Aktiebolaget SKF (Svenska Kullagerfabriken) was founded in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1907 following the development of the self-aligning ball bearing by Sven Wingquist. The company has since grown into one of the world’s foremost engineering and manufacturing enterprises dedicated to reducing friction, improving machine uptime, and advancing industrial rotation and linear movement.
Headquartered in Gothenburg, SKF maintains operations in approximately 130 countries, supported by more than 36,000 employees globally, dozens of specialized manufacturing facilities, and a global distribution network of over 17,000 distributor partner locations. SKF’s shares are publicly traded on Nasdaq Stockholm.