A & W Bearings & Supply Co., Inc., founded by Arthur and Winnie Hensarling, opened its doors on January 2, 1976. Since that first day of business, the Company has been committed to serving the bearing and power transmission needs of its customers. As our business has grown, A&W Bearings has seen its market expand from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex throughout Texas and beyond. Now, we have customers in every State in the USA as well as many countries around the globe. The Company has also increased its locations to better serve its customers. Late in 1976 a store was opened in Garland to serve one of DFW’s growing industrial areas. In 1997, A&W expanded into East Texas by opening a store in Nacogdoches, Texas.

Both the sales staff and the support staff of A&W Bearings are unparalleled in the bearing and power transmission industry when it comes to knowledge, experience and service. The experience of our sales force is measured in decades for individuals and in centuries for the combined staff. Virtually every problem that could present itself to your business has already been successfully handled by our people.

Our guiding business philosophy and mission is to provide the best industrial supplies and service we can to our customers at the most cost-efficient price for them and us. While we want to provide the best service at competitive prices, we also recognize the need to make a reasonable profit on our sales so that our people can make a good living and are proud of the contribution each one of them makes to both our success and the success of our customers.

A&W Bearings, our people and our philosophy combine to bring you the best service in the bearings and power transmission industry at prices which will keep your business running. We are proud of all our manufacturers and our associations, including our ownership interest in the Independent Distributors Cooperative-USA, which gives us a major warehouse facility in Indianapolis to complement our presence in Texas.