Thomas Fröst, President of SKF Group’s Independent and Emerging Businesses, visited Lixing to discuss the green and intelligent development of new energy technologies.


Release time:

Feb 22,2025

On February 21, 2025, the President of SKF Group’s Independent and Emerging Businesses, a global leader in bearings. Thomas Fröst Yang Jun, Vice President of SKF China, visited the headquarters of Lixing Group. Hebei Yu, Secretary of the Rugao Municipal Party Committee, Wang Minghao, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, Chen Weitao, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, and Chen Minghua, a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, were among the local leaders who attended the visit. They engaged in discussions with the guests on innovative industrial development and conducted an in-depth inspection and research at the Wind Power Division of Xingye Subsidiary and the Ceramic Ball Division of New Energy Technology Subsidiary, both under Lixing Group.

(Left one: Chen Minghua, Member of the Standing Committee of the Rugao Municipal Party Committee; Left two: Chen Weitao, Deputy Secretary of the Rugao Municipal Party Committee; Left three: Wang Minghao, Deputy Secretary of the Rugao Municipal Party Committee and Mayor; Left four: Shi Xianggui, Chairman of Lixing Group)

(Right one: Shi Bo, President of Lixing Group; Right two: Yang Jun, Vice President of SKF China; Right three: He Yijun, Secretary of the Rugao Municipal Party Committee; Right four: Thomas Fröst, President of SKF Group’s Independent and Emerging Businesses)

 

Joint efforts between government and enterprises to usher in a new chapter of high-end manufacturing.

He Yijun, Secretary of the Rugao Municipal Party Committee, extended a warm welcome on behalf of the municipal Party committee and government to the senior executives from SKF. He pointed out that Rugao has always regarded high-end equipment manufacturing as its core industrial direction. As a local manufacturing benchmark enterprise, Lixing Group’s technological innovation capabilities and achievements in international cooperation have provided strong support for the region’s high-quality economic development. The municipal Party committee and government will continue to optimize the business environment and fully support Lixing in deepening its cooperation with global industry leaders such as SKF and Scania, jointly building a world-class precision manufacturing industrial cluster.

Technology empowers, and on-site inspections demonstrate strong capabilities.

Thomas Fröst The delegation paid a focused visit and gained an in-depth understanding of Lixing’s R&D achievements and intelligent production lines in areas such as cylindrical roller bearings for wind turbines and high-performance silicon nitride ceramic balls.

(Visiting the Da Gunzi Wind Power Workshop)

(Visiting the ceramic ball workshop)

Focusing on innovation and exploring the green, intelligent development of new energy technologies.

Santosh Limaye, Chief Technology Officer of Lixing New Energy Technology (abbreviated as NET), systematically introduced the new company’s groundbreaking advancements in the research and development, manufacturing processes, and market applications of silicon nitride ceramic materials. Thomas Fröst Introducing RecondOil’s technology-enabled solutions, including oil product recycling, magnetic levitation, intelligent sensor-based online monitoring, and smart cleaning technologies. Both parties engaged in an in-depth discussion on the green and sustainable collaboration and development of hybrid ceramic innovative technologies and supply chains.

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