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Strategy & Goals

AB SKF's stated priorities — the four strategic pillars — turned into measurable goals, each owned and wired to the view that moves it.

AB SKF (SKF Group) · FY2025 (Jan–Dec 2025, audited anchor)
World's largest bearing maker today — clear #1 in industrial bearings
37,271 employees · 90+ sites · 130 countries
Executive read· the answer, then the moves

8 of 10 goals are on track at 81% average progress to target, but 2 are behind — concentrated in Industrial Pure-Play — the Vertevo Separation, Intelligent & Clean Growth — >17% Margin. Pull the laggards back to plan before they break the 10-goal pillar thesis.

8 of 10 goals on track · 81% avg progress to target · 2 behind

Do now — ranked by urgency
  1. 1
    Recover "Lift Vertevo to a high-single-digit adjusted margin"Act now
    Why it matters

    Vertevo adj margin sits at 3.8% vs a 8% target (48% of plan) — a core pillar off trajectory.

    What's driving it
    • Vertevo adj margin 3.8% → 8% target
    • Pillar: Industrial Pure-Play — the Vertevo Separation · status Behind
    FYI
    • Owner: Kerstin Enochsson
    • Furthest from target of all goals
  2. 2
    Recover "Adjusted operating margin to >17% mid-term (>19% long-term)"Watch
    Why it matters

    Adj operating margin sits at 12.7% vs a 17% target (75% of plan) — a core pillar off trajectory.

    What's driving it
    • Adj operating margin 12.7% → 17% target
    • Pillar: Intelligent & Clean Growth — >17% Margin · status Behind
    FYI

    Owner: Rickard Gustafson

📈 Industrial growth & aftermarketStep 1 of 7 · the four pillars & OKRs the plan rests onValue Creation PlanAll journeys
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AB SKF runs on four strategic pillars — Industrial Pure-Play (the Vertevo separation), Intelligent & Clean Growth to >17% margin, Regionalization & Resilient Manufacturing and Aftermarket, Services & Condition Monitoring. This is the layer that connects all 10 goals to the views: every objective has an owner, a target, a live number, and a one-click path to act.

Data backing: goal (OKRs) · live KPIs from every 360 · AB SKF strategy (public) · value-creation plan
10
Goals tracked
across 4 pillars + growth
8
On track
at/above target trajectory
2
Behind
need attention
81%
Avg progress to target
weighted equally
The four pillars

AB SKF's core priorities

Industrial Pure-Play (Vertevo separation) · Intelligent & Clean Growth >17% margin · Regionalization & Resilient Manufacturing · Aftermarket, Services & Condition Monitoring — the engine of the strategy.

Industrial Pure-Play — the Vertevo SeparationOn track
Deliver the Vertevo separation & Q4 2026 listing (Lex Asea)
Separation readiness78% 100%
Kerstin Enochsson · Separation PMOopen →
Industrial Pure-Play — the Vertevo SeparationBehind
Lift Vertevo to a high-single-digit adjusted margin
Vertevo adj margin3.8% 8%
Kerstin Enochssonopen →
Industrial Pure-Play — the Vertevo SeparationOn track
Hold the fortress through separation (dividend SEK 7.75 intact)
Net debt / adj EBITDA0.8x 1x
Susanne Larssonopen →
Intelligent & Clean Growth — >17% MarginBehind
Adjusted operating margin to >17% mid-term (>19% long-term)
Adj operating margin12.7% 17%
Rickard Gustafsonopen →
Intelligent & Clean Growth — >17% MarginOn track
Scale SIS as the expansion engine (aero · lubrication · magnetic)
SIS adj margin11.5% 15%
Hans Landinopen →
Intelligent & Clean Growth — >17% MarginOn track
Decarbonize own operations −95% by 2030 (SBTi)
CO2 reduction vs 201979% 95%
Susanne Larsson (CSuO)open →
Regionalization & Resilient ManufacturingOn track
Produce-where-you-sell (Americas consolidation, China-for-China)
Regional supply share78% 90%
Manish Bhatnagaropen →
Regionalization & Resilient ManufacturingOn track
Carry WCM gains into the next factory-productivity wave
Capacity utilization84% 90%
Joakim Landholmopen →
Aftermarket, Services & Condition MonitoringOn track
Grow the recurring aftermarket & services spine
Aftermarket & services revenueSEK 33.5 bn SEK 36.0 bn
Industrial region presidentsopen →
Aftermarket, Services & Condition MonitoringOn track
Scale condition monitoring & REP contracts (AI-enabled)
CM & REP revenueSEK 2.9 bn SEK 4.0 bn
Annika Ölmeopen →