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Weaving through a global marketplace

In a regional outpost in southeastern Australia sits a company that has revolutionized carpet sampling around the world. The Australian townof [...]
Design,Linear motion,Machinery and equipment,
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Keeping the house from falling

In today’s hard-pressed paper industry, downtime is one of a plant manager’s main enemies. Norampac, in Niagara Falls, knows how to keep its machines [...]
Condition monitoring,Other industry,Reliability,
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Muhammad Yunus – Banker to the poor

Muhammad Yunus has lifted millions out of poverty, but he is not resting on his laurels. Social business is next on his agenda. Bangladesh [...]
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One-stop shop for distribution

Belgian Pieter Baudoin began buying bearings from SKF in Belgium in the early 1900s, even before he formed his company, Baudoin. Now, some 85 years [...]
Design,Other industry,Other products and services,
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Increasing and sharing knowledge

In order to increase the number of learning centres and expand outside Europe, SKF in 2006 inaugurated three new college campuses – in Pune, India; [...]
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Building a Chinese brand

Guangdong Ganey Precision Machinery is offering customers the total cost advantage of high-quality air compressors with long service life and high [...]
Cylindrical roller bearings,Design,Machinery and equipment,Other products and services,Training,
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The importance of being – or appearing – local

Globalization is a phenomenon that brings international markets closer to each other. But national boundaries and cultural mores still have an [...]