Press Releases

CANTON, Ohio — February 22, 2010 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) is introducing a new line of Type E tapered roller bearing housed units that set a new performance standard for...

CANTON, Ohio: Feb. 22, 2010 — Over the past few years, The Timken Company’s (NYSE:TKR) Aerospace and Defense business has been steadily increasing its offering of FAA-approved replacement...

CANTON, Ohio: Feb. 22, 2010 — As the aerospace industry continues to make its way through a difficult economic cycle, The Timken Company’s Aerospace and Defense business announced plans to...

CANTON, Ohio: January 20, 2010 — When the road gets rough, sometimes it pays to keep on trucking. Timken did that during the recessionary year of 2009, and managed a modest sales increase in...

CANTON, Ohio: Dec. 31, 2009 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) today announced it completed the sale of its Needle Roller Bearings business to Japan’s JTEKT Corporation. Timken received...

CANTON, Ohio: October 19, 2009 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) has been steadily expanding its aerospace business over the past decade, servicing more than 30,000 main engines, gearboxes,...

October 15, 2009 – The Timken Company and the United Steel Workers (USW) Local 1123 today announced they have reached agreement on a new four-year contract. The current contract was extended...

CANTON, Ohio: September 24, 2009 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) announced today that it has launched a new packaged, industrial magnetic encoder designed to provide increased reliability...

CANTON, Ohio: September 2, 2009 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) announced an expanded ability to offer its high-performance, premium engineered steel solutions to customers in Asia,...

Bangalore, India: August 11, 2009 — The Timken Company announced that Timken India Ltd. has signed a marketing agreement with India’s Spareage Seals Limited, which will allow Timken to...

CANTON, Ohio: June 17, 2009 —The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) is supplying tapered roller bearings for longwall shearer loaders used in underground coal mines in Poland. The loaders are...

CANTON, Ohio: May 27, 2009 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) said its StatusCheck® wireless monitoring system is helping to keep critical equipment running at one of America's most...

CANTON, Ohio: April 22, 2009 – Being a good corporate citizen isn’t something new to The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR), but having a report in one place which details how Timken earns the...

CANTON, Ohio: April 8, 2009 — The 110-year-old Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) has long been known for conservative management and foundational values that stress ethics and integrity above all....

CANTON, Ohio: March 24, 2008 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) today announced that it supplied axle bearing assemblies to BEML Ltd. for use on eight prototype coaches being manufactured for...

CANTON, Ohio: March 9, 2009 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) has signed a long-term, multi-year agreement to supply wind turbine gearbox bearings for Nanjing High Speed Gear Manufacturing...

CANTON, Ohio: March 5, 2009 — Applying its in-depth knowledge of friction management, The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) has redesigned its precision bearings to create a longer-lasting dental...

CANTON, Ohio: March 2, 2009 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) has announced it is realigning its organization to improve efficiency and reduce costs. “We are taking actions to align our...

CANTON, Ohio: Feb. 23, 2009 — Dedicated to delivering increased uptime and reliability to the heavy-duty truck aftermarket, The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR) is expanding its line of wheel seals...

CANTON, Ohio: Feb. 12, 2009 – The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) is helping customers deliver products to end users faster by now producing its hot rolled seamless mechanical steel tubing up to...

CANTON, Ohio: Jan. 21, 2009 — The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR) today announced that it is supplying hot-rolled steel bars to Frisa Aerospace, a manufacturer of seamless rolled rings for...

CANTON, Ohio: Jan. 13, 2009 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) marked its fourth time on this year’s Forbes Platinum 400, the magazine’s 11th annual compilation of the “Best Big...

CANTON, Ohio – Jan. 8, 2009 – The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) will supply large-bore bearings for critical applications in cement-making equipment used by Jaypee Group, India’s...

CANTON, Ohio – Dec. 10, 2008 – The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) today announced that it is hosting Reliability Training Workshops in 2009 to educate engineers, distributors and...

CANTON, Ohio — Dec. 9, 2008 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) today announced that it is supplying anti-friction bearings to SMS Demag AG for installation in a plate mill and slab...

CANTON, Ohio — Dec. 2, 2008 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) announced today that it has received a $16 million order to supply Timken® AP™ Class E bearings for use on Indian...

CANTON, Ohio — Nov. 13, 2008 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) today officially opened a new $60 million small-bar steel rolling mill that has expanded its portfolio of differentiated...

CANTON, Ohio — Nov. 10, 2008 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) announced today that metals and mining company, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Vale), awarded Timken with a contract for 600...

CANTON, Ohio — Nov. 3, 2008 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) today announced it has acquired the assets of EXTEX Ltd., a leading designer and marketer of high-quality replacement...

CANTON, Ohio — Oct. 28, 2008 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) today announced that its new joint venture, Timken XEMC (Hunan) Bearings Co., Ltd., broke ground on a new wind energy...

CANTON, Ohio – Oct. 23, 2008 – The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) today announced plans to expand production capacity at its Tyger River facility in Union, S.C., to serve the wind energy...

CANTON, Ohio – Oct. 21, 2008 – The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) is launching a new series of heavy-duty hub rebuild kits to help simplify wheel-end rebuilds for heavy truck maintenance...

CANTON, Ohio – Oct. 20, 2008 – The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) today announced that it is expanding its offering of thin-section ball bearings to provide a standard line of bearings...

CANTON, Ohio — Oct. 15, 2008 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) announced today that it has supplied special bar quality steel for use in constructing the antenna tower for the Freedom...

CANTON, Ohio — Oct. 13, 2008 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) announced today that Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky is among a growing number of users that have documented cost...

CANTON, Ohio — Oct. 8, 2008 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) announced today that Rail Polska will implement the Timken® TracGlide® top-of-rail friction management system on its M62...

CANTON, Ohio — Oct. 2, 2008 — The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR) has supplied bearings for a new descent brake system to be used on NASA's upcoming Mars Science Laboratory mission....

CANTON, Ohio – Sept. 18, 2008 – The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) today announced that it has invested $14 million in a new thermal treatment facility at its steel plant in Canton, Ohio....

CANTON, Ohio — Sept. 17, 2008 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) is helping Oracle Packaging Co. reduce repair costs by providing a service that enables the damage-free removal and reuse...

CANTON, Ohio – Sept. 15, 2008 – The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) is introducing a new line of non-contact infrared thermometers that allow users to safely measure the temperature of...

CANTON, Ohio — Sept. 11, 2008 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) announced that its StatusCheck™ wireless condition monitoring system received the Innovation of the Year Award from...

CANTON, Ohio — Sept. 2, 2008 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) announced today that it is providing industrial services to Sparrows Point, a fully integrated steel mill based in Baltimore.

CANTON, Ohio – Aug. 28, 2008 – The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) is introducing a new M15 Modular Magnetic Encoder that provides more reliable feedback than optical encoders to keep...

CANTON, Ohio — Aug. 26, 2008 — As skyrocketing energy costs push the world’s manufacturers to cut consumption, The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) is receiving additional confirmation of...

CANTON, Ohio – Aug. 19, 2008 – The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) today announced release of a new 170-page Timken® bearing maintenance manual. Written for original equipment...

CANTON, Ohio — Aug. 13, 2008 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) has received an order in the low-multimillion-dollar range to provide large-bore tapered roller bearings for a new...

CANTON, Ohio — Aug. 7, 2008 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) announced today that it secured an order from Tianjin Cement Design & Research Institute Co. Ltd. (TCDRI) to supply...

CANTON, Ohio — July 28, 2008 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) announced today that its industrial bearing services continue to grow in Asia. Timken Industrial Services’ latest...

CANTON, Ohio--July 17, 2008--The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) will supply bearings for critical applications in vertical rolling mills operated by India's second-largest cement producer. Grasim...

CANTON, Ohio — June 17, 2008 — The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) announced today that it secured a $3.8 million contract for bearings from Masteel, one of the largest iron and steel...