Industry

Making life easier with a handy move

Belgium’s Handi-Move International, a manufacturer of lift and care systems, is looking to fill the needs of ageing populations and disabled people [...]
Design,Linear motion,Medical and Health Care,
Industry

Heavy lifting

At SSAB’s sheet steel mill in Luleå, Sweden, great care is given to the 15 overhead process cranes that transport and tip 100-tonne ladles of molten [...]
Condition monitoring,Metal industry,Reliability,
Industry

Søren Hermansen – Island hero

  In 2009, Søren Hermansen was named one of the winners of the Göteborg Award for Sustainable Development for his outstanding efforts in creating the [...]
Electrical,Energy and sustainability management,Wind,
Industry

Wind industry service centre and global technical centre in Shanghai

The SKF Asia Pacific wind industry service centre was inaugurated at the SKF Solution Factory in Shanghai, China, in April 2010. This is the third [...]
Condition monitoring,Engineering consultancy,Engineering tools,Maintenance,
Industry

Investment in new forests in China

A framework agreement has been signed by SKF and the State Forestry Administration in China for SKF to invest in the planting of new forests in [...]
Sustainability,
Industry

The company that sailed over Catch-22

Seaway Group in Slovenia is one of the world’s leading boat development companies. It’s also a company that doesn’t take no for an answer. Joseph [...]
Design,Linear motion,
Industry

The race is on

Stock car racing has found fertile ground in Brazil, in 2009 generating 400 million Brazilian reais (178 million euros) in revenues and more than [...]
Design,Hub units,Racing,