Schaeffler Australia Pty Ltd

The Schaeffler Group is a leading manufacturer of rolling bearings and linear products has stood for creative application solutions, great engineering and manufacturing expertise and a strong customer focus, the company for decades develops and manufactures precision products for machines, equipment and vehicles as well as in aviation and aerospace application.

Dr. Georg Schaeffler, who founded the company with his brother Wilhelm in 1946, demonstrated what it means to think outside the box as early as 1949. At this point, his development of the needle roller and cage assembly – a pioneering innovation – helped the needle roller bearing achieve an industrial breakthrough. Georg Schaeffler’s inventive spirit and his will to succeed have become a permanent part of corporate culture worldwide. In 1883, Friedrich Fischer, the founder of FAG, was successful in inventing a ball-grinding machine to produce hardened steel balls of a uniform roundness and consistency to solve the problem of frictionless circular movement as a result this development allowed production of the first rolling bearing. Thanks to this innovation, he lays the foundation for the entire rolling bearing industry.

The Schaeffler Group with the INA brand and the complementary product range from FAG brand has one of the widest product portfolios in the rolling bearing industry, covering practically all applications in production machinery, power transmission and railway technology, heavy industry and consumer products. In addition The Schaeffler Group together with FAG Industrial Services (F’IS) and Condition Monitoring Services Australia (CMSA) specializes in the condition-based maintenance of rotating equipment with services in the fields of vibration analysis, infrared thermography, tribology (oil analysis), alignment and balancing. Furthermore The Schaeffler Group with the acquisition of Bearing Engineering Services (BES) one of Australia’s leading reconditioning companies offers complete range of services for railway and industrial bearings.

All over the world, the Schaeffler Group's brands stands for the development and manufacture of rolling bearings, plain bearings and linear guides for machine building and engine components for the automotive industry. The company works closely with its customers as an engineering partner, starting with the initial stages of system development. New customized solutions are developed daily, which means that 1,000 new products are launched every year. The Schaeffler Group has invested heavily in research and development, most recently in new R&D centers in Germany, Asia and North America. Our company’s know-how allows efficient, customized solutions at an excellent price/performance ratio. In the industrial division, four business units for production machinery, power transmission and rail technology, heavy industry, and consumer products drive the Schaeffler Group's INA and FAG brands joint business.