SKF inaugurates Super-precision bearing facility in Airasca, Italy
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ueditor/php/upload/image/20250924/1758717391891532.png" title="1758717391891532.png" alt="2.png"/></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Today, the SKF Super-precision centre in Airasca, Italy, is inaugurated. This highly automated facility with a digitally connected environment is SKF¡¯s new global centre of excellence for Super-precision bearings. Itincludes all key functions to drive innovation, efficiency, and customer value for high-performance bearing solutions.
The Airasca facility integrates SKF¡¯s manufacturing operations, business support functions, R&D, product line management, and engineering competence resources into a single, collaborative environment. The new centre is designed to foster cross-functional synergies, accelerate product development, and enhance responsiveness to customer needs across demanding industries such as machine tools and precision bearing applications.
¡°We¡¯re excited about the inauguration of our Airasca facility, which represents a substantial investment in profitable growth and customer expansion. Thisenvironment is optimal for manufacturing our new Super-precision bearings, which will improve our competitiveness and provide our customers with superior solutions faster and moreefficiently¡±, says Rickard Gustafson, President and CEO.
The Super-precision centre reflects SKF¡¯s commitment to operational excellence, sustainability, and continuous innovation. The facility is equipped with cutting-edge technology, collaborative workspaces, and prototyping capabilities to develop Super-precision bearings, which are used in some of the most demanding industrial applications where extremely high standards of precision and speed are required.
¡°This is more than just a new facility, it¡¯s a bold step forward in how we deliver precision, performance, and partnership to our customers. By uniting our expertise and capabilities, we¡¯re creating a dynamic ecosystem that will shape the future of Super-precision bearing technology¡±, says David Johansson, President, Industrial Region Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Super-precision bearing production previously carried out at the Pianezza and Villar Perosa plants in Italy has been relocated to Airasca. The Villar Perosa plant will continue to operate as a global centre of excellence for bearings and solutions to the railway and aerospace industries.</span></p>
23 Sep,2025
