Growing from a three person beginning in North America in 1981 to a company employing more than 500 people in its Schaumburg, IL Sales and Service Headquarters and Columbus, OH manufacturing center, THK America, Inc. has recently celebrated 25 years of successful business operations and continued growth.
A subsidiary of Japan's THK Co., Ltd., North American operations include direct sales, engineering, and customer support in every major industrial market in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.
The company is not content to sit on its laurels and has launched a Ten Nijuichi effort aimed at growing 300\% by 2010. It manufactures a large line of linear motion products that includes conventional LM guides, ball screws, mechanical actuators, and ball spines.
Learn more at the web site, www.thk.com.
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