Rollon

Rollon contact details

Head office

Via Trieste 26
20871 Vimercate (MB)
Italy

Telephone +39 039 62591

Email infocom@rollon.com

Website rollon.com

UK office (Rollon Ltd)

The Works, 6 West Street
Olney, Buckinghamshire MK46 5HR
United Kingdom

Telephone +44 1234 964024

Email ukandireland@rollon.com

Web rollon.com/gbr/en/connect-with-rollon

Germany (Rollon GmbH)

Bonner Straße 201
40589 Düsseldorf
Germany

Telephone +49 211 957470

Email info@rollon.de

Web rollon.com/gbr/en/connect-with-rollon

USA

1070 N Gateway Blvd
Norton Shores, MI 49441
United States

Telephone +1 973 300 5492

Web rollon.com

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Contact details as published by The Timken Company, checked 2026-10-30. Specify Motion is not affiliated with The Timken Company.

Rollon product lines

Who Rollon is

Rollon S.r.l. is an Italian linear motion manufacturer based in Vimercate, near Milan. It started with linear guides and telescopic rails and now makes complete linear actuators and multi-axis systems as well. Rollon’s about page gives about 1,200 employees and 14 manufacturing sites in 11 countries, with 64,000 m² of production area.

For OEM design engineers, Rollon is mainly a source of rodless linear axes: belt-driven units for long, fast strokes, ball screw tables for precision, and rack-and-pinion axes for very long gantries. As a rule of thumb, roller-guided axes such as Uniline and SAB tolerate dirt better than recirculating-ball guides, at the cost of lower stiffness.

History and ownership

Engineer Pino Sacheli founded Rollon in Sesto San Giovanni in 1975. Between 1990 and 2000 the company opened branches in Germany, France, the Netherlands and the USA. In 2001 its Italian headquarters moved to Vimercate, where the plant was later expanded to 15,500 m².

Between 2010 and 2018 Rollon acquired ELMORE, TECHNOCENTER, HEGRA, TMT and T-Race. It also added subsidiaries in China and India and sales offices in the UK and Brazil. The Timken Company acquired Rollon in 2018, the same year a new plant opened in Arcore. Since then Rollon bought the US robot transfer unit maker iMS (2021) and opened a third Italian plant at Agrate (2022). In 2023 Timken acquired Nadella Group and Rosa Sistemi, which now operate within Rollon’s range alongside the Chiavette Unificate, Durbal and Shuton-Ipiranga brands. A new Suzhou facility opened in 2024, and US operations moved to a larger Michigan site in 2025.

Timken also owns Spinea, the Slovak maker of TwinSpin cycloidal reducers.

Actuator portfolio

Rollon groups its actuators by drive. The UK actuator page lists belt-driven, ball screw and rack-and-pinion families, with sizes and data sheets on the myRollon product centre.

Ball screw tables

• The TH is a compact ball screw table for high axial loads in five sizes from 70 to 200. Strokes reach 4,175 mm on the TH200, and screw options run from 8 mm × 2.5 mm to 32 mm × 32 mm. In ISO 5 accuracy class its repeatability is 0.005 mm and positioning accuracy 0.023 mm per 300 mm.
• The TT is a larger ball screw table in sizes 100 to 310, for strokes up to 3 m and positioning accuracy down to 10 µm.

Rollon notes that the TH’s maximum speed depends on screw critical speed and nut speed, so it falls as stroke grows. Our ball screw vs roller screw guide explains how to check this.

Belt-driven axes

• The ELM Plus is a compact belt-driven unit for dirty environments in sizes 50 to 110, with a cleanroom CR version.
• The ROBOT Plus is a rigid, self-supporting belt axis on ball guides, in sizes 100 to 220. It is often used for Cartesian robots.
• Uniline units are compact belt-driven axes. The Uniline A in sizes 40, 55 and 75 reaches 7 m/s and 15 m/s², and the C, E and ED versions reach 5 m/s.
• The SAB is a self-supporting belt axis on polyamide-coated rollers, rated for up to 15 m/s.

Rollon publishes most load and stroke ratings for these units in data sheets rather than on the product pages. For a belt axis, check the permissible belt force and the moment loads on the carriage, not just the headline speed. Our linear actuator sizing guide works through the calculation.

Rack-and-pinion and systems

For very long strokes and heavy gantries Rollon offers six rack-and-pinion families, including PAR, PAS, SAR, AMR, TLS and TEC. Its 2021 purchase of iMS added robot transfer units (seventh axes) to the range.

Linear guides and telescopic rails

Rollon’s original business, linear guides and telescopic rails, is still a separate product line next to the actuators. Its home page describes the company as a linear motion specialist for more than 50 years. The Nadella, Chiavette Unificate, Durbal, Shuton-Ipiranga and Rosa Sistemi brands acquired by Timken now sit within Rollon’s range.

Industries served

Rollon’s belt and screw axes are typical in packaging and handling machines, Cartesian robots and gantries, and automation cells. Cleanroom versions (the ONE system and the ELM Plus CR and ROBOT Plus CR) suit electronics and medical assembly, where particle emission matters.

Global and UK presence

Rollon has its own UK and Ireland office at The Works, 6 West Street, Olney, Buckinghamshire MK46 5HR, on +44 1234 964024 and ukandireland@rollon.com. The German subsidiary, Rollon GmbH, is in Düsseldorf, and US operations are in Norton Shores, Michigan.

Specify Motion and Rollon

Specify Motion is independent of Rollon and Timken, and is not affiliated with either. We can help source Rollon actuators or propose linear axes from our supply network that meet the same published stroke, speed and accuracy figures, confirmed by an engineer. Use find a replacement or our linear actuators hub.

Rollon history: key dates

1. 1975Founded in Sesto San Giovanni by engineer Pino Sacheli
2. 2001Italian headquarters moves to Vimercate
3. 2018Acquired by The Timken Company; new plant opens in Arcore
4. 2021Acquires US robot transfer unit maker iMS
5. 2022Third Italian plant opens in Agrate
6. 2023Timken acquires Nadella Group and Rosa Sistemi, now part of Rollon's range
7. 2024New facility opens in Suzhou, China
8. 2025US operations move to a new facility in Michigan

Rollon linear actuators

Rodless screw actuator

TH

Compact ball-screw linear table in sizes 70 to 200 with strokes up to 4,175 mm (TH200), screw leads from 2.5 to 32 mm and 5 µm repeatability in ISO 5 accuracy class.

Rodless screw actuator

TT

Ball-screw linear table in sizes 100 to 310 for strokes up to 3 m, with positioning accuracy down to 10 µm and repeatability up to ±5 µm.

Rodless belt actuator

ELM Plus

Belt-driven compact linear unit for dirty environments in sizes 50, 65, 80 and 110, with a cleanroom ELM Plus CR version.

Rodless belt actuator

ROBOT Plus

Rigid, self-supporting belt-driven linear unit on ball guides in sizes 100, 130, 160 and 220, also offered as a cleanroom ROBOT Plus CR.

Rodless belt actuator

Uniline

Belt-driven linear units built on Rollon's compact rail and roller guides; the Uniline A in sizes 40, 55 and 75 reaches 7 m/s and 15 m/s², with C, E and ED versions to 5 m/s.

Rodless belt actuator

SAB

Self-supporting belt axis on polyamide-coated rollers in sizes 60 to 250, rated for speeds up to 15 m/s.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Rollon website?

Rollon's website is rollon.com, with a UK section at rollon.com/gbr/en. Product pages and data sheets sit on the myRollon product centre at my.rollon.com, which lists sizes for each actuator and links to configurators and catalogues.

What is Rollon's phone number in the UK?

Rollon's UK office at The Works, 6 West Street, Olney, Buckinghamshire MK46 5HR lists +44 1234 964024 and the email ukandireland@rollon.com. The head office in Vimercate, Italy, is +39 039 62591.

Where is Rollon's headquarters?

Rollon S.r.l. is headquartered at Via Trieste 26, 20871 Vimercate (MB), Italy, where it moved in 2001. It has further Italian plants at Arcore and Agrate.

Who owns Rollon?

Rollon has been owned by The Timken Company, the US bearing and power transmission group, since 2018. Timken has since added Nadella, Chiavette Unificate, Durbal, Shuton-Ipiranga and Rosa Sistemi, which now form part of Rollon's range.

Does Rollon have a UK office?

Yes. Rollon lists a UK and Ireland office at Olney, Buckinghamshire. Its history records UK sales offices being added between 2010 and 2018.

What does Rollon make?

Rollon makes linear guides, telescopic rails and linear actuators driven by toothed belt, ball screw or rack and pinion, plus robot transfer units and multi-axis gantry systems built from them.

Sources

1. Rollon: About us
2. Rollon: Home page
3. Rollon UK: Home page (company footer)
4. Rollon UK: Connect with Rollon (contacts)
5. Rollon UK: Actuator line
6. Rollon UK: Belt-driven linear actuators
7. Rollon UK: Ball screw-driven linear actuators
8. myRollon: TH product page
9. Rollon: TH data sheet
10. myRollon: TT product page
11. myRollon: ELM Plus product page
12. myRollon: ROBOT Plus product page
13. myRollon: Uniline A product page
14. myRollon: SAB product page

Figures are summarised from the sources above and from manufacturers' published data on the date shown. Always confirm against the current datasheet for your exact part.