Global bearing demand will increase 8.5 percent annually through 2014. Unmounted bearings will continue to account for the majority of sales. The Asia/Pacific region will post the strongest gains, led by China. The motor vehicle and machinery markets will remain the largest sources of demand.

This study analyzes the $50.5 billion world bearings industry. It presents historical demand data for the years 1999, 2004 and 2009, and forecasts for 2014 and 2019 by product (e.g., roller bearings, ball bearings, plain bearings), market (e.g., motor vehicles, machinery), world region and for 30 countries.

The study also considers market environment factors, details industry structure, evaluates company market share and profiles 37 industry participants, including SKF, Schaeffler and NSK.

				    TABLE OF CONTENTS

     SECTION									    PAGE

		Introduction							      XI

	I.	Executive Summary						       1

	II.	Market Environment						       4
		General								       4
		World Economic Overview						       5
		   Recent Historical Trends					       5
		   World Economic Outlook					       7
		World Gross Fixed Investment Outlook				      11
		World Manufacturing Outlook					      14
		World Motor Vehicle Production Trends				      17
		World Aerospace Equipment Production Trends			      21
		Pricing Patterns						      24
		Bearing Materials & Technology					      27
		   Bearing Materials						      28
		   Recent Technological Developments				      30
		   Competitive Technologies					      32
		Legal & Regulatory Environment					      34

	III.	World Supply & Demand						      39
		General								      39
		Regional Overview						      40
		   Demand							      41
		   Production							      46
		   International Trade						      49
		Demand by Product						      51
		   Roller Bearings						      54
		   Ball Bearings						      56
		   Plain Bearings						      58
		   Other Bearings & Bearing Parts				      60
		      Mounted & Combined Ball/Roller Bearings			      62
		      Bearing Parts						      64
		Demand by Market						      65
		   Motor Vehicles						      67
		   Machinery							      70
		   Other							      72
		      Aerospace Equipment					      75
		      All Other							      75

	IV.	North America							      77
		General								      77
		   Bearing Supply & Demand					      78
		   Bearing Outlook & Suppliers					      80
		United States							      82
		Canada								      89
		Mexico								      94

	V.	Western Europe							     100
		General								     100
		   Bearing Supply & Demand					     101
		   Bearing Outlook & Suppliers					     103
		Germany								     105
		France								     110
		Italy								     115
		United Kingdom							     120
		Spain								     125
		Sweden								     130
		Other Western Europe						     135
		   Belgium							     142
		   Netherlands							     142
		   Switzerland							     143
		   Austria							     144
		   All Other							     145

	VI.	Asia/Pacific							     147
		General								     147
		   Bearing Supply & Demand					     148
		   Bearing Outlook & Suppliers					     151
		China								     153
		Japan								     160
		South Korea							     166
		India								     171
		Thailand							     176
		Taiwan								     181
		Indonesia							     186
		Other Asia/Pacific						     191
		   Australia							     198
		   Malaysia							     199
		   All Other							     199

	VII.	Other Regions							     201
		Central & South America						     201
		   Bearing Supply & Demand					     202
		   Bearing Outlook & Suppliers					     205
		   Brazil							     207
		   Other Central & South America				     212
		      Argentina							     218
		      All Other							     219
		Eastern Europe							     220
		   Bearing Supply & Demand					     221
		   Bearing Outlook & Suppliers					     224
		   Russia							     226
		   Other Eastern Europe						     231
		      Czech Republic						     238
		      Poland							     238
		      Romania							     240
		      All Other							     240
		Africa/Mideast							     241
		   Bearing Supply & Demand					     243
		   Bearing Outlook & Suppliers					     245
		   Bearing Supply & Demand by Country				     247
		   Turkey							     248
		   South Africa							     249
		   Other Africa/Mideast						     250

	VIII.	Industry Structure						     252
		General								     252
		Industry Composition						     253
		Market Share							     256
		   SKF								     256
		   Schaeffler							     257
		   NSK								     257
		   JTEKT							     258
		   NTN								     258
		   Timken							     259
		   Other Leading Suppliers					     259
		Product Development & Manufacturing				     259
		Marketing & Distribution					     261
		Cooperative Agreements						     263
		Financial Requirements						     271
		Company Profiles						     273
		   Advanced Bearing Materials, see Miba & Rheinmetall 
		   Advanced Green Components, see Timken 
		   BBL Daido, see Daido Metal
		   Bosch (Robert) GmbH						     274
		   C&U Group Company Limited					     277
		   CoLinx, see Schaeffler, SKF and Timken 
		   Cooper Split Roller Bearing, see Kaydon 
		   Daido Metal Company Limited					     279
		   Dalian Koyo Wazhou Automobile Bearing, see JTEKT and Wafangdian Bearing 
		   Dalian SKF Wazhou Bearings, see SKF and Wafangdian Bearing 
		   Danaher Corporation						     282
		   Emerson Electric Company					     284
		   Endorsia.com International, see Schaeffler and Timken 
		   EnPro Industries Incorporated				     287
		   European Bearing Corporation					     291
		   Federal-Mogul Corporation					     293
		   GGB Bearing Technology, see EnPro Industries 
		   GKN plc							     297
		   Harbin Bearing Group Company					     299
		   Harsha Engineers Limited					     300
		   HHI Group Holdings LLC					     301
		   Iljin Group							     302
		   Industrial Tectonics, see Kaydon 
		   International Components Supply, see SKF and Timken 
		   JTEKT Corporation						     304
		   Kaydon Corporation						     311
		   Kolbenschmidt Pierburg, see Rheinmetall 
		   Koyo of USA, see JTEKT 
		   Kyklos Bearing International, see HHI Group 
		   Lubron Bearings Systems, see RBC Bearings 
		   Luoyang LYC Bearing Company Limited				     315
		   MAHLE International GmbH					     317
		   Miba AG							     319
		   Minebea Company Limited					     321
		   MPB, see Timken 
		   MRC Bearings, see SKF
		   Nachi-Fujikoshi Limited					     325
		   National Engineering Industries Limited			     328
		   New Hampshire Ball Bearings, see Minebea Company 
		   NN Incorporated						     329
		   NSK Limited							     332
		   NTN Corporation						     340
		   Oiles Corporation						     347
		   Peer Bearing, see SKF
		   RBC Bearings Incorporated					     349
		   Rexnord LLC							     353
		   Rheinmetall AG						     356
		   Rothe Erde, see ThyssenKrupp 
		   Samara Bearing Plant Joint Stock Company			     358
		   Schaeffler KG						     359
		   Shafer, see Rexnord
		   SKF AB							     365
		   SNFA, see SKF 
		   SNR Roulements, see NTN
		   THK Company Limited						     374
		   Thomson Industries, see Danaher 
		   ThyssenKrupp AG						     377
		   Timken Company						     380
		   Tuflite Composite Bearings, see Rexnord
		   Wafangdian Bearing Group Corporation				     387
		   Wanxiang Qianchao Company Limited				     389
		   WM Berg, see Rexnord
		Other Companies Mentioned in Study				     391


				      LIST OF TABLES

    TABLE NUMBER								    PAGE


		SECTION I -- Executive Summary
		Summary Table							       3

		SECTION II -- Market Environment
	1	World Gross Domestic Product by Region				      11
	2	World Gross Fixed Investment by Region				      14
	3	World Manufacturing Value Added by Region			      16
	4	World Motor Vehicle Production by Type & Region			      20
	5	World Aerospace Equipment Shipments by Region			      24
	6	World Bearing Price Deflators					      26

		SECTION III -- World Supply & Demand
	1	World Bearing Demand by Region					      43
	2	World Bearing Shipments by Region				      48
	3	World Net Exports by Region					      51
	4	World Bearing Demand by Product					      53
	5	World Roller Bearing Demand by Region				      55
	6	World Ball Bearing Demand by Region				      58
	7	World Plain Bearing Demand by Region				      60
	8	World Demand For Other Bearings & Bearing Parts 
		   by Product & Region						      62
	9	World Bearing Demand by Market					      66
	10	World Motor Vehicle Bearing Demand 
		   by Application & Region					      69
	11	World Machinery Bearing Demand by Region			      72
	12	World Other Bearing Demand by Market & Region			      74

		SECTION IV -- North America
	1	North America: Bearing Supply & Demand				      79
	2	North America: Bearing Demand by Product & Market		      82
	3	United States: Bearing Supply & Demand				      86
	4	United States: Bearing Demand by Product & Market		      89
	5	Canada Bearing: Supply & Demand					      92
	6	Canada Bearing: Demand by Product & Market			      94
	7	Mexico Bearing: Supply & Demand					      97
	8	Mexico Bearing: Demand by Product & Market			      99

		SECTION V -- Western Europe
	1	Western Europe: Bearing Supply & Demand				     102
	2	Western Europe: Bearing Demand by Product & Market		     105
	3	Germany: Bearing Supply & Demand				     108
	4	Germany: Bearing Demand by Product & Market			     110
	5	France: Bearing Supply & Demand					     113
	6	France: Bearing Demand by Product & Market			     115
	7	Italy: Bearing Supply & Demand					     118
	8	Italy: Bearing Demand by Product & Market			     120
	9	United Kingdom: Bearing Supply & Demand				     123
	10	United Kingdom: Bearing Demand by Product & Market		     125
	11	Spain: Bearing Supply & Demand					     128
	12	Spain: Bearing Demand by Product & Market			     130
	13	Sweden: Bearing Supply & Demand					     133
	14	Sweden: Bearing Demand by Product & Market			     135
	15	Other Western Europe: Bearing Supply & Demand			     138
	16	Other Western Europe: Bearing Demand by Product & Market	     140
	17	Other Western Europe: Bearing Supply & Demand by Country	     141

		SECTION VI -- Asia/Pacific
	1	Asia/Pacific: Bearing Supply & Demand				     150
	2	Asia/Pacific: Bearing Demand by Product & Market		     153
	3	China: Bearing Supply & Demand					     157
	4	China: Bearing Demand by Product & Market			     160
	5	Japan: Bearing Supply & Demand					     163
	6	Japan: Bearing Demand by Product & Market			     166
	7	South: Korea Bearing Supply & Demand				     169
	8	South Korea Bearing Demand by Product & Market			     171
	9	India: Bearing Supply & Demand					     174
	10	India: Bearing Demand by Product & Market			     176
	11	Thailand: Bearing Supply & Demand				     179
	12	Thailand: Bearing Demand by Product & Market			     181
	13	Taiwan: Bearing Supply & Demand					     184
	14	Taiwan: Bearing Demand by Product & Market			     186
	15	Indonesia: Bearing Supply & Demand				     189
	16	Indonesia: Bearing Demand by Product & Market			     191
	17	Other Asia/Pacific: Bearing Supply & Demand			     194
	18	Other Asia/Pacific: Bearing Demand by Product & Market		     196
	19	Other Asia/Pacific: Bearing Supply & Demand by Country		     197

		SECTION VII -- Other Regions
	1	Central & South America: Bearing Supply & Demand		     204
	2	Central & South America: Bearing Demand 
		   by Product & Market						     207
	3	Brazil: Bearing Supply & Demand					     210
	4	Brazil: Bearing Demand by Product & Market			     212
	5	Other Central & South America: Bearing Supply & Demand		     215
	6	Other Central & South America: Bearing Demand 
		   by Product & Market						     217
	7	Other Central & South America: 
		   Bearing Supply & Demand by Country				     218
	8	Eastern Europe: Bearing Supply & Demand				     223
	9	Eastern Europe: Bearing Demand by Product & Market		     226
	10	Russia: Bearing Supply & Demand					     229
	11	Russia: Bearing Demand by Product & Market			     231
	12	Other Eastern Europe: Bearing Supply & Demand			     234
	13	Other Eastern Europe: Bearing Demand by Product & Market	     236
	14	Other Eastern Europe: 
		   Bearing Supply & Demand by Country				     237
	15	Africa/Mideast: Bearing Supply & Demand				     244
	16	Africa/Mideast: Bearing Demand by Product & Market		     247
	17	Africa/Mideast: Bearing Supply & Demand by Country		     248

		SECTION VIII -- Industry Structure
	1	Bearing Sales for Selected Manufacturers, 2009			     255
	2	Selected Cooperative Agreements					     266


				      LIST OF CHARTS

    CHART NUMBER								    PAGE


		SECTION II -- Market Environment
	1	World Manufacturing Value Added by Region, 2009			      17
	2	World Bearing Pricing, 1999-2019				      27

		SECTION III -- World Supply & Demand
	1	World Bearing Demand by Region, 2009				      44
	2	Additional Bearing Demand, 2009 to 2014				      44
	3	World Bearing Demand Projected 2009-2014 Annual Rate of Growth	      45
	4	World Bearing Shipments by Region, 2009				      49
	5	World Bearing Demand by Product, 2009				      53
	6	World Bearing Demand by Market, 2009				      66

		SECTION IV -- North America
	1	North America: Bearing Demand by Country, 2009			      80

		SECTION V -- Western Europe
	1	Western Europe: Bearing Demand by Country, 2009			     103

		SECTION VI -- Asia/Pacific
	1	Asia/Pacific: Bearing Demand by Country, 2009			     151

		SECTION VII -- Other Regions
	1	Central & South America: 
		   Bearing Demand by Country, 2009				     205
	2	Eastern Europe: Bearing Demand by Country, 2009			     224
	3	Africa/Mideast: Bearing Demand by Country, 2009			     245

		SECTION VIII -- Industry Structure
	1	World Bearing Market Share by Company, 2009			     256