Tuesday, May 5, 2015

#SKF to supply bearings for 1.5MW wind turbines made in India

SKF India has signed an agreement with Regen Powertech, a leading Indian wind turbine manufacturer for supply of pitch and yaw bearing sets and mainshaft bearings for 1.5MW wind turbines.

Shishir Joshipura, Managing Director and Country Head, SKF India, said, “This agreement positions us as a strategic partner with a key manufacturer of wind turbines in India. These bearings will be manufactured at SKF’s state of the art manufacturing facility at Ahmedabad.This is a reflection of SKF’s response and commitment to the government’s ‘Make in India’ program.”

SKF is a leading global supplier of bearings, seals, mechatronics, lubrication systems, and services which include technical support, maintenance and reliability services, engineering consulting and training. SKF is represented in more than 130 countries and has around 15,000 distributor locations worldwide.