Timken Aftermarket Hires F-M’s Varner

CANTON, Ohio--Phil Varner has been named regional sales manager of light/heavy duty duties for the South Central Region for Timken Corp.’s automotive aftermarket business.

Varner joins Timken from Federal-Mogul’s aftermarket division. In the past 15 years, he held a series of leadership positions at Federal-Mogul. Most recently, he served as regional sales manager of the South Central Region, leading a team of 15 district aftermarket sales managers. Varner lives in Houston, Texas.

“Phil brings a depth of knowledge, experience and leadership in automotive and heavy-duty aftermarket to this position, says Lonnie N. Mayne, national sales manager for Timken’s aftermarket division.

Varner will be working with manufacturer sales representatives and Timken customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Southern Missouri and Texas, “to raise awareness of the Timken brand and to continue the sales growth of our full-line of bearings and seals,” says Mayne.

Timken is the only U.S.-based bearing manufacturer supplying a complete line of bearings and seals to the automotive aftermarket, he notes. “From automotive, heavy-duty, agriculture and motorcycle applications through medium-duty, construction and marine products, Timken delivers the bearings and seals that provide the highest quality in the greatest range of part numbers anywhere in the industry.”

Timken has operations in 24 countries, employing about 21,000 people worldwide with reported 1999 sales of $2.5 billion.

For more information, contact www.timken.com.