瓦房店轴承股份有限公司

What 瓦房店轴承股份有限公司 does

Wafangdian Bearing Group Co., Ltd. (ZWZ) is China's oldest and one of its largest bearing manufacturers, founded in 1938 in Wafangdian, Liaoning Province, and historically positioned as the birthplace of China's bearing industry. The company designs, manufactures, and tests rolling bearings across ten categories — including deep groove ball, angular contact, self-aligning, cylindrical roller, tapered roller, thrust, slewing, and spherical plain bearings — in over 20,000 specifications covering inner diameters from 20mm to outer diameters of 16 meters. It operates two product brands: the domestic ZWZ brand and the German KRW brand acquired in 2013, which together serve eight end-markets: automotive, rail transit, metallurgy, transmission/gearboxes, wind power, engineering machinery, precision machinery, and cement machinery. Manufacturing is distributed across 9 production bases and 26 wholly-owned/controlled subsidiaries, with a 6,500+ employee headcount and products exported to 38 countries.

The company's core technology stack rests on eight innovation platforms (simulation/computation, materials, lubrication, detection, basic research, application R&D, finite element simulation, physical-chemical testing, digital R&D, metrology, knowledge sharing) anchored by the only state-approved National Large Bearing Engineering Technology Research Center in China. This center operates 260+ major testing instruments with reports mutually recognized across 16 countries and 23 organizations, and includes joint laboratories with Romax (UK) and Taylor Hobson (UK). ZWZ holds ISO9000, ISO14001, QS-9000, ISO18000 certifications and earned a VDA6.3 audit score of 92% (A-grade) from a world top-500 automotive transmission system OEM. R&D operations span four centers: Dalian (national-level), Shanghai (est. 2022), Detroit (2015), and Schweinfurt, Germany.

ZWZ's revenue model is B2B hardware sales of bearings and bearing-related components (locking sleeves, withdrawal sleeves) to enterprise customers, with quote-based and contract-negotiated pricing rather than public list pricing. Go-to-market is a hybrid of enterprise field sales organized into five vertical divisions (wind power, rail transit, automotive, industrial/mining, industrial machinery) plus a special precision bearing subsidiary, supplemented by regional sales, a managed authorized dealer network, a direct HQ 4S flagship store, and an international business unit. Revenue is led by industrial equipment, rail transit, automotive, wind power, and special applications, with strategic OEM customers including China National Heavy Truck, FAW Jiefang, Shantui, XCMG, Goldwind, Mingyang, Dongfang Electric, Shanghai Electric, Sany Renewable, NGC, and Flender. Management has set a 2026 revenue target of 4.5 billion CNY with a 7% ROE target and is actively pursuing enterprise-wide digital transformation in partnership with Huawei.

Name

瓦房店轴承股份有限公司

Legal name

瓦房店轴承集团有限责任公司

Website

https://zwz-bearing.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1938

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

ZWZ (Wafangdian Bearing Group) is China's oldest and largest bearing manufacturer, producing 20,000+ specifications of rolling bearings across automotive, rail, wind, metallurgy, and industrial machinery, serving major Chinese OEMs and exporting to 38 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Bearings

NAICS

Ball and Roller Bearing Manufacturing (332991)

SIC

Ball & Roller Bearings (3562)

akta.pro primary industry

Aerospace Bearings, Bushings & Motion Components (IMABANAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Spindles & High-Speed Drives (Machine Tool Spindles, High-speed Motors) (IMAGACAL)

Keywords

• Rolling bearings
• Industrial bearings
• Wind power bearings
• Railway bearings
• Bearing manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

大连, 辽宁

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. 轴承及精密零部件硬件销售: 瓦轴核心业务为生产和销售各类滚动轴承产品，涵盖向心轴承、推力轴承、转盘轴承、关节轴承及轴承相关产品（紧定套、退卸套），产品主要应用于工业装备、轨道交通、汽车车辆、风电新能源和特种领域。拥有ZWZ和KRW两大品牌，两万多种规格产品，内径20毫米至外径16米，覆盖全尺寸公差等级。

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Wafangdian Bearing Group (ZWZ) designs, manufactures, and sells more than 20,000 specifications of rolling bearings across ten categories (including radial ball bearings, thrust bearings, slewing bearings, and spherical plain bearings), with inner diameters from 20mm to outer diameters of 16m. Products serve industrial equipment, rail transit, automotive vehicles, wind power/new energy, and special-application segments under the ZWZ and KRW brands, and the company operates the only national-level large bearing engineering technology research center in China.

Product overview

瓦房店轴承集团有限责任公司（ZWZ）是中国轴承工业的发源地，拥有87年历史。公司采用国际标准，可生产内径20毫米至外径16米十大类、各种精度等级的两万多种规格轴承产品。公司拥有ZWZ和KRW（德国并购品牌）两大轴承品牌，形成完整的产品矩阵。产品覆盖向心轴承（深沟球轴承、角接触球轴承、调心球轴承、圆柱滚子轴承、圆锥滚子轴承、调心滚子轴承）、推力轴承（推力球轴承、推力圆柱滚子轴承、推力圆锥滚子轴承、推力调心滚子轴承、双向推力角接触球轴承）、转盘轴承（四点接触式、双排角接触式、交叉滚子式、三排圆柱滚子式、外圈带齿六排圆柱滚子式）、关节轴承及轴承相关产品（紧定套、紧定衬套、退卸套）。产品主要应用于工业装备、轨道交通、汽车车辆、风电新能源和特种领域。公司在国内外建有9大制造基地，拥有10大事业部，26个全资、控股分子公司，并在欧洲和美国设有研发中心。

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ZWZ: Primary bearing brand of Wafangdian Bearing Group, China Bearing Industry Cradle, covering industrial equipment, railway transportation, automotive vehicles, wind power and special applications.
• KRW

Products and services

• Deep Groove Ball Bearing (深沟球轴承)
• Angular Contact Ball Bearing (角接触球轴承)
• Self-Aligning Ball Bearing (调心球轴承)
• Cylindrical Roller Bearing (圆柱滚子轴承)
• Tapered Roller Bearing (圆锥滚子轴承)
• Self-Aligning Roller Bearing (调心滚子轴承)
• Single-Direction Thrust Ball Bearing (单向推力球轴承)
• Double-Direction Thrust Ball Bearing (双向推力球轴承)
• Thrust Cylindrical Roller Bearing (推力圆柱滚子轴承)
• Thrust Tapered Roller Bearing (推力圆锥滚子轴承)
• Thrust Self-Aligning Roller Bearing (推力调心滚子轴承)
• Four-Point Contact Slewing Bearing (四点接触式转盘轴承)
• Double-Row Angular Contact Slewing Bearing (双排角接触式转盘轴承)
• Crossed Roller Slewing Bearing (交叉滚子式转盘轴承)
• Three-Row Cylindrical Roller Slewing Bearing (三排圆柱滚子式转盘轴承)
• External Gear Six-Row Cylindrical Roller Slewing Bearing (外圈带齿六排圆柱滚子转盘)
• Spherical Plain Bearing (关节轴承)
• Adapter Sleeve (紧定套)
• Adapter Sleeve Inner Liner (紧定衬套)
• Withdrawal Sleeve (退卸套)
• 18MW Offshore Wind Turbine Main Shaft Bearing (18兆瓦海上风电主轴轴承)
• 4000-Ton Full-Terrain Crane Slewing Bearing (4000吨全地面起重机回转支承轴承)
• Large Marine Vessel Wind Sail Bearing Unit (大型船舶风帆轴承单元)
• High-End Marine Transmission System Bearings (高端船舶传动系轴承)
• Comprehensive Wind Power High-End Bearing Solutions (全系列风电高端轴承解决方案)
• Sensor-Embedded Integrated Smart Bearing Key Technology (传感器内嵌式一体化智能轴承关键技术)
• KRW Brand Bearings (KRW品牌轴承)

Quantifiable outcome

• 瓦轴精密传动轴承公司智能工厂建设：生产效率提高35%，运营成本降低26%，研发周期缩短37%，产品质量一致性提高33%，能源消耗减少31%
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• 华为技术有限公司coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2026华为中国区ICT规划和咨询部参与瓦轴业务管理数智化转型顶层规划项目，华为派驻顾问专家进行变革领导力分享和项目实施方案介绍，项目签约营销、生产、采购和数据架构四个业务组。
• 泰尔重工股份有限公司coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025瓦轴荣获泰尔重工「战略供应商」奖，双方签订战略合作协议，在高端制造领域开展深度合作，共同推动产业链优化升级。
• KRW公司（德国）coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 20252013年瓦轴集团并购德国百年轴承公司KRW，获得KRW品牌在欧洲市场的运营权，2025年持续运营，成为ZWZ和KRW双品牌战略的重要组成部分。
• 金风科技、南高齿、运达股份、东方电气、上海电气、弗兰德、三一重能minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 20252025北京国际风能大会期间，公司领导与金风科技、南高齿、运达股份、东方电气、上海电气、弗兰德、三一重能等国内外知名主机企业代表交流互访，围绕行业发展趋势及未来合作进行深入交流，达成诸多共识。
• 英国Romax公司coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2017瓦轴与英国Romax公司成立「全球轴承联合仿真技术中心」，开展轴承仿真计算合作，提升产品设计能力和研发水平。
• 英国Taylor Hobson公司coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2015「瓦轴—泰勒联合实验室」挂牌运行，与英国泰勒霍普森公司合作开展精密检测与测量技术研究。

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves19 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Schaeffler: German bearing and automotive supplier (INA, FAG, Ruville). Competes head-on in industrial, rail, and automotive bearing segments served by ZWZ; one of the foreign incumbents ZWZ is displacing in high-end applications.
• NTN: Japanese bearing and driveline manufacturer. Competes in wind power main shaft and gearbox bearings — the very segment where ZWZ has secured recent 'firsts' — as well as automotive and rail markets.
• Timken: US-based engineered bearings and power transmission specialist. Overlaps with ZWZ in heavy-duty industrial, metallurgy rolling mill, and wind/rail applications.
• NSK: Japanese rolling bearing and automotive components maker with significant presence in industrial machinery, automotive, and wind. Direct product overlap with ZWZ in machine tool, gearbox, and automotive bearings.
• Nachi-Fujikoshi: Japanese manufacturer of bearings, cutting tools, and machine tool components. Overlaps with ZWZ in machine tool spindle bearings, high-speed precision bearings, and specialty industrial applications.
• SKF: Sweden-based global rolling bearing and motion control leader. Direct overlap across ZWZ's industrial, automotive, and wind bearing lines; the benchmark incumbent ZWZ is attempting to localize against.
• JTEKT: Japanese bearing (Koyo brand) and steering systems maker. Competes in automotive hub bearings, power steering, and industrial bearings overlapping with ZWZ automotive bearing division.

Direct peers

• Luoyang LYC Bearing: Domestic Chinese state-owned bearing manufacturer. Closest direct China peer to ZWZ, with overlapping product range in large-scale industrial, wind, and rail bearings; competes head-to-head in Chinese OEM bids.
• Harbin Bearing (HRB): China-based bearing manufacturer spun off from the same1938 Manchurian Bearing origin as ZWZ. Direct domestic competitor in industrial, railway, and general-purpose bearings.
• C&U Group: Major privately-held Chinese bearing manufacturer. Competes directly with ZWZ in automotive, electric motor, and small-to-medium industrial bearings; private-sector counterpoint highlighting ZWZ's SOE governance constraints.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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