Bardons & Oliver Inc.

Company Profile

HISTORY: Our company’s first product line was hand operated turret lathes. These were eventually modified and the company gained international recognition for its bicycle hub and piston finishing lathes. Bardons & Oliver continued to grow and evolve with the industry, developing the first large capacity cut-off lathes for the pipe and tube industry. Contract work including special machinery of many kinds became a significant part of the company’s business in the 1950’s and continues to be an important market for Bardons & Oliver today. In the late 1960's Bardons & Oliver introduced automatic turret lathes that featured complete fluidic control of a standard machine tool for the first time in history. Special large capacity CNC turning machines were developed in the 1980's. TRADITION: After more than 100 years of machine manufacturing experience and innovation, Bardons & Oliver has established a tradition of quality, reliability, and customer service. Bardons & Oliver products and services are utilized by a wide range of companies in a variety of industries around the world, including manufacturers of machine tools, mining equipment, oil country equipment and components, fluid power products, transportation equipment, specialty machinery, power transmission equipment, motor vehicles and aircraft. EXPERTISE: Bardons & Oliver employs a fully trained staff of 120 skilled employees including mechanical and electrical engineers, assembly technicians, and machinists with an average of 15 years of experience. That experience combined with a willingness and ability to use today’s technology gives Bardons and Oliver a unique capacity to develop specific machine and software solutions. Bardons & Oliver is located in a state of the art, 100,000 square foot production facility in Solon, Ohio.