SKF Signs Long-Term Agreement with Pratt & Whitney

SKF

today announced they have signed a long-term agreement with Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp.

, for approximately SEK 170 million. Within the agreement, SKF will provide main shaft bearings for Pratt & Whitney's PurePower® PW1100G-JM engine. This agreement and associated work builds upon SKF's successful support of other Pratt & Whitney engine programs. Stephane Le-Mounier, Director, SKF Aerospace says, “We are extremely pleased to have been selected for this major engine program and that Pratt & Whitney has confidence in SKF's technical and manufacturing capabilities. We have created a special commercial, manufacturing, and application engineering team to address Pratt & Whitney's requirements,