Bearings Distributors Weskus started trading on the West Coast in January 2003 as the FAG Franchise for the area (the area was previously serviced by us through the FAG Cape Town Franchise). After FAG was globally taken over by the Schaeffler Group in 2005, all the FAG Franchises in South Africa were dissolved and hence we started trading as Bearings Distributors (Pty) Ltd (established in South Africa in 1953 ).