Daido Metal 

Daido Metal Co., Ltd., founded in 1939 and headquartered in Nagoya, Japan, is a global enterprise that manufactures and sells a comprehensive range of bearings and related industrial solutions. Operating across Japan, North America, Europe, Asia, and China, the company serves an international clientele. Its diverse product portfolio includes metal-polymer plain bearings, which are utilized in a wide array of applications such as office and construction equipment, high-speed vehicles, trains, large structures like domed stadiums, and critical power generation facilities including hydro, thermal, and nuclear plants. Daido Metal also produces various metallic bearings and specialized engine bearings—such as half shell bearings, bushings, thrust washers, and turbocharger bearings—essential for passenger cars, buses, construction machinery, and even high-performance race cars. Furthermore, the company designs and provides turbomachinery bearing systems for propulsion steam turbines, large marine engines, power-generating turbines, waterwheel generators, water treatment pumps, compressors, and general pumps. Beyond its core bearing offerings, Daido Metal supplies modular products (including small assembly, insert molding, and specialty-shaped items), pumps and drum feeders, centralized lubrication systems, and capacitors.