Also known as Swedish ball bearing factory
AB SKF (, 'Swedish Ball Bearing Factory') is a Swedish bearing and seal manufacturing company founded in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1907. The company manufactures and supplies bearings, seals, lubrication and lubrication systems, maintenance products, mechatronics products, power transmission products, condition monitoring systems and related services globally.
Key facts
- Company.logo
- SKF logotype blue 2025.svg
- Company.image
- Gotaholm.png
- Company.image_caption
- Headquarters of SKF in Gothenburg, Sweden (2020)
- Company.logo_size
- 235px
- Company.name
- AB SKF
- Company.industry
- Manufacturing
- Company.type
- Publicly traded Aktiebolag
- Company.traded_as
- OMX Stockholm 30
- Company.location
- Gothenburg, Sweden
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.key_people
- Hans Stråberg (Chairman)Rickard Gustafson (President & CEO)
- Company.revenue
- (2021)
- Company.operating_income
- (2021)
- Company.net_income
- (2021)
- Company.assets
- (2021)
- Company.equity
- (2021)
- Company.num_employees
- 42,602 (end 2021)
- Company.owner
- FAM AB (14%; 29.3% votes)
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1907
- Location
- Gothenburg, Sweden
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.471257.2 · ISNI 0000 0001 1482 2994
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.skf.com
- Image
- 1950s ball bearing 129 HA by Swedish company SKF made in Sweden.jpg
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- Commons category
- SKF
- inception
- 1907-00-00
- Commons gallery
- SKF
- social media followers
- 46000
- carbon footprint
- 3177856
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Invention of ball and roller bearings
- Initial growth and expansion
- World War II to the present day
- Present day business
- Products
- SKF India
- Business excellence
- See also
- Gallery
- References
- External links
AB SKF (, 'Swedish Ball Bearing Factory') is a Swedish bearing and seal manufacturing company founded in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1907. The company manufactures and supplies bearings, seals, lubrication and lubrication systems, maintenance products, mechatronics products, power transmission products, condition monitoring systems and related services globally.
SKF is the world's largest bearing manufacturer and employs 44,000 people in 108 manufacturing units. It has the largest industrial distributor network in the industry, with 17,000 distributor locations encompassing 130 countries. SKF is one of the largest companies in Sweden and among the 2000 largest public companies in the world.