Annual General Meeting of AB SKF
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, March 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Annual General Meeting of Aktiebolaget SKF, parent company of the SKF Group, was held inGothenburg on Thursday,26 March 2020. The income statements and the balance sheets were adopted, together with the Board's proposal for distribution of d...
AB SKF's Board of Directors Proposes Changed Dividend
GÖTEBORG, Sweden, March 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- As a precautionary measure in this uncertain economic environment, the Board of Directors of AB SKF has decided to propose to the Annual General Meeting that the dividend be changed fromSEK 6.25 per share to SEK 3.00 per share. The Board's curren...
SKF Takes Steps to Reduce Impact of Initiatives from Authorities and Customers
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, March 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The industries and regions in which SKF operates are being impacted by initiatives by authorities and SKF's customers related to the spread of the Covid-19 virus. As a result of this significant level of uncertainty, SKF is taking major steps to...
SKF Annual General Meeting - Precautionary Measures Because of Covid-19
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, March 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- As a result of the current spread of the Covid-19 virus, SKF is making the following changes to its Annual General Meeting on 26 March: * The Annual General Meeting will start as planned at 13:00. The doors will be open from 12:15 and not 11:0...
SKF Annual Report 2019 Published
GOTEBORG, Sweden, March 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- AB SKF's Annual Report 2019 has today been published on the Group's website. The report focuses on SKF's operations and value creation for customers, employees, shareholders, the environment and surrounding communities. Sustainability is embedded i...
Announcement of Change in the Total Number of Votes in AB SKF
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Feb. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Due to a conversion of shares from Series A to Series B in accordance with AB SKF's Articles of Association, the Company confirms the following. As per 28 February, the Company's share capital amounts to SEK 1,138,377,670 and the total number of ...
SKF Increases Shift Towards Carbon Neutral Manufacturing
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Feb. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- SKF's automotive bearing factory in Tudela,Spain, has become the Group's second manufacturing site to achieve carbon neutral status. Together with the Steyr factory inAustria, which manufactures a range of bearings for industrial uses, the two fac...
SKF: Notice of Annual General Meeting
GOTEBORG, Sweden, Feb. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Gothenburg, 17 February 2020: Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Aktiebolaget SKF, reg. no. 556007-3495, will be held at SKF Kristinedal, Byfogdegatan 4,Gothenburg, Sweden, at 13.00 on Thursday, 26 March 2020. The doors are o...
SKF Year-end Report 2019
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Feb. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Alrik Danielson, President and CEO: "2019 has been a solid year for SKF. We saw stable demand during the first half of the year. During the last six months, we maintained a strong operating result, despite falling demand. A consistent focus on co...
Håkan Buskhe and Susanna Schneeberger Proposed as New Board Members of AB SKF
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Jan. 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- SKF's Nomination Committee proposes Håkan Buskhe andSusanna Schneeberger as new Board members of AB SKF. Håkan Buskhe will assume the role as CEO of FAM AB. His previous senior positions include CEO of E.ON Nordic AB and, most recently, CEO of Sa...
SKF Consolidates Product Development, Proposes To Cease Activities in Scotland
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Jan. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- In order to speed up the development of cloud-based condition monitoring technologies, SKF is consolidating its development footprint inEurope. Consequently, and subject to consultation with local employee representatives, SKF proposes to cease it...
SKF's Year-end Results to be Published on 4 February 2020
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Jan. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The SKF Group will publish its year-end results on4 February 2020 at approximately 13:00 (CET). Investors, analysts and media are invited to take part in a conference call, which will be held in English, at 14:00 (CET). To join the conference ca...
SKF's Capital Markets Day Will be Held on 4 November 2020
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Dec. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- In November 2020, SKF will arrange its Capital Markets Day in co-ordination with Sandvik and Volvo Group. The capital markets days will include visits to Sandvik and SKF sites inAustria and to Volvo inGothenburg, Sweden. SKF's Capital Markets Day...
Gerdau and SKF in Agreement to Improve Productivity at Brazilian Steel Mills
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Dec. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Gerdau and SKF have signed a fee-based agreement aimed at increasing productivity and reducing unplanned downtime at Gerdau's Charqueadas and Araçariguama steel mills inBrazil. The agreement will see SKF provide a full range of products, including...
SKF Acquires Software Development Start-up
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Nov. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- SKF has completed the acquisition of Form Automation Solutions (FAS), a US-based software development start-up company. FAS has developed GoPlant, a mobile-based asset inspection and data collection solution used in industrial applications. The t...
SKF Issues its First Green Bond
GÖTEBORG, Sweden, Nov. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- SKF has, as one of the first industrial companies, issued a green bond. The bond will raiseEUR 300 million to fund eligible green projects in accordance with SKF's recently launched Green Finance Framework. SKF's green bond has received much attenti...
SKF Completes EUR 255m Buy-back of Bonds Maturing 2020 and 2022, Updates Financial Net
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Nov. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- SKF has completed the buy-back ofEUR 51 million and EUR 204 million of outstanding bonds maturing in 2020 and 2022 respectively. Financial net for Q4 2019 is now expected to be approximately SEK -360 million , compared to the Group's previous guida...
BillerudKorsnäs and SKF Partner to Improve Performance of Karlsborg Mill
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Nov. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- BillerudKorsnäs and SKF are partnering to reduce maintenance costs and improve production output and sustainability performance at Karlsborg Mill in Kalix,Sweden. Real-time data from a new system with 480 connected condition monitoring points at ...
SKF Completes Acquisition of Presenso
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Oct. 31, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- SKF has completed the previously announced acquisition of Presenso Ltd. Presenso is a company that develops and deploys artificial intelligence (AI)-based predictive maintenance software. Presenso's AI capability enables production plants to find...
Announcement of Change in the Total Number of Votes in AB SKF
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Oct. 31, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Due to a conversion of shares from Series A to Series B in accordance with AB SKF's Articles of Association, the Company confirms the following. As per 31 October the Company's share capital amounts to SEK 1,138,377,670 and the total number of sh...
