Timken Sales Manager Speaks at National Catalog Conference
CANTON, Ohio, May 1 -- Bob Gracey, national sales manager, for the automotive and heavy-duty aftermarket at Timken is a key presenter at the National Catalog Managers Association 30th annual conference. Its theme is Knowledge Exchange '03, May 3-6, at the Wyndham St. Anthony Hotel in San Antonio, TX. Gracey speaks on "Delivering Added Value by Understanding Your Core Competencies."
"I am honored to be among the presenters this year, and I am eager to share my perspectives on enhancing growth by focusing on core competencies," Gracey says.
"The Timken Company is an organization that knows and promotes its strengths as a full-line supplier of antifriction solutions. Our substantial product line ranges from hubs and seals to bearing and specialty kits are founded in our knowledge of our primary product lines."
NCMA, a subgroup of the National Automotive Industry Association, creates standards for automotive catalogs and provides its members with technical information, networking opportunities and ways to successfully manage catalog marketing efforts. The conference includes knowledge sessions, speaker presentations, an industry roundtable, a panel discussion for electronic catalog data, a trade show and excellence awards honoring companies that have achieved catalog excellence.
The Timken Company ( www.timken.com ) is a leading international manufacturer of highly engineered bearings, alloy and specialty steels and components, and a provider of related products and services. Following its February 2003 acquisition of The Torrington Company, Timken employs 28,000 people worldwide in operations in 29 countries. In 2002, the combined companies had sales of approximately $3.8 billion.
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