PER ARNOLD ELGQVİST / Doctor in Bearing Reliability

Per Arnold Elgqvist is a Mechanical Engineer, having graduated at the University of Gothenburg in 1970.

He is a regular speaker at industrial maintenance seminars and his is work covers the areas of Mexico, Venezuela and Brazil. Per Arnold is a fluent communicator in English, Swedish and Spanish.

He worked for SKF for 33 years and held many positions in both Sweden and Mexico, which included positions in Product Control and Product Engineering Manager.

In the period of 1990 to 2003, he held the position of Technical Services Manager for SKF Mexico, where he was responsible for Service and Reliability Support and Training.

In February 2003 he started his own company Servicios Tecnologicos Corporativos. SA de C.V. which continues today, with the main activities of Training and Consulting in Lubrication, Lubricants and Reliability of Rolling Element Bearings in different industrial applications. He is referred to in Latin America as the Doctor of Bearing Reliability.