Superlative power: On the 21st June 2017 the worldwide highest-performance test centre for large scale bearings was inaugurated in Schweinfurt.

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Architects: Tchoban Voss Architekten

Location: Sven-Wingquist-Straße 6, 97424 Schweinfurt, Germany

Architect In Charge: Ekkehard Voss

Associate Partner: Frank Focke

Project Leader: Stephan Müller

Area: 5829.0 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Hans-Jürgen Landes

Team: Annett Neitzel, Daniel Schnettka

Structural Engineering: Ingenieurbüro Dr. Binnewies, Hamburg

Building Equipment: RMN Ingenieure GmbH, Hamburg

Landscaping: Wiggenhorn & van den Hövel Landschaftsarchitekten BDLA, Hamburg
Light Design: a·g Licht GbR, Bonn

Site Management: Holger Philipp Architekturbüro, Schweinfurt

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From the architect. Superlative power: On the 21st June 2017 the worldwide highest-performance test centre for large scale bearings was inaugurated in Schweinfurt.

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The new Sven Wingquist Test Centre is located in the south of the city and completes the SKF competence centre as its final element. From now on the new facility will be testing large bearings for wind power plants as well as for shipbuilding, mining and paper industry and further for cement and steel sector.

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