Archive for 2005

Teamwork comes of age

Teamwork im Wandel
Teamwork has long been part of the organizational landscape. Today its definition has broadened to include not just teams within organizations or companies. The new trend is innovation networks with partners other than suppliers or customers. There are hundreds of athletes in the world who excel in a single sport, but relatively few who carry the mantle of the Olympic triathlete: capable of swimming 1,500 metres, biking 40 kilometres and running...
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Steel merger

Steel merger

  SKF and the Finnish companies Rautaruukki and Wärtsilä have signed a "Memorandum of Understanding" expressing their intention of combining business...

SKF at the Hannover Fair in Germany

SKF at the Hannover Fair in Germany

  The SKF Group presented a comprehensive range of products, services and solutions at the Hannover Fair, which took place in...

90 years in Brazil

90 years in Brazil

In January, SKF celebrated the 90th anniversary of the company’s activities in Brazil. The first store was opened in Rio de...

Ferrari cars equipped by SKF

Ferrari cars equipped by SKF

Ferrari’s new vehicles, the Ferrari F430 and Superamerica Convertible, are both using high-performance hub bearing units supplied by SKF. The...

Help to tsunami victims

Following the tsunami catastrophe in Asia in December, companies and individuals from all over the world offered assistance. In Germany,...

Catching the wind

No one knows exactly when or how it happened, but several thousand years ago mankind learned how to harness the...

Pulling power

SKF Maintenance Products in the Netherlands has introduced the new TMBS E series of strong back pullers. This is an...

SARMA gets FAR 145 diploma

SARMA, in France, a company in the SKF Group, has received the United States FAR 145 diploma for its customer...

Mine maintenance

SKF do Brazil has signed a new contract with Vale do Rio Doce Company to supply technology to the predictive...