Established as Bell Detroit Diesel, Inc. by A. Arnold Bell
- Distributor for GM Detroit Diesel engines and Allison transmissions
- AOR Connecticut and central Massachusetts
- Retail and wholesale parts and service were the core businesses
Founded in 1967 as Bell Detroit Diesel
Bell Power Systems has been one of the nation’s leading authorized distributors of John Deere diesel engines since 1989.
Bell Power Systems has been a leading distributor of Yanmar Industrial Diesel engines since 2005. Our sales territory covers the eastern United States from Maine to Virginia as far west as New York and Pennsylvania. In 2012 Bell Power Systems became a part of the Superior Diesel group. Together, we specialize in providing value-added diesel engine packages, service parts, and drivetrain components to original equipment manufacturers and dealers for off highway equipment applications.
At Bell Power, our mission is to provide not just engines but comprehensive solutions that empower your operations. With a focus on customization, integration, and sustainability, we continue to be a trusted partner in driving success across various industries.
Even More for Your Engine
Our mission is to offer our customers technological solutions tailored to their specific energy and power needs.
Our team’s combined knowledge allows us to offer a consulting service dedicated to the sale of diesel engine parts, engines, generators and transmission products.
Our engineering department features design experts who can adapt the equipment to your usage requirements.
Our journey
Timeline
Opened Apparatus Services
- Sold new fire apparatus including Hahn, FMC, Grumman and Salisbury
- Complete service and rebuild
- Detroit Diesel/Allison repowers
Became Bell Power Systems, Inc.
- Sold off Detroit Diesel business
- Maintained Apparatus Services until market collapse
- Became Northeast distributor for John Deere engines
- Dedicated to wholesale value-added John Deere power units, gensets and machine repowers
- AOR expanded 2 times to include Maine to Eastern Maryland
- Introduced New England to John Deere Marine engines in 1990
- Engines were well received by Maine fishermen
- Became #1 marine distributor in North America
Moved operations to current location in Essex, CT
- Moved operations from Rocky Hill, CT as an improvement measure for a facility better suited for production and warehousing.
- Positioned the company for growth with the purchase of the Virginia and Eastern Maryland AOR
Signed distributor contract with Yanmar America
- Industrial engine distributor for same AOR as John Deere
- Expanded Yanmar AOR to Western NY and Pennsylvania 2008
- Grew Yanmar business in 2009 to include US military contract sales
Moved into new building
- 50,000 square feet
- Paint booth
- Dyno room
Bell Power was sold to Superior Diesel of Wisconsin
- 12,000 square foot addition
- Additional production and warehousing
- Streamlined production flow
- Added engineering resources
- Added Zenith Power Product spark ignited engines to our portfolio
- Established Product Managers and Lead Engineers for each engine product offering
- Established a specialized Marine group: project management, sales and engineering specializing in marine markets
About us
Our Team
01 Engines
Sale of new and used diesel engines, custom parts and solutions.
See more02 Generators
Sale of new and used diesel generators, parts and custom design according to your needs.
See more03 Power transmissions
Sales of power transmission products for all your types of diesel engines.
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