Thordon Bearings' quality processes have earned worldwide recognition. Our Quality Management System is certified to the ISO 9001 standard and a major contributor to our success has always been our focus on listening to our customers, our continuous improvement efforts and precision in manufacturing - our quality team has been a powerful operational influence for over 35 years.
It is the policy of Thordon Bearings Inc. to:
- Develop, design, manufacture and market environmentally responsible products that meet the customer’s requirements and intended use.
- To continually improve the products as well as the processes and services used to deliver them to our customers.
- To be recognized as providing products and service standards which lead the industry.
- To clearly understand our customer's technical and commercial needs and to satisfy those needs with the solution best suited to them.
Thordon Bearings Inc is fully committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace that complies with all applicable standards and regulations for our employees and anyone that may attend our facilities worldwide.
Similar to our commitment to create environmentally friendly products, we have a similar focus in our day to day practice in our office and our plant. Thordon strives to recycle wherever possible, we reclaim our metal scraps from machining, use energy efficient light bulbs and even accommodate employees with electric vehicles so they are able to charge them onsite.
Thordon is proud to maintain several memberships with critical industry associations that align with our core values.
One of Thordon’s core values is the support of philanthropic initiatives in our local community such as funding scholarships for post graduate environmental engineering students at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. Within our company, we offer post secondary education Memorial Scholarships for children of our employees (winners receive $2,000, all others receive $500).
Thordon Bearings donated $150,000 to the Burlington Performing Arts Centre. The building 730 seat main stage theatre as well as a smaller 225 seat studio theatre. Finally, kids learning acting, singing or instrumental music have a place to perform to a large audience in Burlington.
Thordon Bearings donates both money and time to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum where our Chairman, Sandy Thomson, volunteers as Vice Chairman of their Board; other Thordon employees also volunteer their technical abilities.
Thordon Bearings also donated $500,000 in aviation equipment and inventory to Canadore College in North Bay, Ontario as part of a corporate re-structuring where the equipment was no longer required. Thordon has held annual fundraisers for the United Way of Burlington and Greater Hamilton since 1995. Other charities we support include local hospitals (i.e. Joseph Brant in Burlington) Heart and Stroke Foundation, Cancer Society, MS, and Women’s Shelters.