SKF partners with automotive manufacturing rep

SKF has announced a partnership with Quest Crelia Company LLC, a manufacturer’s representative agency with nearly 20 years of sales experience in the automotive industry. Quest Crelia Company will support sales of SKF automotive products in Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana, effective immediately.

“SKF is pleased to welcome Quest Crelia Company as a new sales partner in the southwest region,” said Tom O’Brien, vice president automotive sales, SKF Vehicle Service Market. “We are confident the company will help to strengthen our market share while building and maintaining customer relationships in these areas.”

Based in Scott, Arkansas, Quest Crelia Company is a southwest area sales and marketing agency that has been serving the automotive industry since 1993. Quest Crelia Company is experienced in providing increased market share for customers with clientele in Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana.

“We look forward to helping SKF meet their sales goals. All of our personnel have years of selling experience in their markets,” said Martin Gipson, Managing Partner of Quest Crelia Company. “Our knowledge of our customers and dedication to our manufacturers has been the key to our rapid growth and success.”

SKF is a global supplier of bearings, seals, mechatronics, lubrication systems, and services which include technical support, maintenance and reliability services, engineering consulting and training. SKF is represented in more than 130 countries and has around 15,000 distributor locations worldwide. Annual sales in 2011 were SEK 66,216 million and the number of employees was 46,039.