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BIG INTERVIEW
FOCUSED ON GROWTH
Manish Bhatnagar, Managing Director, SKF India Ltd, in this insightful interview
with MMI’s Editor-in-Chief Soumi Mitra, talks on SKF India’s unwavering growth
strategy, the impact of the growing market of electric and connected vehicles
on the company’s auto business, its online store that offers automotive and
industrial business products for retail and industrial buyers, and much more…
Source: SKF India Ltd
The pandemic and its subsequent sheet, deep customer relation- growth opportunities ahead.
lockdowns created unprecedent- ships, a strong brand, and strate- In line with our strategy, we
ed havoc in the manufacturing gically positioned business, the will continue to focus on exe-
industry, impacting workforce country had been severely im- cuting our strategies, sustaining
capacity, disrupting supply pacted with the second wave of operational efficiencies, main-
chains, and creating liquidity the pandemic. With the Govern- taining customer centricity,
SOUMI MITRA crunches. Now that things are ment focusing on mass vaccina- and ensuring cost discipline
Editor-in-Chief slowly getting back on track how tion drives and supporting small leading to a strong financial per-
Modern Manufacturing
India do you look at the manufactur- businesses, we expect spending formance and increased share-
soumi.mitra@ ing sector in the next quarter of and activity levels to gain momen- holder value.
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the financial year? What are the tum through the rest of the year as Looking ahead, we see digita-
strategies resorted by SKF India the macro environment improves. lization as an enabler to imple-
to get its pre-COVID-19 growth At SKF, the effects of the sec- ment and deliver proactive solu-
in the near future? ond wave of COVID-19 have tions and position SKF strongly
Manish Bhatnagar: While we en- not changed our strategy and for the long-term growth. By de-
tered 2021 with a robust balance we remain confident on the signing unique solutions under
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