Here are the key openings and dates in our history - we're proud of our steady growth and expansion since 1945!
1945 – Opened Purvis Bros. Auto Supply by Cecil and George Purvis
1948 – Name changed to Purvis Automotive Supply
1950 – Started Purvis Bearing Service
1954 – Started Plastic Domino Mfg. Co.
1956 – Closed Purvis Automotive Supply
1960 – Moved from 11 th and Franklin to present location in Waco
1972 – Changed from partnership to Purvis Bearing Service, Inc.
1974 – Opened first branch store in Temple, TX
1979 – Opened Corsicana, TX branch
1981 – Opened a motor shop in Corsicana as part of the branch.
1982 – Opened San Antonio, TX branch
1984 – Bought Granbury Bearings in Dallas, TX
1987 – Opened Austin, TX branch
1988 – Bought Power Dynamics Dallas and Ft. Worth, TX
1991 – Opened Pharr (McAllen), TX branch
1993 – Opened El Paso, TX branch
1994 – Relocated the Dallas branch to it's present position
1995 – Relocated the Corporate office to Dallas
Bought A&T Bearings – (Denton, Bridgeport, Graham, Greenville and McKinney)
1996 – Bought Bearing & Chain Supply in Houston, TX (2 locations)
1997 – Bought combined operations of Southwest Bearing, Power Drives and Components, and East Texas Bearing to bring total number of branch locations to 20.
2000 – Started CAPCORP with acquisition of Amerimex in Bryan, TX
Opened Bryan, TX branch
Acquired Commercial Bearings in Texarkana, TX
Opened CAPCORP location in San Antonio, TX
2001 – Opened Stephenville and Wichita Falls, TX branches
Acquired Belting and Accessories in Houston, TX and converted to CAPCORP location
Acquired Bearing and Drives, Little Rock, AR
2002 – Opened Mineral Wells, TX branch
2003 – Opened Stuttgart, AR branch
Opened Beaumont, TX branch
Built and moved branch location in Paris and Nacogdoches, TX
Acquired Trico in Fort Worth, TX and converted to CAPCORP location
Opened Jonesboro, AR branch
2004 – Opened Waxahachie, TX branch
2007 – Acquired Belt Tech, Shreveport, LA
2008 – Opened Carlsbad, NM
Opened Las Cruces, NM
2009 – Acquired Bearing Belt Chain, Las Vegas, NV, Kingman, AZ and St. George, UT
Acquired Bearing Service & Supply, San Angelo, TX
2010 – Opened Batesville, AR
Opened Tulsa, OK and Ardmore, OK
Opened Ft. Smith, AR
Acquired Belt Maintenance Group, Mt. Pleasant, TX
2011 – Opened Phoenix, AZ
Opened Oklahoma City, OK
Opened Blytheville, AR
Acquired Bearing Solutions, Houston, TX and Odessa, TX
2012 – Opened Albuquerque, NM
2013 – Acquired Bates Bearing and Mine Supply, St. Louis, MO and Carlsbad, NM with their 14 locations
2014 – Opened Lafayette, LA
Opened Denver, CO and Grand Junction, CO
2015 – Opened Amarillo, TX
Acquired Animas Bearing & Oilfield Supply, Farmington, NM
Opened Colorado Springs, Co
Opened Purvis Industries, Baton Rouge, LA
Opened CapCorp Baton Rouge, LA
Acquired Industrial Mining Supply, Phoenix, AZ and Elko, NV
Acquired Acadiana Bearing in Lafayette, LA
Opened Casper, WY
Opened Billings, MO