- CEO
- Michael J. Hartnett
- Full Time Employees
- 5,302
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Manufacturing - Tools & Accessories
- Address
- One Tribology Center Oxford CT United States of America 06478
- IPO Date
- Sep 22, 2021
- Business
- RBC Bearings Incorporated manufactures and markets highly engineered precision bearings, components, and essential systems for the industrial, aerospace, defense, and marine sectors. Founded in 1919 and headquartered in Oxford, Connecticut, the company operates 53 facilities across five countries, including manufacturing sites in the United States, Mexico, France, Germany, Poland, and China, serving original equipment manufacturers and aftermarket customers globally. Its core bearing products encompass sleeves and journals including straight and flanged bushings, metal-to-metal and self-lubricating types; coiled journal bushings; spherical bearings such as swaged, load slot, split race, split ball, and Kaptor designs with metal-to-metal, dry film lube, or self-lubricating options; sealed bearings of all types; rod ends including self-lubricating, dry film lubricated, and greased variants; ball bearing rod ends; cam followers with roller, needle, or self-lubricating configurations for studded or yoke styles; thin section ball bearings; airframe control bearings; standard and miniature ball bearings; needle roller bearings; track roller bearings including needle or self-lubricating; hourglass roller bearings; tapered roller and thrust bearings; thrust bearings; ball transfer units; large spherical bearings and bushings for heavy equipment and infrastructure; elastomeric bearings; wear strips and fretting barriers; and maintenance-free bearings in various designs. Engineered products include precision machine tool workpiece clamping collets; modular CNC machine deep and large hole boring and turning tooling systems; piston style sealing rings; rigid and flexible clamping collars; rigid and flexible shaft couplings; keyless locking assemblies; swaged tubes, control rods, and links; clevises; flight safety shear pins, specialty fasteners, bolts, and nuts; aerospace and marine hydraulic actuators and valves; precision gears such as spur, helical, worms, and worm wheels; precision dowel pins; rollers; complex machined parts and assemblies; tubes, ducts, and manifolds; and gas turbine and APU assemblies. In July 2025, RBC Bearings completes the acquisition of VACCO Industries from ESCO Technologies for $275 million, funded through its revolving credit facility and cash reserves, adding expertise in valves, regulators, manifolds, filters, and precision components that bolsters its aerospace, defense, and marine offerings; this follows strong fiscal second quarter 2026 results with net sales reaching $455.3 million, up 14.4% year-over-year, driven by 38.8% growth in the Aerospace/Defense segment including $24.7 million from VACCO, alongside a backlog exceeding $1.6 billion as of September 2025.