SKF

Swedish ball bearing and seal manufacturing company
Organization business Q52846
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SKF

Summary

SKF is a business[1]. SKF ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (382 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • SKF is in the country of Sweden[3].
  • SKF's image is recorded as SKF building Schweinfurt 2012.jpg[4].
  • SKF's image is recorded as 1950s ball bearing 129 HA by Swedish company SKF made in Sweden.jpg[5].
  • SKF's instance of is recorded as business[6].
  • SKF's instance of is recorded as enterprise[7].
  • SKF's instance of is recorded as public company[8].
  • SKF's instance of is recorded as concern[9].
  • SKF's founder is recorded as Sven Gustaf Wingqvist[10].
  • SKF's founder is recorded as Assar Gabrielsson[11].
  • SKF's logo image is recorded as SKF-Logo.svg[12].
  • SKF's headquarters location is recorded as Gothenburg[13].
  • SKF's ISNI is recorded as 0000000114822994[14].
  • SKF's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 146325448[15].
  • SKF's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n87886903[16].
  • SKF's child organization or unit is recorded as SKF (Germany)[17].
  • SKF's child organization or unit is recorded as SKF (Netherlands)[18].
  • SKF's child organization or unit is recorded as SKF France[19].
  • SKF's child organization or unit is recorded as Skefko[20].
  • SKF's Commons category is recorded as SKF[21].
  • SKF's stock exchange is recorded as OTC Markets Group[22].
  • SKF's industry is recorded as industrial manufacturing[23].
  • SKF's industry is recorded as metal industry[24].
  • +1907-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of SKF[25].
  • SKF's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0mc6s[26].
  • SKF's location of formation is recorded as Gothenburg[27].

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Founding

Founders include Sven Gustaf Wingqvist[10] and Assar Gabrielsson[11]. +1907-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of SKF[25]. SKF's location of formation is recorded as Gothenburg[27].

Operations

SKF's headquarters location is recorded as Gothenburg[13]. Subsidiaries include SKF (Germany)[17]; SKF (Netherlands)[18]; SKF France[19], an organization[28], in France[29], founded in 1984[30], headquartered in Montigny-le-Bretonneux[31]; and Skefko[20], a business[32], in United Kingdom[33], founded in 1908[34], headquartered in London[35].

Industry

Industries include industrial manufacturing[23] and metal industry[24].

Ownership

SKF's stock exchange is recorded as OTC Markets Group[22].

Why It Matters

SKF ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (382 views/month).[2] SKF has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] SKF is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . GRID Release 2017-01-10. wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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