From the racetrack to the streets

Motorsport design
While motorsport has long influenced road vehicle design in both aesthetics and performance, the extreme test environment of Formula 1 now plays a critical role in developing fuel-saving technologies for the road.  Since 2009, Formula 1 teams have been shaving a few tenths of a second from their lap times with KERS (kinetic en­ergy recovery system) technology, which recovers the energy generated by braking and uses it to attain higher speeds....
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About Outlook

The Outlook section takes a broader view; what we write about here may not have a direct impact on SKF or your company. Nevertheless, the content is interesting and good to know, and it might turn out to be essential for your business in the long-term.

A triple win

Universities and businesses are not the only beneficiaries of the increasing academia-industry collaboration. Students also benefit, finding themselves better prepared...

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The age of uncertainty

Accounting giant KPMG has published a report on how businesses should navigate an increasingly complex – and decreasingly predictable – future. Sure,...

Got ambition? Get a coach

Got ambition? Get a coach

Evolution looks into the growing business  trend of executive coaching. Twenty years ago, using an executive coach carried a stigma. It...

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Tomorrow’s tech

The ever-accelerating pace of technological change raises ­questions about where we will be 25 years from now. Evolution asked two leading...

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Embracing excellence

Around the world, business leaders are increasingly focusing on the concepts and criteria of business excellence as a way to...

The sweet smell of garbage

The sweet smell of garbage

The adage that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure has never rung truer than it does today. Recycling has always...

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Green side up: China strives to be world leader in eco-cities

People tend to pollute, and large numbers of people ­living in close quarters tend to pollute on a large scale....

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Debt – the sword of Damocles

After the recent global economic downturn, countries around the world are struggling to bring down their level of debilitating debt. It’s...

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Lights out – The end nears for the incandescent light bulb

It has been a fixture of Western culture, brightening the lives of billions of people for the past 140 years....