In 1934 George Miether founded Miether Machine Works which, at that time, exclusively served the West Texas oil fields. By th ... e late 1950s the company started manufacturing split pillow block bearing housings for heavy industrial applications. As the company grew it became known as Miether Bearing Products, and in the late 1980s became a division of Alco Industries. Today the company supplies end users and OEMs with a full line of standard and custom bearing mounting products. Located in Odessa, Texas, our manufacturing facility has over 50,000 sq. ft. in which our sales and engineering staff serves our global customer base. Our strategic competency at Miether Bearing Products is tied to faster delivery of bearing housings and accessories to meet or exceed ALL competitors by at least 50%. As a company, Miether has taken dramatic steps to meet our customers delivery schedules by implementing lean flow solutions tied to our production facilities and our service organizations. When it comes to specialty bearing housings, seals, and accessories, Miether Bearing Products has no peer supplying American made products faster and more reliably than any other company. Our products are designed and manufactured with one goal in mind: maximizing your bearing investment and minimizing costly downtime. We’ve spent years working with customers in a variety of industries to solve application challenges, increase uptime, and help them make the most of their bearing investment. . read more