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The SKF Group – a worldwide corporation

SKFis an international industrial Group oper-ating in some 130 countries and is world leader in bearings.The company was founded in 1907 fol-lowing the invention of the self-aligning ball bearing by Sven Wingquist and, after only afew years, SKFbegan to expand all over theworld.Today, SKFhas some 40000 employeesand around 80 manufacturing facilities spread throughout the world. An international salesnetwork includes a large number of salescompanies and some 7000 distributors andretailers. Worldwide availability of SKFproducts is supported by a com- prehensive technical ad-visory service. The key to success has been a consistentemphasis on maintaining the highest quality of its products and services. Continuous in-vestment in research and development hasalso played a vital role, resulting in many examples of epoch-making innovations.The business of the Group consists of bearings, seals, special steel and a compre-hensive range of other high-tech industrialcomponents. The experience gained in thesevarious fields provides SKF with the essentialknow-ledge and expertise required in order to provide the customers with the most advanced engineering products and efficient service. 6