NORTH CANTON, Ohio, Nov. 10, 2017 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR; www.timken.com), a world leader in engineered bearings and mechanical power transmission products, is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Del Col as national sales manager for the aerospace drive systems business.
Timken Aerospace Drive Systems provides flight critical gearboxes and rotor head components for the U.S. Army, Boeing, Sikorsky and other civil platform customers. Timken builds transmissions and drive system components for the Apache AH64D and the new AH64E model, as well as many rotor head components for the Blackhawk and Seahawk, Skycrane and Chinook helicopters. Timken Aerospace Drive Systems has recently added Apache gearbox repair services to its market offering.
Del Col joins Timken from KLX Aerospace Solutions where he was a regional sales manager focused on providing consumables to the aerospace market, including OEMs, MROs and commercial airlines. In his new role with Timken, Del Col works with existing and new military and commercial customers for transmissions and rotor head components and repair services. He has more than 20 years of experience in leadership roles with BAE Systems, Goodrich, Motorola and TRW.
Del Col holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in business administration from Arizona State University.
About The Timken Company
The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR; www.timken.com) engineers, manufactures and markets bearings, gear drives, belts, chain, couplings, lubrication systems and related products and offers a spectrum of powertrain rebuild and repair services. The leading authority on tapered roller bearings, Timken today applies its deep knowledge of metallurgy, tribology and mechanical power transmission across a variety of bearings and related systems to improve reliability and efficiency of machinery and equipment all around the world. The company's growing product and services portfolio features many strong industrial brands including Timken®, Fafnir®, Philadelphia Gear®, Drives®, Lovejoy®, Groeneveld® and Interlube™. Known for its quality products and collaborative technical sales model, Timken posted $2.7 billion in sales in 2016. With more than 14,000 employees operating from 31 countries, Timken makes the world more productive and keeps industry in motion.
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