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Timken Singapore Moves to Another Office Location

8 January 1998

Timken Singapore Moves to Another Office Location

    SINGAPORE, Jan. 8 -- Timken Singapore Pte Ltd moved its
office to another location as of December 31, 1997.  The address and new phone
numbers are:

    Timken Singapore Pte Ltd
    95 South Bridge Road
    #10-29 Pidemco Centre
    Singapore 058717
    phone:       (65)- 532-0900
    fax:         (65)- 532-0922

    The Timken Company (http://www.timken.com) is a leading international
manufacturer of highly engineered bearings and alloy steels.  The company
employs some 19,000 associates worldwide and reported 1996 sales of about US
$2.4 billion.

SOURCE  The Timken Company