INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT
Bearings
World's Most Productive Companies
Global Bearings: Structural Productivity Strength Amid Cyclical Moderation
The Bearings peer group comprises companies that manufacture precision-engineered components, reducing friction and enabling motion across automotive, industrial, aerospace, and energy applications. These firms are essential suppliers to global manufacturing and transportation sectors, emphasizing durability, efficiency, and advanced materials to improve equipment performance and reliability.
The Bearings peer group has shown consistent long-term productivity growth of 23% over the past two decades, placing it among the stronger-performing industrial equipment peer groups. Following the pandemic, productivity increased sharply by 31.6%, driven by the recovery of the supply chain, automation in manufacturing, and strong demand from automotive and industrial customers. However, productivity declined by 5.4% in the most recent year, reflecting softer global demand, higher input costs, and normalization after the post-COVID rebound trends broadly consistent with those in other industrial segments.
Top 100 World's Most Productive Companies - Bearings
Productivity Snapshot
RBC Bearings Inc. is recognized as the world’s most productive company in the Bearings peer group, distinguished by its focus on high-performance, precision-engineered components for aerospace and industrial markets. The company’s productivity gains have been fueled by strategic acquisitions, most notably the 2021 purchase of Dodge Industrial, which expanded its scale and exposure to industrial end markets.
