SKF sells company-owned distribution businesses in Australia and New Zealand to Applied Industrial Technologies
SKF today announced the sale of SKF Bearing Supplies Pty Ltd. and the distributor arm of SKF New Zealand Ltd. (collectively SKF Distribution) in Australia and New Zealand to US-based Applied Industrial Technologies. The transaction is expected to be completed by July 1, 2012. “This divestiture is in line with SKF’s global go-to-market approach to utilize independent channel partners, which are SKF authorized distributors,” says Vartan Vartanian, President SKF Industrial Market, Regional Sales and Service. “This step allows SKF to put even more focus on being the Knowledge Engineering