TB Wood's Incorporated (Brand of Altra Industrial Motion)

TB Wood's is a leading design and manufacturer of mechanical power transmission and process control equipment. TB Wood's Incorporated was founded in 1857 in the United States and was originally a wood-fired oven foundry. In the 1930s, with the introduction of the V-belt drive, TB Wood's became a leading innovator in the belt drive industry. During the 90s, the company became an innovator in the field of mechanical transmission products. In April 2007, TB Wood's was acquired by Altra Holdings, Inc. In December 2007, TB Wood's signed a definitive agreement to sell its e-business to Vacon, a global variable speed disc supplier.

Today TB Wood's corporate headquarters is located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. TB Wood's has subsidiaries in Texas, Canada, Mexico and service centers in Pennsylvania, Nevada, Canada, Mexico. The company is managed by Karl R. Christenson, Michael L. Hurt, Christian Storch and John Kasden. Besides the USA, TB Wood's has branches in Japan, France, Italy and other countries.

The company offers a wide range of products, its assortment is represented: pulleys, elastic couplings, clutches and clutch brakes, drive belts and other products. The main types of TB Wood's products:

• connections
• packs and V-belts
• synchronous disks
• variable speed discs
• couplings
• brakes
• hydrostatic speed variators
• bushings
• Grip® pulleys

Products manufactured by TB Wood's are widely used in various industries:

• paper industry;
• steel industry;
• metalworking;
• mining industry;
• shipbuilding industry;
• timber industry;
• petrochemical industry;
• production of ceramics;
• others.