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Bearings Without Compromise.
R&D, Manufacturing, Sales, and Service
Our mission is to stoke the common good between business and mankind by supplying the world with quality bearings and crafting meaningful partnerships.
Helping you achieve your mission is how we accomplish ours.
Bearings without compromise.
R&D, Manufacturing, Sales, and Service
Our mission is to stoke the common good between business and mankind by supplying the world with quality bearings and crafting meaningful partnerships.
Helping you achieve your mission is how we accomplish ours.
Technology-Focused: ISO and IATF Certifications
We are proud to manufacture our products in accordance with Six Sigma principles and quality management systems including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and IATF 16949.
We continuously invest in advanced machining equipment, professional bearing software, and highly skilled employees. This focus makes WD the customer’s preferred partner for bearing technology.
WD bearings are frequently supplied to OEMs in several industries including material handling, agriculture, construction, pump and compressor, gearbox, electric motor, and more.
Technology-Focused | ISO and IATF Certified
We are proud to manufacture our products in accordance with Six Sigma principles and quality management systems including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and IATF 16949. We continuously invest in advanced machining equipment, professional bearing software, and highly skilled employees. This focus makes WD Bearing Group the customer’s preferred partner for bearing technology.
WD bearings are frequently supplied to OEMs in several industries including material handling, agriculture, construction, pump and compressor, gearbox, electric motor, and more.
Celebrating 22 Years of Bearing Experience in 2022
Precision Bearings Manufactured Entirely In-House
"WD is the bearing manufacturer I wish I found ages ago."
Manufacturing and Quality Control
We source our high-quality 99.98% VIM steel and move it directly into our production facility where grinding, turning, heat-treating, assembly, and washing occurs. Our quality assurance and control teams constantly evaluate our product until they ship to the customer.
Engineering and Local Support
WD Bearing manufacturing headquarters is a 20,000 m² facility with a dedicated 140 m² quality and inspection room. Our engineering labs in Europe and North America extend our quality control, service, and sales to the entire world. Our global footprint affords our customers local support from our sales and service teams anywhere on Earth.
Experience and Partnerships
WD Bearing Group has crafted a team with hundreds of years of engineering experience collectively. Our engineers have developed applications used by NASA on the Mars rover, the construction of the World Trade Center, and numerous bearing-specific applications with popular OEMs around the world.
Our Manifesto to the World
Since 1999, we began to use the WD brand to represent my name to provide high-quality bearings and professional services to customers around the world. In August of 2000, we founded WD with four of my relatives. Throughout more than 20 years of honest management and hard work, we have gained the trust and support of many customers, established deep friendships and long-term cooperation, and established joint ventures with Korean and Italian partners.
Early in our journey, we genuinely believed we could build a team with excellent values and professional capabilities. With this belief, we established three core ideas for competitiveness in world-class service, pursuit of excellence in R&D, and lean operation. Today, we have seen how the adoption of these values and professional capabilities have propelled the success of WD Bearing Group forward and fostered our relationships with every customer.
Combining WD’s development history and business characteristics, we extensively gathered opinions from the team and determined that WD’s core values include three points:
- Customer First
- Co-creation and Sharing
- Integrity and Professionalism
We have only one boss – the customer. Every WD member knows this. We have seen that putting customers first is our greatest advantage. The demands of the customer inform our business processes, organizational structure, and resource investment. In turn, our customers benefit from our in-depth research, acute understanding of application requirements, and individualized design and manufacturing of high-quality bearings. We create even more value for our customers with personalized solutions.
We firmly believe that by creating and sharing together we can accomplish anything. We look forward to working with our members and partners to enhance our core competitiveness and QCD performance through passion, hard work, sincere cooperation, and continuous innovation to create more value for customers together. The success of our customers will naturally drive our success.
We understand that only with integrity and professionalism can we succeed in the bearing industry. Only by insisting on honor and honesty are we able to build our credibility and ultimately gain the trust and support of others. At the same time, it is only with learning and pursuing continuous improvement that we are able to ensure our professionalism and competitiveness while promoting our evergreen enterprise.
We trust that as long as we endure in practicing these core values, time will become our friend and help us to meet a better self!
Looking into the future, we expect to work with each partner to create a better world. There, we trust each other, cooperate deeply, innovate continuously, and develop our potential even further. We can become a global partner of customers’ personalized bearing solutions and stoke the common good between business and mankind by supplying the world with quality bearings and crafting meaningful partnerships.
- Leslie WanDing Cheng
Founder and President of WD Bearing Group
Our Journey so Far
We cater to common needs as well as the specialized. Our journey has allowed us the opportunities to learn the industry like no other.
We are manufacturers with experience forged through steady growth, active partnerships, and customers in both the distribution and OEM worlds.

The WD Team
Explore our Leadership

Leslie WanDing Cheng

Erica Chao

Jake Chao

Arne Koose

Johnson Shen

Zhenshan Qin

Haifeng Ding

Xinglong Lu

Jason Wang

Beau Hallavant

Bill Hoeper

Jeff Zuziak

Nathan Bender

Jim Schaefer

Don Leonard

Jenni Baker

Ryan Zeidi
Leslie WanDing Cheng
With a focus on customer satisfaction, strategy management, and team development, my mission is to understand our customers’ demand and implement the best strategies to develop our capabilities for greater values for our customers.
“Trust the power of vision and good habits.”
LinkedIn: Leslie WanDing Cheng
Erica Chao
“Every human has four endowments: self awareness, conscience, independent will, and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom…the power to choose, to respond, to change” Stephen R. Covey
I had been struggling with career fatigue for nearly 5 years since entering into my 30s. Since then, I have grown mentally from a dependent person to someone with true independence. Today, I choose to work towards achieving a status of interdependence.
I enjoy my work not from the achievements, but from the job itself. I am energized by my devotion to creating tremendous value to the company and society as a whole.
I feel true freedom when I stop thinking about my personal image and instead think BIG.
Email: chao@wd-bearing.com
Phone: (317) 661-3293
LinkedIn: Erica Chao
Jake Chao
Hi, I’m Jake, vice president of WD China. I manage the sales, souring, and R&D team.
Email: Jack@wd-bearing.com
Direct Phone: +8651086557067
Arne Koose
I am a proud US Army veteran and father of five with a Mechanical Engineering Technology degree from Purdue University. My 25 years of engineering, application, and design experience in the bearing industry is for you to take advantage of. I am here to help you make your operation even stronger and more efficient.
I am certified through the Bearing Specialist Association (BSA) where I operate as their technical consultant for the educational services committee and have been relied upon to conduct training for numerous industries such as the Rocky Mountain Ski Lift Association (RMLA) and Electrical Apparatus Service Association (EASA). Some of my applications have made it to the rebuilding of the World Trade Center and even on a Mars Rover.
Email: Arne.Koose@wdbearings.com
LinkedIn: Arne Koose
Johnson Shen
Hi, I’m Johnson, vice president of operations of WD. I manage the production, quality, and HR team.
Email: johnson.shen@wd-bearing.com
Phone: +8651086557067
Zhenshan Qin
I am focused on Research and Development. I am always working to provide personalized bearing technology solutions to our customers.
Email: tech2@wd-bearing.com
Phone: +8651086557067
Haifeng Ding
Hi, I’m Haifeng, the quality director of WD.
Email: qc.dept1@wd-bearing.com
Phone: +8651086557067
Xinglong Lu
I believe there are always more solutions than difficulties.
I am in charge of factory plant planning, capacity planning, and equipment management here at WD Bearing Group. I am always working to improve manufacturing capacity while reducing production costs.
Email: lxl@wd-bearing.com
Phone: +8613771582724
Jason Wang
I’m the sales manager for WD China’s export team. I’m a highly motivated business professional specialized in international sales and business development with 10+ years of experience in bearing industry. I’m passionate about helping you to reach the ultimate goal with my skills and I’d like to be your partner for bearing solutions.
Email: jason.wang@wd-bearing.com
Phone: +8651086557067
Linkedin: Jason Wang
Beau Hallavant
“We are what we repeatedly do,” and our daily habits shape our perspectives and actions. My wife and two boys ignite my passion and craft my principles of positivity and selflessness fueling better business.
You need a reliable partner to support your investigation as bearings are the “heart” of most applications. Your team’s needs for both sales and engineering support are met through years of strategic sales experience and a degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology.
Email: Beau.Hallavant@wdbearings.com
Direct Phone: (317) 282-7737
LinkedIn: Beau Hallavant
Bill Hoeper
Agriculture and Construction
I always treat people the way I would want to be treated- with respect. This was instilled in me by my parents and I, in turn, have tried to be a role model for my children. I believe honesty and hard work can overcome most obstacles.
As someone that has been in the Industrial and Agriculture bearing industry for over 25 years, I am a proven resource for OEMs with challenging applications. Taking care of the customer is my first priority.
Email: Bill.Hoeper@wdbearings.com
Direct Phone: (317) 999-5871
LinkedIn: Bill Hoeper
Jeff Zuziak
Industrial Applications
My passion is building long-lasting relationships with my customers and helping them reach their professional goals. I carry this over into my personal life as well and make sure I am always available for support no matter the situation. Leading by example is the way I roll.
My customers know that I am reliable and listen to their ever-growing challenges. My job is to take those challenges and provide solutions that make sense for their business goals and the growth of their company. Years of industrial OE bearing knowledge allow me to lead by example and make the customer feel comfortable when collaborating.
Email: Jeff.Zuziak@wdbearings.com
Direct Phone: (847) 909-8816
LinkedIn: Jeff Zuziak
Nathan Bender
Aftermarket Specialist
Raising my two wonderful children has always given me drive. No matter if it was coaching their ball teams or just being an ear to vent to., they have taught me to listen and to understand them before continuing to the next step.
Building great relationships with honesty and complete understanding is paramount to me. I pride myself on being the honest go-to supporter for you and your team. With ten years of experience in the operations and logistics world, I am an expert in inventory control, warehouse management, general operations, and, most importantly, customer service.
Email: Nathan.Bender@wdbearings.com
Direct Phone: (317) 661-3293
Jim Schaefer
As a husband of 27 years and father of 4 beautiful children, I have the driving force to overcome any obstacle set before me. They have taught me patience and the ability to listen to all sides of a conflict. I bring those skills with me to work when any issues arise.
I have been in the industry for 17 years, and 10 of those years were spent in Operations and Warehouse Management. I believe building lasting relationships with customers is paramount to a successful business.
I try to always put the customer first, and having a quality team in place helps make everything that much easier.
Email: Jim.Schaefer@wdbearings.com
Phone: (317) 661-3293
Don Leonard
Industrial Applications
I will get to know your operation, mission, and become a valued and reliable part of your team. My past accomplishments have included solid propellant rocket fuel mixer design to marine outboard lower gearcase bearing optimization. And everything in between. My customer’s issues are my issues please give me a call and let’s start our problem-solving journey together.
I am proud husband and father to two incredible children with a BSME degree from the General Motors Institute (now Kettering) with a specialty of machine design. My decades of engineering experience with problem solving, design and applications is here for you to craft the best solution for your needs and not shoehorn you into an existing catalog product.
Email: Don.Leonard@wdbearings.com
Direct Phone: (216) 956-4614
LinkedIn: Don Leonard
Jenni Baker
Being a wife of 20 years and a working mother of 3 amazing young men has taught me to be attentive and organized while juggling multiple tasks. My children have also taught me to be caring, patient, and understanding. I carry these values with me in everything I do.
I have been in the logistics industry for 27+ years. I pride myself on being a proactive hard worker and a team player willing to go above and beyond to help.
I am an expert in providing excellent customer service. I believe that customer needs come first and will work hard to overcome all challenges that may occur.
Email: Jenni.Baker@wdbearings.com
Direct Phone: (317) 661-3293
Ryan Zeidi
Fluid Machinery, Electrical Motor, Agriculture, Oil & Gas
My vision is to contribute to the development of bearing solutions shaping the future of various industries.
Working for more than a decade in the Oil & Gas industry, I enhanced my expertise and gained a comprehensive understanding of Oil & Gas.
I embarked on a more than a ten-year journey in the bearing industry for different industries and applications, such as Fluid Machinery, Renewable Energy, Automotive, Agriculture, and Electric Motors.
In my current role, I handle Sales & Engineering across Europe.
This pivotal position allows me to leverage my technical expertise and provide balance with my interpersonal skills.
By collaborating closely with customers and understanding their specific needs, I ensure the delivery of innovative bearing solutions driving customer satisfaction and business growth.
Email: Ryan.Zeidi@wdbearings.com
Phone: +49 175 457 82 70
LinkedIn: Ryan Zeidi
Trusted. Experienced. Flexible.
Success Testimonials
They listened to my requirements and preferences for the design of my application and were able to offer lots of ideas to meet my needs. One year later, I am confident I have more seasons of use remaining in the bearings.
U.S. Agriculture OEM
WD listened to our requirements when we needed to refresh an aging design following a change in direction. They presented several options with a patiently designed hybrid solution.
European Gearbox OEM
The documentation at WD is clear and precise and the combination of hands on experience there is obviously of a professional nature. I would recommend WD to anyone.
Forklift OEM
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