinoff of EnPro and Glacier Garlock Bearings from Goodrich
Established in 1997, Saver North America manufactures the Mega-Life self-lubricating composite
bearing, along with a few composite sheet and tubing products. The company operates a 16,000 square foot
manufacturing facility in South Bend, Indiana.
Saver's Mega-Life composite bearings are the primary market competitors for Glacier's Gar-Max line
of composite bearings. Glacier said it intends to continue offering the Mega-Life bearings as they
are incorporated into the Gar-Max line.
Mega-Life and Gar-Max bearings are filament-wound composite bearings with a self-lubricating
inner surface backed with a high-strength, fiber-reinforced thermoset composite.
Composite bearings are standard components for manufacturers involved in heavy industrial
equipment, farm equipment, pneumatic and hydraulic cylinder manufacturers, as well as valve
and actuator manufacturers. Essentially, composite bearings are ideal for high-load, low speed
applications or where lubrication is difficult or costly.
Saver's South Bend plant will be closed and the equipment relocated to Glacier's Gar-Max production
facility in Thorofare, New Jersey.
Bernd Fischer, VP/GM of Glacier Americas, said, "We are extremely excited about the
potential of this acquisition to accelerate the growth of our business. The addition of
the Saver manufacturing equipment and product line will enable us to continue to reduce our
costs and expand our ability to offer additional design solutions to customers in existing and potential markets."
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