Barden Corporation, The

barden was founded by theodore barth and carl norden (hence the name "bar-den") in 1942 to make precision ball bearings for the norden bombsight. the bearings they manufactured were of exceptional quality, featuring tolerances beyond the scope of the technology then available. in 1991, barden became affiliated with fag, and now forms the nucleus of the schaeffler's aerospace division. included are facilities in schweinfurt, germany (fag aerospace gmbh & kg co.), stratford, ontario, canada (fag aerospace inc.), winsted, connecticut (winsted precision ball company), plymouth, england (barden u.k. limited), singapore [fag aerospace (singapore) pte. limited], and taicang, jiangsu province, china [schaeffler aerospace bearings (taicang) co., limited]. today, barden/fag/schaeffler continues to meet the challenge of manufacturing and repair to aerospace, space and super-precise/super-critical tolerances, and is recognized as an industry leader in this achievement. as an as 9100 certified comp