{
  "icp": {
    "regions": [
      "global"
    ],
    "industries": [
      "robotics",
      "aerospace and defense",
      "industrial automation",
      "medical",
      "material handling",
      "transportation",
      "mobile off-highway",
      "food processing"
    ]
  },
  "itha": "0.1",
  "company": {
    "hq": {
      "city": "Downers Grove",
      "region": "Illinois",
      "country": "US"
    },
    "url": "https://www.thomsonlinear.com",
    "name": "Thomson",
    "domain": "thomsonlinear.com",
    "founded": 1946,
    "same_as": [
      "https://www.linkedin.com/company/thomson-industries-inc"
    ],
    "employees": {
      "max": 5000,
      "min": 1001
    },
    "legal_name": "Thomson Industries, Inc.",
    "description": "Designs and manufactures linear motion components — linear bearings, linear guides, ball screws, screw jacks, and linear actuators — for industrial automation, robotics, aerospace and defense, medical, and mobile off-highway applications. A brand of Regal Rexnord."
  },
  "offerings": [
    {
      "id": "linear-bearings",
      "url": "https://www.thomsonlinear.com/en/products/linear-bearings",
      "kind": "component",
      "name": "Linear Bearings",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "summary": "Ball Bushing and linear slide bearings, including the Super Ball Bushing and Super Smart Ball Bushing lines, providing low-friction linear travel with load capacity dependent on mounting orientation.",
      "extensions": {
        "robotics": {
          "category": "linear_bearing",
          "spec_version": "0.1"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "profile-rail",
      "url": "https://www.thomsonlinear.com/en/products/profile-rail",
      "kind": "component",
      "name": "Profile Rail Linear Guides",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "summary": "Profile rail linear guide systems with ball and roller carriages, spanning the 500 Series, 400 Series, AccuMini, MicroGuide and T-Series product lines.",
      "extensions": {
        "robotics": {
          "category": "linear_guide",
          "spec_version": "0.1"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "roundrail",
      "url": "https://www.thomsonlinear.com/en/products/roundrail",
      "kind": "component",
      "name": "RoundRail Linear Guides",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "summary": "Round-rail linear guide systems combining Ball Bushing bearings with shafting, pillow blocks and slide tables, self-aligning to accommodate torsional misalignment.",
      "extensions": {
        "robotics": {
          "category": "linear_guide",
          "spec_version": "0.1"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "ball-screws",
      "url": "https://www.thomsonlinear.com/en/products/ball-screws",
      "kind": "component",
      "name": "Ball Screws",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "summary": "Ball screw and ball spline product families, including Inch Rolled, Metric Rolled (Thomson NEFF), Metric Precision Plus and Miniature Metric lines, for precision linear positioning.",
      "extensions": {
        "robotics": {
          "category": "ball_screw",
          "spec_version": "0.1"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "screw-jacks",
      "url": "https://www.thomsonlinear.com/en/products/screw-jacks",
      "kind": "component",
      "name": "Screw Jacks",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "summary": "Machine screw jack and ball screw jack product lines for heavy-duty linear motion, including stainless steel machine screw jacks.",
      "extensions": {
        "robotics": {
          "category": "screw_jack",
          "spec_version": "0.1"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "linear-actuators",
      "url": "https://www.thomsonlinear.com/en/products/linear-actuators",
      "kind": "component",
      "name": "Linear Actuators",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "summary": "Electromechanical linear actuator lines, including the Electrak actuator family, used in industrial and mobile off-highway equipment for push/pull linear motion.",
      "extensions": {
        "robotics": {
          "category": "linear_actuator",
          "spec_version": "0.1"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "linear-motion-systems",
      "url": "https://www.thomsonlinear.com/en/products/linear-motion-systems",
      "kind": "component",
      "name": "Linear Motion Systems",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "summary": "Configured linear guide and drive systems combining Thomson bearings, rails and actuation components, presented as options for harsh-environment, high-speed or high-precision applications.",
      "extensions": {
        "robotics": {
          "category": "linear_motion_system",
          "spec_version": "0.1"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "extensions": {
    "robotics": {
      "roles": [
        "component_manufacturer"
      ],
      "service_area": [
        "global"
      ],
      "spec_version": "0.1"
    }
  },
  "updated_at": "2026-08-24"
}