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Michael P. Denison Named Manager - Industrial Bearing Services at The Timken Company's South Bend Plant

18 May 1998

Michael P. Denison Named Manager - Industrial Bearing Services at The Timken Company's South Bend Plant

    CANTON, Ohio, May 18 -- Michael P. Denison has been named
manager - industrial bearing services at The Timken Company's
South Bend Plant.
    Mr. Denison started his career with the company in 1966 as a material
handler at the Canton Bearing Plant.  He also has held positions of vault
attendant trainee; tool market trainee; tool crib attendant; electrician
apprentice; supervisory candidate; supervisor - interplant trucking, labor and
special cleaners and sanitation; supervisor - millwrights and painters;
general supervisor - interplant trucking, labor and special cleaners; general
supervisor - electricians; general supervisor - tool manufacturing and machine
repairs and electricians; area supervisor - tool manufacturing and machine
repair and electricians; area supervisor - equipment maintenance; project
coordinator - special products; and area manager - maintenance - large
industrial bearings, his most recent position.
    A graduate of Perry High School, Massillon, Ohio, Mr. Denison received an
associate's degree in industrial management from Kent State University.
    The Timken Company is a leading international manufacturer of highly
engineered bearings and alloy steels.  The company employs about 21,000 people
worldwide and reported 1997 sales of more than U.S. $2.6 billion.