Timken Company - TKR- Profile

Timken Company (The). The Group's principal activity is to manufacture bearings, alloy and specialty steel and related components. It operates through three segments: Automotive Group manufactures a variety of products, including roller and needle bearings and other components used in an automobile's transmission, chassis, steering column and engine. Industrial Group produces roller bearings, needle bearings, wider inner ring ball bearings and housed units, radial ball bearings, super precision ball bearings, airframe control bearings, precision machined bearings and precision components and assemblies. Steel Group includes sales of intermediate alloy, vacuum processed alloys, tool steel and some carbon grades. Group operates in the United States, Europe and Other Countries. Industrial Group accounted for 42% of 2006 revenues; Automotive Group, 31% and Steel Group, 27%