SKF First quarter report 2017
Gothenburg, 27 April 2017 Alrik Danielson, President and CEO: “The first quarter of the year has seen continued growth, an improved operating margin and continued debt reduction. The increase in demand strengthened gradually during the quarter. Net sales, at 19.6 billion, increased by 11% compared to the first quarter last year, with the strongest development in North America and Asia. Sequentially, sales increased by 4%, with a broad-based improvement across all regions and most of our customer industries. During the quarter we have managed to ramp-up production in a cost