SKF inaugurates wind industry service centre in Shanghai

SKF inaugurates wind industry service centre in Shanghai

The SKF Asia Pacific wind industry service centre was inaugurated at the SKF
Solution Factory in Shanghai on 14 April , 2010. This is the third centre of its
kind, which is tailored for wind industry, following the centres in Hamburg,
Germany and Houston, USA.

SKF has been focusing on applying reliability centred maintenance technology to
wind turbines for many years and has extensive knowledge and experience in
providing remote condition monitoring service, asset management service, and
spare parts management service to wind farm customers throughout Europe and USA.

As the development of large-scale wind power projects in China accelerates, the
efficiency and reliability in operating and maintaining wind farms is becoming
increasingly important. The centre has been established to meet the market
demand for maintenance technology in wind industry and to provide one-stop
solutions in the fast growing market of wind farm operation and maintenance in
Asia Pacific, particularly in China.

-The establishment of the wind industry service centre in Shanghai demonstrates
SKF's strong commitment to provide extensive technical support and services to
the wind industry and the wind farm operation and maintenance market in Asia
Pacific, says Vartan Vartanian, President SKF Service Division.

Gothenburg, 14 April 2010

Aktiebolaget SKF
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For further information, please contact:
PRESS: Ingalill Östman, SKF Group Communication, tel: +46 31-337 3260, mobile: 
+46 706-973260, e-mail: ingalill.ostman@skf.com
IR: Marita Björk, SKF Investor Relations, tel: +46 31-337 1994, mobile: +46
705-181994,          
e-mail: marita.bjork@skf.com



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services and lubrication systems. The Group's service offer includes technical
support, maintenance services, engineering consultancy and training. SKF is
represented in more than 130 countries and has 15,000 distributor locations
worldwide. The Group's annual sales 2009 were SEK 56,227 million. The number of
employees was 41,172. www.skf.com.