Royal Bearing, Inc.: SKF Confirms that Royal Bearing Sold Genuine SKF Product

PORTLAND, Ore.--(Business Wire)--
Royal Bearing, Inc. (www.royalbearing.com), a locally-owned wholesale supplier
of industrial bearings, announced that SKF USA Inc., a division of SKF Bearings
Group of Gotëborg, Sweden, has dropped its allegation that Royal Bearing sold
counterfeit SKF bearings.

Upon inspection of the product in question, SKF confirmed that the bearings that
were sold by Royal were indeed manufactured by SKF and absolutely authentic,
after which SKF and Royal Bearing entered into an agreement reaffirming Royal`s
ability to continue to re-sell bearings made by SKF.

"Everything that we deal in is genuine product from respected suppliers," said
Royal Bearing Company President Clarence Hopkins. "We deliver value by providing
highly responsive service to our dealer/distributor customers who need immediate
availability of new, quality bearings to serve critical needs. We are truly
their alternative source for genuine original bearings manufactured by SKF and
other leading bearing manufacturers."

About Royal Bearing, Inc.

Royal Bearing Inc., based in Portland, Oregon was founded in 1994. With 60,000
line items in inventory, Royal is one of the largest wholesale suppliers of
bearings to industrial and transportation applications of all types. The
company`s customers include distributors of bearings to forest products
manufacturing, steel rolling mills, mining, shipping, automotive, agriculture,
and petroleum production industries worldwide. The company sources its inventory
worldwide and sells to international distributors, along with many independent
local bearing resellers.

For more information, contact Clarence Hopkins, President, Royal Bearing, Inc.,
14025 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 97230, 503-231-0992,
clarence@royalbearing.com.

Royal Bearing, Inc.
Clarence Hopkins, President
503-231-0992
clarence@royalbearing.com

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