In 2026, Hartford Technologies turns 100, the same year the United States marks its 250th. Two milestones built the same way: one part, one decade, one standard held without compromise.
Two Milestones, One Method
Hartford got its start in 1926, when the country was 150 years old. A century later, America turns 250 and Hartford turns 100. We have spent a century of those two and a half-centuries making the precision balls, pins, rollers, bearing components, and custom assemblies that keep larger systems running. Parts most people never see, inside products millions rely on every day.
What 100 Years Holds You To
A century in precision manufacturing is not a tagline. It is a standard you have to hold every day or lose.
That standard is a 0 PPM defect rate, backed by ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and IATF 16949 certification and a quality system Hartford owns end to end. It is custom components across more than 10 materials, from chrome and stainless steel to tungsten carbide, brass, glass, and plastic. It is the reason OEMs and Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers have trusted Hartford with production-volume work for generations, because a part that fails is not an option at their scale.
When you have done this for 100 years, you stop guessing. You know.
Brands that trust Hartford Technologies
Built in 1926. Built for Now.
The companies that last adapt without losing what made them good.
Hartford Ball and Hartford Bearing merged to become Hartford Technologies in 2003. The model that carries us into the next century pairs U.S. engineering, quality control, and customer ownership with global manufacturing. U.S. quality at global cost efficiency. What has not changed since 1926 is the obsession with getting one small part exactly right, at the volume our customers need, every time.
That is how a company founded in 1926 is still the partner manufacturers call in 2026.
A Message From Hartford Technologies Leadership
100 Years. Built One Precise Part at a Time.
In 2026, Hartford Technologies turns 100, the same year the United States marks its 250th. We do not take the symmetry lightly. Both milestones are made of the same thing: showing up every day and holding a standard, decade after decade, until the years add up to something rare.
When we started in 1926, we made precision balls and bearings in Hartford, Connecticut. A century later, we make precision balls, pins, rollers, bearing components, and custom assemblies for manufacturers around the world. The products have grown more complex and the tolerances tighter. The standard behind them has not moved: a 0 PPM defect rate, owned end to end, on every part we ship.
A milestone like this belongs to more than one company. It belongs to the customers who trusted us with production-volume work and held us to it. To the OEMs and Tier 1 and Tier 2 partners who built us into their supply chains and counted on us not to fail. To the engineers and operators across our U.S. and global operations who treat one small component as if everything depends on it, because for our customers, it often does. Thank you. You are the reason there is a 100th anniversary to mark.
The model that carries us forward pairs U.S. engineering and quality control with wholly owned global manufacturing: U.S. quality at global cost efficiency. It is how a company founded in 1926 stays the partner manufacturers call in 2026.
A century in, we are not looking back for long. The next 100 years of precision components are already on our floor. We would be glad to build yours.
Bob Stanko
Executive VP and GM
The Next 100
America at 250 and Hartford at 100 are not finish lines. They are what consistency compounds into.
The automotive, medical, industrial, agricultural, electronics, and defense customers who depend on our components are building the next century right now. We intend to be inside those parts, exactly as we have been for the last hundred.
