JOHNSON CITY, Tenn.,
March 31, 2016 /PRNewswire/
-- NN, Inc., (NASDAQ: NNBR), a diversified industrial company,
announced today that it will begin production of a new series of
Cylindrical Roller Bearing cages that utilizes a proprietary
process technology.
NN developed this technology at one of its R&D innovation
centers and has been working closely with major bearing suppliers
to validate the new process. The flexible manufacturing technology
allows bearing manufacturers to replace expensive machined cages
resulting in significant cost savings. It also reduces tooling
costs and shortens lead times on samples providing customers a cost
effective fast to market solution for their cylindrical bearing
applications.
"This new engineered process solution allows us to provide our
customers with robust bearing cages that are globally competitive
in all markets," said Jeff Manzagol,
SVP Precision Bearing Components group. "This fast to market and
flexible technology which provides orders of magnitude in cost
reduction, changes the game entirely in the highly competitive
global market for cylindrical bearings."
NN focuses on providing engineered solutions to our customers
that provide for more capable products in an ever more competitive
global market place. This new cage technology is no exception. The
company has entered into a long-term agreement with a major bearing
supplier and will begin production shipments by fall of 2016. The
new product will expand into multiple applications and end-markets
globally over the next 12 months.
NN, Inc., a diversified industrial company, combines advanced
engineering and production capabilities with in-depth materials
science expertise to design and manufacture high-precision
components and assemblies for a variety of markets on a global
basis. Headquartered in Johnson
City, Tennessee, NN has 42 manufacturing plants in
North America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, South America and China.
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SOURCE NN, Inc.