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Employing twenty-five people and a small dog,
the company manufactures
Woodex oil-impregnated wood bearings and Original
MECO dry-running shaft seals. Our fully-equipped
plant blends manually-operated, conventional machine
tools with modern, numerically-controlled equipment
in a 17,000 square foot manufacturing facility, formerly home to some 15,000 chickens.
Woodex emphasizes top-quality design and manufacturing
and first-rate customer service, and we are proud to
mark our products "Made in Maine". Woodex began life
in 1908 as a trademark of The Neveroil Bearing Company,
which described Neveroil's oil-impregnated wood bearings.
Later renamed The
Wakefield Corporation, the company transitioned
to powdered metal fabrication, and the Woodex trademark
and shop were sold in 1966. Relocated in Robinhood,
Maine, the shop became Woodex Bearing Company, Inc.
After a change of ownership in 1980, Woodex moved to
its current location on the Bay Point Road in Georgetown,
Maine.
All manufacturing processes for Woodex bearings and
MECO shaft seals are contained in our Georgetown facility. Woodex believes in working closely with our customers, and we cordially invite customers who find themselves on the southern Maine coast to visit our plant. Woodex is closely involved with the community, and funds
an annual
scholarship for deserving Georgetown students. We
are also enthusiastic supporters of the
United Way of Midcoast Maine.
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