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.
OverviewAI-generated
SKF is a company established in 1907. It is located in Gothenburg, Sweden. The organization operates in the ball and roller bearings industry.
The entity maintains an active status. It is classified under the Standard Industrial Classification code 3562. Its fiscal year ends on December 31. The company is identified by the Central Index Key 0000777504.
Synthesized by Vinony from 17 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, SEC EDGAR, ROR. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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
- Instance of
- concern
- Country
- Sweden
- Founded by
- Assar Gabrielsson
- Headquarters
- Gothenburg
- Industry
- metal industry
- Stock exchange
- OTC Markets Group
- Legal form
- aktiebolag
- Official website
- www.skf.com
- Image
- 1950s ball bearing 129 HA by Swedish company SKF made in Sweden.jpg
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- location of formation
- Gothenburg
- Commons category
- SKF
- inception
- 1907-00-00
- Commons gallery
- SKF
- social media followers
- 46000
- replaces
- RIV
- carbon footprint
- 3177856
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “SKF” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.