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<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ueditor/php/upload/image/20220111/1641875815559111.jpg" title="1641875815559111.jpg" alt="7.jpg"/></p><p style="text-align: justify;">SKF has completed the acquisition of Laser Cladding Venture n.v. (LCV), an additive manufacturing company based inBelgium.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify;">LCV is a niche engineering start-up specialized in various additive manufacturing technologies and processes, which can be applied to support SKF’s service and remanufacturing offering.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Additive manufacturing will play an important role in developing tomorrow’s value proposition to support customers’ future application needs. In addition, additive manufacturing will facilitate a circular economy approach which supports SKF&#39;s ambition to provide solutions that minimizes the overall CO2 footprint.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify;">SKF’s mission is to be the undisputed leader in the <a href="https://www.bearing-asia.com/products/catalogue.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>bearing</strong></span></a> business. We do this by offering solutions that reduce friction and CO2 emissions, whilst at the same time increasing machine uptime and performance. Our products and services around the rotating shaft include bearings, seals, lubrication management, artificial intelligence and wireless condition monitoring. SKF is represented in more than 130 countries and has around 17,000 distributor locations worldwide.&nbsp;</p>