Ball bearings are to the industrial age what microchips are to the digital – and for China, with the world’s largest manufacturing industry and biggest automotive market, every bit as important.

Swedish bearing manufacturer SKF Group spoke ... Currently, the group employs around 6,000 staff members in China, operates nine production facilities and collaborates with over 150 authorized ...

A Japanese auto parts supplier, NSK, says it has been fined by Chinese anti-monopoly regulators in a growing investigation of the industry. NSK Ltd., which makes ball bearings and other components ...