Antifriction Components – a UK distributor of bearings and power transmission products – has acquired independent Scottish distributor, Scots Bearings Ltd, in a seven-figure deal. The combined business will be the largest specialist distributor of critical moving parts in Scotland, with seven sites across the country. Scots Bearings’ founder David Jackson will continue in his role as managing director. Founded in 1986, Scots Bearings employs 60 staff at its headquarters in Aberdeen and other sites in Glasgow, Dundee, Inverness and Irvine.

Antifriction Components, based in Bristol, now has 19 sites across the UK.

More information www.antifriction.co.uk