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Sven Wingquist Test Centre in Schweinfurt
Modern Laboratory Building in Bavaria, Germany – design by TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten
3 Jul 2017
Sven Wingquist Test Centre
Design: TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten
Location: Germany
Sven Wingquist Test Centre in Schweinfurt
Superlative power – New test centre for large scale bearings in Schweinfurt

On the 21st June 2017 the worldwide highest-performance test centre for large scale bearings was inaugurated in Schweinfurt. 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.
After 110 years of its successful history the company, which is still having a worldwide significance as one of the leading technology pioneers, has got a new corporate architecture: the aerodynamic appearance of the new construction and the interpretation of the SKF logotype by flowing, rounded forms embody the use while the materials represent high technological standards.

Two volumes of different height, positioned parallel to each other are the basis of the new construction. They celebrate the wind and the energy by their striking inclination. This dynamic form illustrates the power, which the test cent...