IKO is a trademark of a leading Japanese producer and supplier of needle bearings and linear motion systems, NIPPON THOMPSON CO., LTD Company. NIPPON THOMPSON CO., LTD was established on February 10th, 1950. The main direction of the company is the development and production of machine components, bearings and bearing blocks. All production is certified by ISO9001 & 14001. Production line of the company includes miniature cam followers as well as linear motion systems with weight up to 98 tons. The mission of the company is laying in development of high quality products that completely meet requirements of each customer. NIPPON THOMPSON CO has numerous trading partners all over the world – in Europe, Asia, Africa and America.

IKO trademark includes three production lines:

1. Needle roller bearings

   NIPPON THOMPSON CO was the very first company that launched development of needle roller bearings. Needle bearings launched by the company into the market compete with ball bearings surpassing them in economy, reliability, productivity and compactness. Today the company is one of the leaders in production of wide range of high quality needle bearings. The main consumers of the company’s products are automobile machine building plants, tool ware producers, electric and office equipment.

   All products are manufactured in small lots and supplied to customers through branched trading network.

2. Linear motion rolling guides

   The developments in the area of bearings were implemented in constructions of linear motion systems which extend field of bearings application from rotation to sliding. IKO reputation as a reliable developer of linear motion guides enables the company to promote its products in high precise spheres such as production of semiconductor equipment. Products of IKO trademark of Long-term Maintenance Free series shorten time for control of lubrication level and provide continuous work of mechanisms during 5 years without any additional lubrication.

3. Mechatronics

   Products of Mechatronics series are the results of developments in the area of precision and electronic researches. Complex facility includes IKO Linear Motion Series and electronics. Among the main advantages of the IKO trademark are the following: a possibility of combination of different products with further x-change or add-ins, short delivery term, super precision, variety of types, dimensions and materials.