Archive for 1998
Unearthing mining trends
Mine your mind
It's after lunch at Hreod Parkway secondary school in Swindon, west of London. Thirty-five children of mixed abilities are silent...
The art of silence
It's like a dream. Sailing on a cruise ship in the Caribbean. Surrounded by gorgeous settings, you decide to spend...
Interactive bearing selection
The new SKF Interactive Engineering Catalogue on CD-ROM has been released. It is based on the contents of the SKF...
Industrial intelligence
SKF Condition Monitoring equipment used by Iggesund Paperboard in Workington, U.K., has proved invaluable by providing advance warning of an...
Ovako Steel invests for the future
Ovako Steel, a fully owned subsidiary of SKF, has built a new tube mill in Hofors, Sweden. Commissioned in May...
Spindles see major change
SKF has acquired Russell T. Gilman Inc., one of the leading producers of spindles for machine tools in the United...
New President and CEO of SKF
The board of directors of the SKF Group has appointed Sune Carlsson president and chief executive officer of SKF....
Rods and bearings in space
Bearing applications can sometimes be out of this world. Take the European space pro-gramme Ariane. Sarma, a speciality products division...
New awards
May 1998 was a rewarding month for the SKF Group. First, packaging and processing giant Tetra Pak awarded SKF its...
