From SKF Sumter to Mars: Bearings produced at local plant used in Perseverance rover

BY BRUCE MILLS
bruce@theitem.com
Posted 4/7/21

Sumter's manufacturing base has always been known for making products used across the globe, but now it can add "other planets" to that portfolio with SKF bearings on NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover.

SKF, with two production sites in Live Oak …

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