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THE PURVIS STORY - A TIMELINE

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

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