From a groundbreaking CRW (WAVE lip) oil seal to an industry leading complex multi-lip cassette seal named Scotseal! Backed by more than 100 years of industrial, automotive & aerospace application experience, SKF sees every sealing challenge as an opportunity to boost performance. Our customers benefit from our unmatched understanding of the interaction between bearings, lubrication and the external environment forming the “Sealing System”. For example, Chicago Rawhide (CR) founded in 1878 has been setting performance and service life standards for industrial and automotive shaft seals since 1910 starting with Ford Model T. ​CR which was acquired by SKF in 1990, a span during which we’ve developed new materials, manufacturing processes and designs to create some of the most robust seals on the market including SCOTSEAL X-Treme.