The Timken Company Strengthens Senior Leadership

17 December 1997
The Timken Company Strengthens Senior Leadership

    CANTON, Ohio, Dec. 17 -- Building on the formation of the
office of the chairman, which was announced last month, The Timken Company
today announced additional assignments designed to further
strengthen the organization's leadership.
    These moves follow the election last month of W.R. Timken, Jr., as
president and chief executive officer, expanding his previous responsibilities
as chairman, as well as Robert L. Leibensperger as executive vice president,
chief operating officer and president - bearings, and Bill J. Bowling as
executive vice president, chief operating officer and president - steel.
    Larry R. Brown, Gene E. Little, Stephen A. Perry, John J. Schubach and
Thomas W. Strouble, previously vice presidents, have been elected senior vice
presidents.
    Mr. Brown will be senior vice president and general counsel, Mr. Little
will be senior vice president - finance and Mr. Schubach will be senior vice
president - strategic management and continuous improvement.  They will report
to Mr. Timken.
    Mr. Perry will be senior vice president - human resources, purchasing and
communications and will report to Mr. Bowling.  Mr. Strouble will be senior
vice president - technology and will report to Mr. Leibensperger.
    Also reporting to Mr. Leibensperger and taking on additional
responsibility will be Jon T. Elsasser, James W. Griffith and Salvatore J.
Miraglia, Jr., who were elected to new positions.  Previously they
had been vice presidents.  Mr. Elsasser will be group vice president -
bearings - rail, Europe, Africa and West Asia.  He is currently based at the
company's offices in Colmar, France, and in the near future will be relocating
to Canton.  Mr. Griffith will be group vice president - bearings - North
America automotive, Asia Pacific and Latin America.  Mr. Miraglia will be
group vice president - bearings - North America industrial and super
precision.
    "These three individuals have been keys to our success in the 1990s and
will be central to continuing to lead and grow our worldwide bearing
business," said Mr. Leibensperger.  "Their leadership responsibilities will
continue to increase as our network of facilities and number of customers
keeps growing.  We now have plants and offices in 25 nations and more than
26,000 customers."
    Reporting to Mr. Bowling will be Karl P. Kimmerling and Hans J. Sack, who
were also elected corporate officers.  Mr. Kimmerling, previously vice
president - manufacturing - steel, will be group vice president - alloy steel,
and  Mr. Sack, previously president - Latrobe Steel Company, a Timken Company
subsidiary, will be group vice president - specialty steel and president -
Latrobe Steel Company.
    "Karl and Hans have been very instrumental in building the success of our
steel business," said Mr. Bowling, "and we are confident that they will help
lead it to new levels of achievement.  This includes continuing to expand our
operations, as we have been doing through initiatives such as the addition of
new rolling mill capacity and tool steel distribution acquisitions."
    The Timken Company is a leading international manufacturer of
highly engineered bearings and alloy steels.  The company employs some 20,000
people worldwide and reported 1996 sales of about U.S. $2.4 billion.

SOURCE  The Timken Company