The SKF Group provides customers, all over the world, with solutions designed to improve their competitiveness. The Group's main competencies include technical support, maintenance services, condition monitoring and training. SKF also holds an increasingly important position in the market for linear motion products, as well as high precision bearings, spindles and spindle services for the machine tool industry, and is an established producer of bearing steel.

SKF is present with its own factories in more than 20 countries and with sales companies in some 70 countries. Through a global network of distributors and dealers SKF is present in more than 130 countries. Supported by its e-business marketplace and global distribution system, SKF is always close to its customers for the supply of both products and services.

SKF was founded in 1907 and from the very beginning focused intensively on quality, technical development and marketing. The results of the Group's efforts in the area of research and development have led to a growing number of innovations that has created new standards and new products in the bearing world.

The SKF business is organized into five divisions; Industrial, Automotive, Electrical, Service, and Aero and Steel. Each division serves a global market, focusing on its specific customer segments.

Industrial Division
The Industrial Division is responsible for sales to industrial OEM customers, and for the product development and production of a wide range of bearings and related products. The division has specialized business areas for Railways, Linear Motion & Precision Technologies, and Couplings.

Automotive Division
The Automotive Division is responsible for sales to the car, light truck, heavy truck, bus and vehicle component industries and the vehicle service market, and also for product development and production of bearings, seals and related products and service solutions. The products include wheel hub bearing units, taper roller bearings, seals, special automotive products and complete repair kits for the vehicle service market.

Electrical Division
The Electrical Division is responsible for sales to manufacturers of electric motors, household appliances, electrical components for the automotive industry, power tools, office machinery and two-wheelers and also for the product development and production of all deep groove ball bearings and of all bearing seals within SKF. Of the division's total sales, 70% are made through other Divisions.

Service Division
The Service Division is responsible for sales to the industrial aftermarket mainly via a network of some 7 000 distributor locations. The division also supports industrial customers with knowledge-based service solutions to optimise plant asset efficiency. The business area SKF Reliability Systems offers mechanical services, predictive and preventive maintenance, condition monitoring, decision-support systems and performance-based contracts. SKF Logistics Services deals with logistics and distribution both for the SKF Group and external customers.

Aero and Steel Division
SKF Aerospace is responsible for sales, product development and production of bearings, seals and components for aircraft engines, gearboxes and airframes, subsystems for fly-by-wire solutions and also for offering various services including the repair of bearings. Ovako Steel is responsible for sales, product development and production of special steels and steel components for the bearing industry and also for automotive and general engineering customers with demanding applications. SKF Forgings and Rings is responsible for sales, product development and production of forgings and rings to the bearing industry. The main customer is SKF.

Contact details

AB SKF
SE-415 50 Gothenburg
Sweden