SKF/North America is a leading global supplier of engineered products, customer solutions and services to the industrial and automotive marketplaces. Their solutions vary from high value-added mechatronics systems that simplify motion and process control, to the right bearing or seal to meet the demands of a specific application. SKF also offers sophisticated simulated design and virtual testing competencies that yield better products and improved productivity for their customers. Globally, SKF has over 80 manufacturing sites, and sales companies in 70 countries supported by more than 10,000 distributors and dealers. With their e-business marketplace and global distribution system, SKF is always close to customers for the supply of both products and services. SKF was founded in 1907, and from the very beginning focused intensively on quality, technical development and marketing. The result of their efforts in research and development has been a continuously growing number of innovations that have created new standards and new products in the bearing world. SKF has a global IS0 14001 environmental certification. The various divisions have been approved for quality certification in accordance with either ISO 9000 or QS 9000.  SKF has also instituted Six Sigma in both manufacturing and sales units.