SKF is a Swedish bearing and seal manufacturing company founded in 1907. Gothenburg, Sweden. The company manufactures and supplies bearings, seals, lubrication systems, maintenance products, mechatronics products, power transmission products, condition monitoring systems and related services worldwide. SKF is the world's largest bearing manufacturer, employing 44,000 people at 108 production sites. It has the largest industrial distributor network in the industry with 17,000 distributor locations in 130 countries. SKF is one of the largest companies in Sweden and one of the largest public companies in the world.