Daniel E. Muller to Head Distribution Management at Timken

    CANTON, Ohio, July 17 The Timken Company recently
announced that Daniel E. Muller has been named vice president - distribution
management. In his new role, Mr. Muller is responsible for global industrial
distribution sales, customer service, marketing, and logistics.
    
    A 22-year employee with The Timken Company, Mr. Muller served most
recently as director - e-business. In that position he established an
industrial e-business alliance with other premium brand manufacturers to offer
North American and European authorized distributors a shopping site for
industrial products, including Timken(R) bearings.

    "Dan is an integral part of our corporate transformation toward a
customer-centric organization," said Mike Arnold - president - industrial. "He
has a keen sense of the importance of partnering with our distributors to
build mutually beneficial relationships and ultimately profitable growth."

    Mr. Muller joined the company in 1979 as a programmer in Canton. He also
held positions in information systems, advanced technology, and strategic
management. In 1995, Mr. Muller was named manager - strategy implementation at
Timken Latrobe Steel in Latrobe, Pa.  A year later, he moved to Youngstown,
Ohio, where he served with Timken Latrobe Steel subsidiaries in various
executive positions, including president - Ohio Alloy Steels and vice
president - operations - Timken Latrobe Steel Distribution.

    Mr. Muller received his bachelor's degree in business administration and a
master of business administration degree, both from Kent State University in
Ohio.