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The eBearing News
November 12, 2003
SKF Opens Bearing Factory in China
copyright © 2003 eBearing Inc.
SKF AB (Sweden), the world's largest bearing company, announced it has formally opened its
new factory in Shanghai, China. This is SKF's fifth Chinese production facility.
The facility, SKF Shanghai Bearings Co. Ltd., is a joint venture between SKF (60% ownership) and Shanghai
Bearing Group Co. Ltd. (40% ownership). SKF will have full management responsibility.
eBearing reported on the new business being formed back in July 2001, although the
business was not formally established until 2002.
• SKF and Shanghai Bearing form joint venture in China
The venture is SKF's second with Shanghai Bearing Group Co. The first
SKF - Shanghai Bearing joint venture, SKF Automotive Bearings Co. Ltd., was established in 1995.
The facility is compact, announced at only 9,000 square feet, employing state-of-the art production
equipment to achieve that efficiency. Eventually, the plant will employ over 200 workers and taken
an investment of over USD $11.5 million.
SKF Shanghai will produce deep groove ball bearings in a variety of sizes and variations, primarily
for use in electric motors and household appliances.
Three of the plant's six planned production lines are already in place. They were recently put
online at full production, after part approval from SKF's engineering and quality control in Sweden.
SKF Shanghai is located in the Pudong Development Zone, and not the only foreign-controlled bearing
company in the immediate area. In 1997, General Bearing Company (USA) built the Shanghai Pudong
General Bearing Company in the Kangqiao Industrial Development Zone. Shanghai WSW Bearing Company, Shanghai
Luhong Bearing, Shanghai Superoll, Cixing Group, and others, are in the same area.
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