SKFINDIA

SKF India is specifically a part of the SKF Group, which is a leading global supplier of rolling bearing and seals. And with a spectrum of products, the company also offers extensive solutions and services in this specific area. Since the last century, it has grown from being a bearings manufacturer to being a systems/sub-systems and also a solution provider. It is being represented in more than 130 countries and has about 15,000 distributor locations in the whole world. In 1997, the CR Seals India also established a plant in Bangalore, and that went on to become the SKF Sealing Solutions India, which is currently a part of SKF in India. Also, SKF Sealing Solutions rechristened to the SKF Technologies (in India), which is an INR 600 million company and it serves clients in three segments such as automotive, industrial, and bearings. The Company is also expanding its production capacities by establishing a new plant located at Haridwar.

In 1923, the company started trading operations in Kolkata, India and since then its operations have been consolidated into the SKF India. Also, it has several manufacturing plants located in Bangalore and Pune. It also has an associate company known as SKF Technologies (India) Pvt Ltd that provides the sealing solutions.

The Company has a dedicated Application Development Center located at Bangalore that is responsible for customizing both products & services to the needs of each client. In November 2004, the center was being established, and since then, it has been a stalwart for the development of both new products as well as solutions in the shortest possible time and at the lowest possible cost for providing products and services that create customer value.

Its two manufacturing plants are located at Bangalore in Karnataka and Pune in Maharashtra, along with an installed capacity of manufacturing about 100.1 mn units of bearings as well as 3.9 mn units of textile machinery components. It also provides services that include lubrication systems management services, maintenance, among others. In ‘06, bearings also contributed about 94% of the company’s revenue. It has its presence in the US, Asia, and Europe and exports to countries in such continents. In CY06, the exports contributed about 5% of its revenue.

SKF India provides products, solutions, and services in the areas of rolling bearings, seals, mechatronics, services, and lubrication systems. The company manufactures different types of bearings, linear motion products, seals including roller bearings, housings, bearing units, industrial & hydraulic seals, spindles, high precision bearing, actuation systems, electrical actuators, and rolling bearing steel that are used in the wheels of cars and trucks.

Its business is being divided into four categories, such as: