SHANGHAI – Zhao Qin, former director of Volvo Corporate Communications, was appointed new vice president of Corporate Communications of the company effective May 1, 2017 to replace Ning Shuyuan who left Volvo on April 30, according to a media report from toutiao.com citing a company announcement. At the new post,
Read MoreSHANGHAI – SKF inaugurated the SKF Campus in Jiading and SKF Northeast Asia Distribution Center, both located in Shanghai, the company said in a statement on June 10. The SKF Campus in Jiading covers an area of 45,207 square meters with a total investment of SEK700 million, and is constructed
Read More THENBURG, Sweden -- Swedish firm SKF Group said it has signed a five-year deal to supply transmission seals to China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group. The deal is worth more than $15 million, according to the Gothenburg-based automotive supplier. SKF will deliver seals for Geely’s six-speed automatic transmission for the
Read MoreSwedish supplier SKF signed a 5.2 billion Swedish crown ($752 million) deal with a Chinese truck group on December 19. SKF said the seven-year deal would see it supply truck hub units, tapered roller bearings and seals for China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Corp. (CNHTC). “China is a key
Read MoreSHANDONG – Swedish bearing manufacturer SKF announced on March 8 that it is building a new factory in Jinan, eastern China’s Shandong Province, with an investment of SEK 590 million ($93 million). The 16,000-square-meter factory is being built in accordance with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standard,
Read MoreDALIAN, Liaoning – SKF, a global tier-2 supplier of auto bearings and seals, began to develop bearings and seals for hybrid, plug-in and battery electric vehicles, said the company CEO Tom Johnstone at 2011 SKF Technical Press Day held in early March in the harbor city of Dalian, Liaoning Province.
Read MoreSHANGHAI - Better driving habits could improve energy efficiency by 17 percent, but suppliers have little influence over drivers. They can propose devices to advise drivers to improve, but otherwise, they are challenged to make the tiny improvements possible by reducing internal friction and the mass of their components. Where
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