The company competed with domestic manufacturers as well as foreign manufacturers of
antifriction bearings, including SKF, INA-Holding Schaeffler KG, NTN Corporation, Koyo
Seiko Company, Ltd., and NSK, Ltd. Timken’s principal competitors in aerospace products
included Ellwood Specialty, Slater/Atlas, and Patriot.
Steel Group: Steel products included steels of low and intermediate alloy, vacuumprocessed
alloys, tool steel, and some carbon grades. Those products were available in a range of
solid and tubular sections with a variety of lengths and finishes. They were used in an array of
applications, including bearings, automotive transmissions, engine crankshafts, oil drilling,
aerospace, and other similarly demanding applications. Approximately 13% of Timken’s steel
production was devoted to its bearing operations.