Established in 1857, the Barnes Group consists of three businesses. Barnes Distribution is an international full-service distributor of maintenance, repair and operating supplies. Barnes Distribution offers more than 50,000 regularly stocked products to a diverse customer base in North America, Europe and Asia through a sales force of more than 1,500 professionals. Associated Spring is one of the world s largest manufacturers of precision mechanical and nitrogen gas springs and is a worldwide supplier of retaining rings and injection-molded plastic components that are used in a variety of original equipment manufacturer applications. Barnes Aerospace produces precision machined and fabricated components and assemblies for OEMs of turbine engines and airframes for commercial, military and business aircraft, as well as land-based industrial gas turbines. The Barnes Group is headquartered in Bristol, Conn.