SKF expands vehicle parts centre at Pune to meet aftermarket demands

May 31, 2012: SKF has inaugurated the expanded area of the vehicle parts centre for SKF’s automotive aftermarket distribution business, Vehicle Service Market (VSM).

The centre will cater to the growing demands for the automotive aftermarket across India by packaging and distribution of kits such as wheel bearings kits for two-wheeler and four-wheelers, engine bearings kits, transmission bearings kits, steering race kits and many others. The expansion adds significant floor space to the existing parts centre to accommodate the assembly of these critical parts together and facilitate a complete kit to the end markets.

“India’s two-wheeler and four-wheeler market growth has been very positive and the replacement and aftermarket demands have gone up significantly. We have expanded our vehicle parts centre to cater to the growing demands,” said Magnus Johansson, director, VSM, SKF Group, during the inauguration. He added, “With the additional space and capacity, the centre will further reduce the lead time for going to markets, thereby ensuring faster service to customers.”

“As customers are more aware of products and technologies today, they look for a composite set of products and accessories as opposed to buying each item in isolation. Through this packaging and distribution center we enable this value addition for end users by providing them a complete off the shelf kit for ready use,” said Shishir Joshipura, managing director and country head – SKF in India (pictured). He added, “This expansion of our vehicle parts centre will facilitate higher volumes and faster reach of our products and services to distributors, dealers and end users.”

SKF Vehicle Service Market deals with the aftermarket for two and four wheelers across the country. SKF offers high quality products to our customers involved in maintaining vehicles or supplying products to the automobile mechanics and end users alike.

About SKF

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. Annual sales in 2011 were SEK 66,216 million and the number of employees was 46,039.

In India, the SKF Group started its trading operations in Kolkata in 1923. Since then, the group’s operations have been consolidated into SKF India Ltd. SKF India Ltd’s associate companies SKF Technologies (India) and Lincoln Helios (India) provide sealing solutions, industrial bearings and lubrication systems. The company has manufacturing plants in Bangalore, Pune and Haridwar.