Vesconite Bearings BV

The story of Vesconite Bearings goes right back to 1958. In 1968 founder and chemical engineer Alain Leger began researching the potential for polymer bearing materials in ultra-deep gold mines of South Africa – a notoriously harsh environment characterised by extreme dirt and wet. Sixty years on, Vesconite Bearings is a world-leading manufacturer of low-friction, low-wear polymer bearing materials for a wide range of industries. Selling to over 100 countries. These include the pump, agriculture, railways, mining, heavy-transport, hydro, renewable- energy, earthmoving, marine and construction industries.