The Timken Company
The Timken Company operates as a global designer and manufacturer of engineered bearings and industrial motion products, supported by a comprehensive portfolio of complementary brands and services. Founded in 1899 by Henry Timken, the company has evolved from its origins in tapered roller bearing innovation to become… From the company’s description.
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What The Timken Company does
In the company’s own words
The Timken Company operates as a global designer and manufacturer of engineered bearings and industrial motion products, supported by a comprehensive portfolio of complementary brands and services. Founded in 1899 by Henry Timken, the company has evolved from its origins in tapered roller bearing innovation to become a diversified industrial manufacturer serving customers across multiple end markets worldwide.
The company's core business centers on two primary segments: Engineered Bearings and Industrial Motion Products. The Engineered Bearings segment encompasses tapered, spherical, and cylindrical roller bearings; ball bearings; housed bearings; and plain bearings used across transportation, industrial, and infrastructure applications. The Industrial Motion segment includes linear motion solutions, industrial drives, automatic lubrication systems, belts, chains, couplings, industrial clutches and brakes, and sealing solutions. Timken also provides power systems services, bearing repair and remanufacturing, and specialty filtration products.
Timken operates a substantial global infrastructure comprising approximately 116 manufacturing facilities and service centers, 29 technology and engineering centers, and 74 distribution centers and warehouses across 44 countries. The company employs approximately 19,000 people worldwide. Its portfolio includes numerous established brands such as Timken, GGB, Philadelphia Gear, Cone Drive, CGI, Rollon, Nadella, Rosa Sistemi, Diamond, Lovejoy, Groeneveld, BEKA, Des-Case, and Lagersmit, among others.
The company maintains a diversified customer base spanning industrial distribution, renewable energy, automation, automotive original equipment manufacturers, agriculture, rail, aerospace, aftermarket, construction, metals and mining, heavy truck, and marine sectors. No single customer represents more than five percent of total net sales. Timken's competitive positioning rests on its technical expertise in metallurgy and friction management, application engineering capabilities, product quality, and global service support infrastructure. The company manages its raw material exposure through supplier diversification and contractual surcharge mechanisms, while maintaining research and development operations across North America, Europe, and Asia to support continued innovation in engineered solutions.
Company details
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry (SIC)
- Industrial Machinery
- Headquarters
- NORTH CANTON, OH
- Fiscal year end
- December
- CIK
- 98362
- SIC
- 3562
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2013–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns The Timken Company — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Largest fund holders · The Timken Company’s weight in each
Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.
The Timken Company’s bonds, as funds hold them
Funds report holding 4 issues of The Timken Company’s debt, $182.30M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 4.33%, maturing 2028 to 2034.
Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
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