Originally Posted by
Saguaro
I recently installed one on my Nishiki Cresta. They have needle bearings on the drive side and extra large ball bearings on the non-drive side making these BB's a good choice for loaded touring, heavy riders and tandems. I believe this company also makes bearings for F1 race cars.
SKF also made bearings for Campagnolo in the Nuovo Reocrd era too, some headset boxes were imprinted with the SKF logo for example.