They changed the name to Motion Industries, according to the founders, "because everything we do moves – we're in the bearing and transmission business.

[5] Its customers cross numerous industries, including aggregate and cement, automotive, chemical and allied products, equipment and machinery, equipment rental and leasing, fabricated metals, food and beverage, iron and steel, lumber and wood, oil and gas, pulp and paper, and rubber products.

[5] Motion has made many acquisitions throughout the decades; a few of the larger ones include Berry Bearing (1993),[9] BC Bearing/US Bearings/Norcan (2010),[10] and Kaman Distribution Group (2022).

[12] In 2012 Donald G. Maynor II, an employee, sued Motion Industries for age discrimination, alleging that the company fired him due to his age in violation of the West Virginia Human Rights Act.

[13] In 2015 Motion Industries sued Superior Derrick Services for $1 million due to non-payment of a portion of a contract for parts delivered between 2011 and 2014.