11 Facts About Timken Company

Timken Company is a global manufacturer of bearings and power transmission products.

In 1898, Henry Timken obtained a patent for an improved tapered roller bearing, and in 1899 incorporated as The Timken Roller Bearing Axle Company in St Louis.

Timken Company entered international markets in the early 1900s, establishing a presence initially in Great Britain, France and Germany.

Timken Company entered the Great Depression in a strong financial position and its performance placed it in the ranks of the most solid, well-managed industrial firms of the 1930s.

Timken Company expanded into new global markets throughout the 1970s and 1980s, establishing a sales operation in Japan in 1974 and opening sales offices in Italy, Korea, Singapore and Venezuela in 1988.

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Timken Company changed its corporate structure in 2014; the roller bearing-producing part of the company was separated from the steel-producing part of the company, resulting in two separate companies.

The Timken Company continues to manufacture roller bearings, while TimkenSteel produces steel.

Timken Company is currently focused on expanding its tapered roller bearings and growing its offering of industrial bearings and mechanical power transmission products and services.

Timken Company brands include: Timken bearings, Fafnir bearings, EDT bearing housed units, Lovejoy couplings and universal joints, Carlisle belts, Cone Drive worm gear drives, Drives chain, Diamond chain, Groeneveld-BEKA lubrication, Interlube lubrication systems, PT Tech industrial clutches and brakes, R+L Hydraulics hydraulic components, Rollon linear motion products and Torsion Control Products spring couplings.

Timken Company operates Timken Power Systems, which supplies and services industrial drivetrain customers with repair, upgrade and service for bearings, gearboxes and electric motors.

In 2018, Timken India acquired ABC Bearings, an Indian bearings manufacturing company.