Barden Corporation, The Employee Directory

Aviation and Aerospace Component ManufacturingConnecticut, United States51-200 Employees

Barden Corporation, The, is a US-based manufacturer in the aviation and aerospace components sector, located at 200 Park Avenue, Danbury, Connecticut, 06813, with 51–200 employees and a website at https://bardenbearings.com. Founded in 1942 by Theodore Barth and Carl Norden to produce precision ball bearings for the Norden bombsight, the company developed bearings with tolerances beyond the technology of its time. In 1991, Barden affiliated with FAG and today forms the nucleus of Schaeffler's Aerospace Division; by 2017 a CRB line was added to its facility, and in 2019 Barden/FAG Aerospace locations were rebranded under Schaeffler Aerospace, with facilities in Schweinfurt, Germany; Stratford, Ontario; Winsted, Connecticut; Plymouth, England; Singapore; and Taicang, China. The company designs and manufactures deep groove, angular contact, and CRB super-precision bearings for aerospace, space, machine tools, and medical applications, and holds AS 9100 certification for manufacturing. OEM customers are served directly by Barden/FAG, while MRO customers are supported through a network of over 1,000 distributors, and reported revenue is in the range of $50 million to $100 million.

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