In the 1960s, the company completed nine acquisitions, including The Torrington
Company in 1968. In 1985, the Fafnir Bearing Division of Tex tron was purchased and merged
with Torrington. Those acquisitions made Ingersoll-Rand (IR) the largest U.S. bearing
manufacturer. Over the ensuing 20 years, IR continued in acquisition mode until, in 2002, the
company consisted of four segments: Climate Control, Industrial Solutions, Infrastructure, and
Security and Safety.