The Hardware City will lose a symbol of its heritage as an industrial power in March when an auctioneer’s gavel signals the sale of the last of the Fafnir Bearings plants. “It’s the passing of an era, ...

Fafnir Bearing Company began with the dawn of the century in which its ball bearings were used to smooth the spinning wheels of industry, war and space exploration. Now, with a vote of New Britain’s ...