Timken (TKR)

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The Timken Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures engineered anti-friction bearings and assemblies, alloy steels, aerospace power transmission systems, and related products and services worldwide. Its products include tapered roller bearings that are used in passenger cars, light and heavy trucks, and trains, as well as in a range of industrial applications, such as small gear drives and wind energy machines; and precision cylindrical and ball bearings for ultra high-speed and high-accuracy applications in the aerospace, medical and dental, computer, and other industries. The company also offers spherical and cylindrical roller bearings for gear drives, rolling mills, and other process industry and infrastructure development applications. Timken sells these products to original equipment manufacturers and industrial distributors serving industries, including construction and mining, natural resources, defense, pulp and paper production, rolling mills, and general industrial goods. In addition, it manufactures bearings, helicopter transmission systems, rotor head assemblies, turbine engine components, gears, and other precision flight-critical components for commercial and military aviation applications, as well as offers precision bearings, higher-level assemblies, and sensors for equipment manufacturers of health and positioning control equipment. Further, the company produces steel products used in a range of applications, which include bearings, automotive transmissions, engine crankshafts, and oil drilling components; and custom-made steel products for automotive and industrial customers. Additionally, Timken provides bearing reconditioning services for industrial and railroad customers; and aftermarket services, such as repair and overhaul of engines, transmissions, and fuel controls, as well as aerospace bearing repair and component reconditioning. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Canton, Ohio.