美国KAYDON公司于1941年建立，已经逐渐成为北美最著名的大型球轴承和滚子轴承制造商之一，并且被认为是大型轴承技术的重要先驱者。是世界上薄壁轴承制造商的领导者。轻重量的KAYDON薄壁轴承满足轴承薄壁断面的理想应用。

Kaydon是一家多元化工业制造商，其业务分为三大块：摩擦控制产品（轴承）、速度控制产品和特种产品，包括环境服务。该公司2013年的市场占有率，62%的销售额来自北美，欧洲占24%，亚太地区为12%，其它地区为2%。2012年，Kaydon公司的销售额为4.75亿美元，经调整后的经营利润率约为16%，拥有超过2,100名员工。

KAYDON公司的REALI-SLIM系列薄壁轴承除普通环境外，还适用于苛刻的和腐蚀性环境。可提供轴承内径从1" 到40" 或20 毫米到360 毫米和横断面从3/16" 到1" 的尺寸。KAYDON薄壁轴承可同时提供英制和公制的尺寸, REALI-SLIM系列可提供开式、密封式、不锈钢轴承，另外ULTRA-SLIM系列提供超轻型薄壁轴承。 KAYDON 公司的薄壁轴承的寿命是别的仿制品牌的3.5 倍以上。

KAYDON公司生产的所有产品均可提供ABEC1F(P0)级至ABEC7F(P4)级的各种精度以满足不同的客户需求。KAYDON公司的回转支承及转台轴承在各行业广泛运用，在定制轴承方面KAYDON公司处于世界领先地位。

SKF斯凯孚在2013年10月16日完成了对美国KAYDON凯顿公司的收购。

Kaydon – The newest member of the SKF global family of innovators 

Kaydon Corporation is a leading designer and manufacturer of Kaydon thin section and slewing ring bearings and Cooper split roller bearings. Specialty products include Kaydon custom balls, rings and seals.

Kaydon Corporation is a leading designer and manufacturer of bearings and velocity control products such as industrial shock absorbers, gas springs and vibration isolation products. Its specialty products include custom rings and seals as well as environmental services which includes filters and filtration systems. These products and services are used by customers in a variety of industries such as aerospace, medical, semicon, wind energy, material handling and machine tool. Kaydon is a leader in its product categories, such as split bearings and thin section bearings, with highly engineered, performance-critical products.

Kaydon’s product offer is highly complementary with SKF’s product portfolio and enhances SKF’s offering to its customers worldwide. Kaydon serves a number of segments that are less represented in SKF’s current customer base and provide an opportunity to expand its product offering to those customers.

This extensive offering can be found through the individual site links shown below. You'll find solutions covering a wide range of industries including aerospace, defense, medical, semicon, automation, wind energy, material handling and machine tool.

Combining Kaydon’s unique engineered products and technologies with SKF's broad assortment and global footprint, means even better, more integrated solutions for customers worldwide.