The Timken Company Recognizes Associates' Ideas with Dedication to Excellence Awards

    CANTON, Ohio, May 22 The Timken Company
honored recipients of the Dedication to Excellence Award, the company's
highest corporate distinction, at a ceremony at its Canton, Ohio, headquarters
today. Dedication to Excellence Awards are given twice yearly to recognize
associates' exemplary continuous-improvement efforts.
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    "Our associates take ownership in The Timken Company's success," said Jim
Griffith, president and chief operating officer. "The achievements honored
today are some of the many associate-generated solutions that have enhanced
customer confidence and shareholder value. These ideas reduced costs, improved
productivity and boosted profitability."
    Continuous-improvement ideas were submitted by individuals and teams from
each of the company's worldwide business units and corporate centers. The
following award winners achieved exceptional results through specific job-
related duties.

    E-Business: Andrea Dorsey, Christophe Feldgiesel, Charles Guthrie, Axel
Hermsen, Denis Meyer, Terry Moore, Rex Simmons, Remy Stock, Martin Thatcher
and Gabriel Wendling; for successfully moving the company's European
integrated business integrated systems application from data servers in
Grenoble, France, to the company's Canton, Ohio, Data Center. The idea saves
nearly $400,000 annually and significantly reduces system downtime for
backups.

    Automotive - Lincolnton Bearing Plant: John Arney III, Guy Beam, Brad
Bertle, Kenneth Brackett, Anthony Brumley, Phillip Chambers, Patricia Chapman,
Walter Craig, Edward Flowers, Glenn Frank, James Hannon, Thomas Hert, Robert
Hovis, David Knight, Randall Marcum, Ronnie Martin, Carl McAbee, Charles Moss,
Garlin Neal, Mark Patterson, Joseph Raber, Bryan Reep, Bobby Rice, H. David
Sipe, Jeffery Smith, Glen Thorpe, Ray Wallace and Chester York; for
redesigning 30,000 square feet of existing space and modernizing a regulating
wheel grinding area to increase roller production and eliminate the need for a
plant expansion.

    Alloy Steel - Faircrest Steel Plant: James Hall, Bruce Lane, Darrell
Moyer, Thomas Nellis, Samuel Rohr, Philip Stoffer, Bruce Weisburn and Samuel
Williams; for improving safety and work conditions by forming a volunteer
medical emergency team benefits everyone on the Faircrest site.

    Automotive - Bucyrus Bearing Plant: Edward Bowman, Lee Brewington, Daniel
Clady, James Clady, Larry Crall, Steve Iler, Joseph Kennedy II, Gordon Kohler,
Donald Moyer, Gary Oberlander, Lee Orewiler, John Pfleiderer, Kenneth
Rothhaar, Edward Rowland, Glen Schiefer, John Seif, Jack Yohe, Victoria Zeits
and Fred Zulauf; for redesigning and expanding two bearing cone lines without
disrupting production, which increased grinding capacity by 13 percent, and
successfully meets high customer demands.

    Alloy Steel - Gambrinus Steel Plant: Richard Bender, Dennis Bricker,
Daniel Cappillo, Jeffrey Faloon, Thomas Indriolo, Allen Lemon, Charles
Rodaitis, Robert Sewell, J. Paul Suttle, Charles Wade and Valerie Wentling;
for modifying car-type annealing furnaces to include thermocouples, which
measure product temperature, and developing a companion computer logic
program. This solution enhances product quality, reduces cycle times and
decreases natural-gas consumption significantly.

    Industrial - Canton Bearing Plant: Roscoe Chaney, Christ Corneliussen,
Brian McNutt, Lawrence Miller, James Siemund, Michael Wardle, Matthew West and
Robert Wilder; for implementing hardturning machine operations to process
thrust bearing races, which reduces finish production costs by 80 percent and
a significant annual savings for the company.

    Emerging Markets - Timken India Limited: K. Raju Rao for creating a
trolley-car device that separates cooling fluid from sludge. All coolant is
now collected and recycled, avoiding environmental issues and conforming to
ISO 14000 standards.

    Railroad - Rail Bearing Service: Michell Richardson for improving the
roller-gauging operation for sorting and sizing used rollers for
remanufactured bearings. The new gauging process reduces time spent gauging
rollers by 80 percent and increases the speed of gathering complete roller
sets.

    Industrial - Mobile Equipment: Larry Baker, Francois Bertino, John Byers,
Christian Dessonet, Beth Fisher, Randy Ford, Holly Gardner, Linda Hazel, Dean
Heinle, Gary Kreider, Keith Lackey, Patrick Linet, Tracy Rose, John Swigert
II, Raymond Vassas and Thomas Young; for designing a UNIPAC(TM) bearing for a
customer's application where a competitor's bearings were failing in
operation. In six months, the multi-facility team analyzed the problem,
verified performance and retooled production equipment. This has resulted in
new bearing sales with our customer.

    The Timken Company ( http://www.timken.com ) is a leading
international manufacturer of highly engineered bearings, alloy and specialty
steels and components, as well as related products and services. With
operations in 24 countries, the company employs about 20,000 people worldwide
and recorded 2000 sales of U.S. $2.6 billion.

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