Archive for 2002

An efficient approach to high performance component production

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In the development of a steel family for high-performance environmentally friendly engineering applications, reduced total manufacturing costs and enhanced performance have been the main design criteria.The new steel family developed by Ovako Steel in Sweden, a subsidiary in the SKF Group, has been designated Ovatec, which is a registered trademark, and the steels are patent-protected. The reason behind the development effort is that billions of engineering components used in heavily...
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E-Truck (2)

E-Truck revolutionises the future of industrial vehicles

Combine hydraulic-free operation with highly sophisticated mechanical and electronic components, package them in a concept forklift, and you’ve got the...

Leading-edge logistics

Leading-edge logistics

The outmoded image of warehousing is about the only thing gathering dust at BSL, an industrial supplier with a distribution...

Bold Design

Bold Design

Gardner Denver Oy of Finland is a major supplier of screw compressors and compressor components. A cornerstone of this business...

Ross Brawn on SKF

Ross Brawn on SKF

On the relationship: Our partnership with SKF is very important. We’re looking at improvements in every aspect of technology, and...

Logistically speaking

Logistically speaking

Getting the logistics right is a crucial part of Ferrari’s Formula One game plan.When Michael Schumacher takes the chequered flag...

Ferrari’s winning secrets

Ferrari’s winning secrets

Ferrari’s F2002 Formula One car is rated as “probably the best technical package in 10 years.” Evolution tries to uncover...

Master strategist Ross Brawn

Master strategist Ross Brawn

“Certainly there’s huge passion among the people here. The Italian culture is one of passion and emotion, and that’s a...

The direct approach

The direct approach

For such companies as Bearing Belt Chain in Nevada, immediate service is the key to keeping customers. Now, since the...

Paper in the pink

Paper in the pink

A complex logistics system ensures that the pink paper that is distinctive to London’s Financial Times makes it from the...