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href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%9A%D0%A4" title="СКФ – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="СКФ" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKF" title="SKF – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="SKF" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svenska_Kullagerfabriken" title="Svenska Kullagerfabriken – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Svenska Kullagerfabriken" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKF" title="SKF – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="SKF" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKF" title="SKF – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="SKF" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A7%D9%81" title="اس‌کااف – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اس‌کااف" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKF" title="SKF – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="SKF" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKF" title="SKF – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="SKF" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKF" title="SKF – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="SKF" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKF" title="SKF – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="SKF" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKF_(azienda)" title="SKF (azienda) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="SKF (azienda)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKF" title="SKF – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="SKF" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKF" title="SKF – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="SKF" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li 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class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">AB SKF</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SKF_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/SKF_logo.svg/235px-SKF_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="235" height="56" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/SKF_logo.svg/353px-SKF_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/SKF_logo.svg/470px-SKF_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="123" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Gotaholm.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Gotaholm.png/220px-Gotaholm.png" decoding="async" width="220" 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Stockholm</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nasdaqomxnordic.com/shares/microsite?Instrument=SSE285">SKF B</a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/OMX_Stockholm_30" title="OMX Stockholm 30">OMX Stockholm 30</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/International_Securities_Identification_Number" title="International Securities Identification Number">ISIN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://isin.toolforge.org/?language=en&isin=SE0000108201">SE0000108201</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://isin.toolforge.org/?language=en&isin=SE0000108227">SE0000108227</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Manufacturing" title="Manufacturing">Manufacturing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1907<span class="noprint">; 118 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1907</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founders</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Sven Wingquist</li><li>Axel Carlander</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Gothenburg" title="Gothenburg">Gothenburg</a>, Sweden</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Worldwide</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Hans_Str%C3%A5berg" title="Hans Stråberg">Hans Stråberg</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman">Chairman</a>)</small><br />Rickard Gustafson <small>(President & <a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a>)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rolling-element_bearing" title="Rolling-element bearing">Bearings</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Seal_(mechanical)" title="Seal (mechanical)">Seals</a></li><li>Lubrication systems</li><li>Maintenance products</li><li><a href="/wiki/Condition_Monitoring" class="mw-redirect" title="Condition Monitoring">Condition Monitoring</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Grease_(lubricant)" title="Grease (lubricant)">Grease</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 81.73 billion <a href="/wiki/Swedish_krona" title="Swedish krona">kr</a> (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-AR2021_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AR2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Earnings_before_interest_and_taxes" title="Earnings before interest and taxes">Operating income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 10.76 billion kr (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-AR2021_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AR2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Net_income" title="Net income">Net income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 7.58 billion kr (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-AR2021_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AR2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Asset" title="Asset">Total assets</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 99.63 billion kr (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-AR2021_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AR2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Equity_(finance)" title="Equity (finance)">Total equity</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 45.37 billion kr (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-AR2021_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AR2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Foundation_Asset_Management_AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Foundation Asset Management AB">FAM AB</a> (14%; 29.3% votes)<sup id="cite_ref-AR2021_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AR2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 47">: 47 </span></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">42,602 (end 2021)<sup id="cite_ref-AR2021_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AR2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>GLOi</li><li>Kaydon Corporation</li><li>Blohm + Voss Industries</li><li>General Bearing Corp.</li><li>Alemite</li><li>Lincoln</li><li>Reelcraft</li><li>+150 other</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://skf.com">skf<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>AB SKF</b> (<a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>: <i lang="sv">Svenska Kullagerfabriken</i>, 'Swedish <a href="/wiki/Ball_bearing" title="Ball bearing">Ball Bearing</a> Factory') is a Swedish <a href="/wiki/Bearing_(mechanical)" title="Bearing (mechanical)">bearing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seal_(mechanical)" title="Seal (mechanical)">seal</a> manufacturing company founded in <a href="/wiki/Gothenburg" title="Gothenburg">Gothenburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>, in 1907. The company manufactures and supplies bearings, seals, lubrication and lubrication systems, maintenance products, <a href="/wiki/Mechatronics" title="Mechatronics">mechatronics</a> products, power transmission products, condition monitoring systems and related services globally.<sup id="cite_ref-AR2016_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AR2016-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>SKF is the world's largest bearing manufacturer<sup id="cite_ref-bearings_market_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bearings_market-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and employs 44,000 people in 108 manufacturing units. It has the largest industrial distributor network in the industry, with 17,000 distributor locations encompassing 130 countries.<sup id="cite_ref-AR2021_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AR2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 4">: 4 </span></sup> SKF is one of the largest companies in Sweden and among the largest public companies in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-forbes_2000_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forbes_2000-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SKF&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/SKF" title="Special:EditPage/SKF">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sven_Wingquist_1926.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Sven_Wingquist_1926.jpg/220px-Sven_Wingquist_1926.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="252" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Sven_Wingquist_1926.jpg/330px-Sven_Wingquist_1926.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Sven_Wingquist_1926.jpg 2x" data-file-width="416" data-file-height="477" /></a><figcaption>Engineer <a href="/wiki/Sven_Gustaf_Wingqvist" title="Sven Gustaf Wingqvist">Sven Wingqvist</a>, co-founder of SKF (1876-1953)</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Invention_of_ball_and_roller_bearings">Invention of ball and roller bearings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SKF&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Invention of ball and roller bearings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Axel_Carlander_1937.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Axel_Carlander_1937.JPG/220px-Axel_Carlander_1937.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="305" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Axel_Carlander_1937.JPG/330px-Axel_Carlander_1937.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Axel_Carlander_1937.JPG/440px-Axel_Carlander_1937.JPG 2x" data-file-width="997" data-file-height="1383" /></a><figcaption>Industrialist Axel Carlander, co-founder of SKF (1869-1939)</figcaption></figure><p>The development of SKF is a significant part of the Swedish and global machine industry development. AB SKF was established in Gothenburg in 1907 with the initial capital and startup project for ball bearing manufacturing of Gamlestadens Fabriker AB, under the guidance of co-owners and members of the board Axel Carlander and Knut Johansson Mark, following the invention of the spherical ball bearing by engineer <a href="/wiki/Sven_Gustaf_Wingqvist" title="Sven Gustaf Wingqvist">Sven Gustaf Wingquist</a>. He was an operations engineer in Gamlestadens Fabriker AB and was then appointed CEO and technical manager in SKF. Industrialist Axel Carlander was the first chairman of the board of SKF from 1907 to 1937 during which time he implemented successful industrial and corporate managerial strategies for the startup and growth of SKF and the establishment of its factories outside Sweden. </p><p>Historically, the machine industry development and industrial production of innovative technical models depend on both engineering and industrial leaders, on the base of their educational, research and professional experience. In this context, the startup and growth of SKF has become possible due to the engineering experience and inventions of Sven Wingquist and the industrial managerial experience and strategies of Axel Carlander. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sven_Gustaf_Wingqvist" title="Sven Gustaf Wingqvist">Sven Wingqvist</a>, at the time a thirty-year-old plant engineer responsible for repairs and maintenance at Gamlestadens Fabriker, was dissatisfied with the performance of the ball bearings then in use. In spring 1907, Wingquist presented a breakthrough: a double row self-aligning ball bearing with a spherical raceway in the outer ring, shared by both rows of balls. This allowed the inner ring to align freely in relation to the outer ring, with no negative impact on the function of the bearing. The new bearing solved the problem associated with misalignment of the shafts and thus did away with the frequent production stops. Self-alignment was particularly useful in the less-than-perfect machinery of the times and in buildings with subsidence problems, which was the case at Gamlestadens Fabriker, since much of the land on which Gothenburg has been built is clay.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On 16 February 1907, Wingqvist applied for Swedish <a href="/wiki/Patent" title="Patent">patent</a> No. 25406, a multi-row self-aligning radial <a href="/wiki/Ball_bearing" title="Ball bearing">ball bearing</a>. The Patent was granted on 6 June in Sweden coinciding with patents in 10 other countries. The new ball bearing was successful from the outset. Three years after SKF was founded, the company had 325 employees and a subsidiary in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>. Manufacturing operations were later established in multiple countries. </p><p>In 1906, Sven Wingquist patented the <a href="/wiki/Self-aligning_ball_bearing" class="mw-redirect" title="Self-aligning ball bearing">self-aligning ball bearing</a>, and in 1907, the multi-row self-regulating radial ball bearing (spherical ball bearing). He graduated <a href="/wiki/%C3%96rebro" title="Örebro">Örebro</a> Technical Elementary School in 1894, whereafter he started working as an engineer in Swedish textile factories, respectively <a href="/wiki/Jonsereds_Fabrikers_AB" title="Jonsereds Fabrikers AB">Jonsereds Fabriker AB</a> from 1896 to 1899 and Gamlestadens Fabriker AD from 1899 onwards. As an operations engineer responsible for repairs and maintenance at Gamlestadens Fabriker AD he sought opportunities to improve the efficiency and endurance of the ball bearings used at the time. Due to that, he was interested in a comparative study from 1902 about ball and plain bearings by professor <a href="/wiki/Richard_Stribeck" title="Richard Stribeck">Richard Stribeck</a> of the <a href="/wiki/TU_Dresden" title="TU Dresden">Institute of Technology</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dresden" title="Dresden">Dresden</a>, Germany. Sven Wingquist invented the first design of combined self-aligning spherical ball bearing. It was a revolutionary upgrade of the first ball bearing design which was invented and patented by Welsh iron-maker <a href="/wiki/Philip_Vaughan" title="Philip Vaughan">Philip Vaughan</a> in 1794 and the first design of self-aligning spherical plain bearing which was invented by Scottish engineer <a href="/wiki/James_Nasmyth" title="James Nasmyth">James Nasmyth</a> around 1840. The historical development of the bearing’s design is a result of revolutionary inventions and upgrades for improvement of their efficiency and endurance as well as broadening the scope of their application to a variety of machine industry sectors. </p><p>In 1917–1919 Arvid Palmgren, who started working as a research engineer in SKF, invented and patented the first design of the double-row self-aligning roller bearing (spherical <a href="/wiki/Roller_bearing" class="mw-redirect" title="Roller bearing">roller bearing</a>), the production of which continues to this day. He graduated in civil engineering at <a href="/wiki/KTH_Royal_Institute_of_Technology" title="KTH Royal Institute of Technology">KTH Royal Institute of Technology</a> in <a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a> in 1916 and became a Doctor of Technology in 1930 with dissertation thesis on the capacity of ball bearings. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Initial_growth_and_expansion">Initial growth and expansion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SKF&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Initial growth and expansion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The startup and growth of SKF depends not only on technical inventions but also on industrial and corporate management strategies and power. Axel Carlander was a co-founder of SKF as a co-owner and member of the board of Gamlestadens Fabriker AB, which corporate policy provided conditions for experimenting with the new bearing models and the startup of SKF, and also he was the first chairman of the board of SKF who applied successful managerial strategies to the company startup and its development during the first 30 years. He graduated from the Gothenburg Trade Institute in 1886 and he is second generation industrialist with education and significant managerial experience in the field of economics, trade and industry. He developed his industrial and corporate strategies as co-founder and chairmen of the board of leading companies in Gothenburg, as co-owner and board member of the trade and textile company Johansson & Carlander and Gamlestadens Fabriker AB; co-founder and first chairmen of the board of SKF (1907– ); co-founder and first chairman of the board of shipping companies Swedish American Mexico Line ‘SAML’ (1911– ) and <a href="/wiki/Swedish_American_Line" title="Swedish American Line">Swedish American Line</a> ‘SAL’ (1914– ); board member of <a href="/wiki/AB_Volvo" class="mw-redirect" title="AB Volvo">AB Volvo</a> (1917– ); chairman of the City Council (1923– ); co-founder, donor and first chairman of Carlanderska hospital (1927– ), as well as board member of other companies, banks, associations and foundations established for the benefit of business and society. SKF grew as a global company because of his successful industrial and corporate managerial strategies for its startup and growth during the first 30 years - for example in 1930 the company had 12 factories with 21,000 employees, two-thirds outside Sweden. </p><p>The main corporate strategies of SKF have always been focused on the development and maintenance of the manufactured bearings and the manufacturing bases. As an exception, in 1917 AB Volvo was established at SKF to construct an innovative type of car with the implementation of new bearings. In 1926, the subsidiary automobile company Volvo was founded as an engineering project by Assar Gabrielsson, Bjorn Prytz and Gustaf Larson, and separated as an independent company in 1935. With this innovative startup project, SKF once again contributed to the Swedish and global machine industry development. </p><p>Axel Carlander was CEO of SKF from 1907 to 1937 and died in 1939. Sven Wingqvist was CEO of SKF from 1938 to 1953. Sven Wingqvist and Marcus Wallenberg were co-founders of <a href="/wiki/Svenska_Aeroplan_Aktiebolaget" class="mw-redirect" title="Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget">Svenska Aeroplane Aktiebolaget</a> (SAAB AB). </p><p>By 1912, SKF was represented in 32 countries and by 1930, a staff of over 21,000 were employed in 12 <a href="/wiki/Manufacturing" title="Manufacturing">manufacturing</a> facilities worldwide with the largest in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, United States. </p><p>SKF began its operations in India in 1923 by establishing a trading outpost in <a href="/wiki/Calcutta" class="mw-redirect" title="Calcutta">Calcutta</a>. The early operations involved the importing of automotive bearings. SKF India Ltd was incorporated in 1961 following a collaboration between AB SKF, Associated Bearing Co. Ltd and Investment Corp. of India Ltd. In 1963, SKF set up its first bearing factory in <a href="/wiki/Pune" title="Pune">Pune</a>, Maharashtra.<sup id="cite_ref-livemint.com_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-livemint.com-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <p><a href="/wiki/Assar_Gabrielsson" title="Assar Gabrielsson">Assar Gabrielsson</a>, SKF sales manager, and <a href="/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Prytz" title="Björn Prytz">Björn Prytz</a>, Managing Director of SKF, were the founders of <a href="/wiki/Volvo" title="Volvo">Volvo</a> AB in 1926. In the beginning, the company functioned as a subsidiary automobile company within the SKF group. SKF funded the production run of the first thousand cars, built at <a href="/wiki/Hisingen" title="Hisingen">Hisingen</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gothenburg" title="Gothenburg">Gothenburg</a>, beginning in 1927. SKF used one of the company's trademarked names: AB Volvo, which derives from the Latin "I roll", with its obvious connotations of bearings in motion. The ownership of Volvo lasted until 1935, when the last shares were divested.</p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:News._Red_Cross_Restaurant_BAnQ_P48S1P05587.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/News._Red_Cross_Restaurant_BAnQ_P48S1P05587.jpg/220px-News._Red_Cross_Restaurant_BAnQ_P48S1P05587.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/News._Red_Cross_Restaurant_BAnQ_P48S1P05587.jpg/330px-News._Red_Cross_Restaurant_BAnQ_P48S1P05587.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/News._Red_Cross_Restaurant_BAnQ_P48S1P05587.jpg/440px-News._Red_Cross_Restaurant_BAnQ_P48S1P05587.jpg 2x" data-file-width="956" data-file-height="607" /></a><figcaption>SKF office in <a href="/wiki/Montreal,_Quebec" class="mw-redirect" title="Montreal, Quebec">Montreal, Quebec</a>, Canada, in 1940</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II_to_the_present_day">World War II to the present day</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SKF&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: World War II to the present day"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>, Sven Wingvist was CEO of SKF and <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Wallenberg" title="Jacob Wallenberg">Jacob Wallenberg</a> was member of the company's board of SKF directors. The Wallenberg-owned ball-bearing multinational, SKF, supplied the German military with ball-bearings and ball-bearing machines, and had a monopoly on it in Europe. SKF also supplied the <a href="/wiki/Allies" class="mw-redirect" title="Allies">Allies</a> with ball-bearings. SKF's ball-bearings were Sweden's most important strategic contribution to German war production. In the spring of 1944, the Swedish government, along with the Wallenbergs, promised the Allies that the export of ball-bearings would cease.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> However, SKF continued to export. When this could not be done legally, the ball-bearings were smuggled to Germany. As late as 1945, SKF sold ball-bearing steel and ball-bearing machines to Hitler. It has been estimated that the supply of ball-bearings prolonged World War II by two years. SKF actively worked to cut off the supply of ball-bearings to the defense industry in the US and instead supplied products from its American factories to Nazi Germany through subsidiaries in South America.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In order to expand its international business, SKF decided in 1966 it needed to use the English language. Senior officials, although mostly still Swedish, all learned English in all major internal documents were in English, the lingua franca of multinational corporations.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1970s SKF embarked on a massive production rationalisation program in Europe. A visionary project, "Production Concept for the 80s" was launched with the aim to run the night shifts practically unmanned. To increase productivity and safeguard the product quality, a continuous, automatic flow of bearing rings was needed, so SKF developed the FlexLink brand. FlexLink created the multiflex plastic chain conveyor system to solve the business requirements. SKF divested FlexLink as a separate company in 1997. </p><p>Today, SKF Group continues to be a global leader in the manufacture and maintenance of increasingly advanced bearings, such as the SKF Explorer and SKF Energy Efficient (E2). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Present_day_business">Present day business</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SKF&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Present day business"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SKF_building_Schweinfurt_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/SKF_building_Schweinfurt_2012.jpg/200px-SKF_building_Schweinfurt_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/SKF_building_Schweinfurt_2012.jpg/300px-SKF_building_Schweinfurt_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/SKF_building_Schweinfurt_2012.jpg/400px-SKF_building_Schweinfurt_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1366" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>SKF building in <a href="/wiki/Schweinfurt" title="Schweinfurt">Schweinfurt</a>, Germany (2012)</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Frame"><a href="/wiki/File:Ball_bearing_self_aligning.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Ball_bearing_self_aligning.gif" decoding="async" width="200" height="185" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="185" /></a><figcaption>SKF self-aligning ball bearing</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SKF_i_G%C3%B6teborg,_den_16_aug_2006,_bild_25.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/SKF_i_G%C3%B6teborg%2C_den_16_aug_2006%2C_bild_25.JPG/200px-SKF_i_G%C3%B6teborg%2C_den_16_aug_2006%2C_bild_25.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/SKF_i_G%C3%B6teborg%2C_den_16_aug_2006%2C_bild_25.JPG/300px-SKF_i_G%C3%B6teborg%2C_den_16_aug_2006%2C_bild_25.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/SKF_i_G%C3%B6teborg%2C_den_16_aug_2006%2C_bild_25.JPG/400px-SKF_i_G%C3%B6teborg%2C_den_16_aug_2006%2C_bild_25.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Old SKF buildings in Gothenburg</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Products">Products</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SKF&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Products"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>SKF sells products within five technology platforms: </p> <ul><li>Bearings and Units</li> <li>Mechatronics</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Automatic_lubrication_system" title="Automatic lubrication system">Lubrication Systems</a></li> <li>Services</li> <li>Seals</li></ul> <p>The SKF Group currently consists of approximately 150 companies, including the <a href="/wiki/Seal_(mechanical)" title="Seal (mechanical)">seal</a> manufacturer <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Rawhide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chicago Rawhide (page does not exist)">Chicago Rawhide</a>. Since its founding, SKF's company headquarters have been located in Gothenburg. One recent<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (November 2023)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> acquisition was that of Economos, part of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Salzer_Holding&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Salzer Holding (page does not exist)">Salzer Holding</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a>-based seal company, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jaeger_Industrial&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jaeger Industrial (page does not exist)">Jaeger Industrial</a> and ABBA, <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwanese</a> manufacturers of <a href="/wiki/Linear_actuator" title="Linear actuator">linear actuators</a>. The company's clients include <a href="/wiki/General_Electric" title="General Electric">General Electric</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Group_PLC" class="mw-redirect" title="Rolls-Royce Group PLC">Rolls-Royce plc</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney" title="Pratt & Whitney">Pratt & Whitney</a>. It also supplies bearings for <a href="/wiki/Ferrari" title="Ferrari">Ferrari</a> <a href="/wiki/Racing" title="Racing">racing</a> vehicles, used in <a href="/wiki/Formula_One" title="Formula One">Formula One</a> races,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is a <a href="/wiki/Sponsor_(commercial)" title="Sponsor (commercial)">sponsor</a> of F1. Then SKF became sponsor of <a href="/wiki/Team_Penske" title="Team Penske">Team Penske</a> in the <a href="/wiki/NASCAR_Cup_Series" title="NASCAR Cup Series">NASCAR Cup Series</a> since 2012, Then in 2017 SKF became as <a href="/wiki/Brad_Keselowski" title="Brad Keselowski">Brad Keselowski</a> sponsor in #2 <a href="/wiki/Ford_Fusion_(Americas)" title="Ford Fusion (Americas)">Ford Fusion</a> and #22 <a href="/wiki/Ford_Mustang" title="Ford Mustang">Ford Mustang</a> in <a href="/wiki/Xfinity_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="Xfinity Series">Xfinity Series</a>, Previously, it is Sponsor of <a href="/wiki/Richard_Childress_Racing" title="Richard Childress Racing">Richard Childress Racing</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Roush_Fenway_Racing" class="mw-redirect" title="Roush Fenway Racing">Roush Fenway Racing</a>, SKF is Sponsor of <a href="/wiki/Ducati_Corse" title="Ducati Corse">Ducati Corse</a> in <a href="/wiki/MotoGP" class="mw-redirect" title="MotoGP">MotoGP</a> since 2015. Another focus area is the energy sector, including wind turbines which generate electricity. </p><p>By 2011, SKF Industrial Market, Regional Sales and Services, made up about 40% of SKF's total sales.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, SKF had a total net sales of 81.73 billion kr.<sup id="cite_ref-AR2021_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AR2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 3">: 3 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="SKF_India">SKF India</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SKF&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: SKF India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>SKF India, established in 1961, is the company's Indian subsidiary.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> SKF India is publicly listed on the <a href="/wiki/National_Stock_Exchange_of_India" title="National Stock Exchange of India">National Stock Exchange of India</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Bombay_Stock_Exchange" title="Bombay Stock Exchange">Bombay Stock Exchange</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company has a large presence in the Indian bearing industry. As of 2021, SKF India has 3 manufacturing facilities and 12 offices across India.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> SKF India employs 1762 people, more than 1900 suppliers and 455 authorized distributors.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In total SKF has a pan India footprint consisting of 6 manufacturing facilities, 3 part of other SKF Units in India. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Business_excellence">Business excellence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SKF&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Business excellence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Headquarters_of_SKF.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Headquarters_of_SKF.jpg/200px-Headquarters_of_SKF.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Headquarters_of_SKF.jpg/300px-Headquarters_of_SKF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Headquarters_of_SKF.jpg/400px-Headquarters_of_SKF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3528" data-file-height="2340" /></a><figcaption>Office of SKF's Swedish sales unit in Gothenburg since August 2020</figcaption></figure> <p>SKF runs its own business excellence program for continuous improvement (Kaizen) of its <a href="/wiki/Business_process" title="Business process">business processes</a> in all parts of the company. The program is based on previous initiatives like <a href="/wiki/Total_quality_management" title="Total quality management">TQM</a> and integrates with <a href="/wiki/Lean_management" class="mw-redirect" title="Lean management">lean management</a> also statistical methods of <a href="/wiki/Six_Sigma" title="Six Sigma">Six Sigma</a> along with related <a href="/wiki/Project_management" title="Project management">project management</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many elements of this SKF program remind of the integrated approach of the actual <a href="/wiki/EFQM" title="EFQM">EFQM</a> model for Business Excellence. </p><p>The Group has a global certification to ISO 14001 (environmental management system), ISO 50001 (energy management) and OHSAS 18001 (health and safety) standards. 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