Kingsbury Publishes New Product Overview Brochure

PHILADELPHIA, PA, October 14, 2004 - Kingsbury, Inc., the leading manufacturer of fluid film thrust and journal bearings since 1912, has recently completed the production and printing of a new Product Overview brochure covering the company's entire product line. The brochure is available by request in print form or from the On-Line Catalogs area.

Kingsbury's product portfolio of fluid film babbitted bearings has expanded over the past year by the inclusion of several new product lines, including:

• Magnetic bearings and motors/generators, with the alliance of the French company, S2M.
• Rolling element bearings for harsh environments, with the acquisition of the Messinger Bearings brand.
• A complete line of economical fixed profile and multi-lobe bearings Specialty bearing technologies including new materials for high temperature and process lubricated applications.

The new brochure covers all these new products, as well as the company's core product line of engineered tilt-pad thrust and journal bearings. Kingsbury's historical strengths in research, development and engineering are discussed, as well as the benefits of the company's dedicated Repair & Service Division, which provides field service, repair and retrofit of babbitted bearings of any brand anywhere in the world.