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The Timken Company Receives N.C. Governor's Award

4 November 1998

The Timken Company Receives N.C. Governor's Award for Excellence in Waste Reduction

    CANTON, Ohio, Nov. 4 -- The Timken Company today
was one of five businesses awarded North Carolina Gov. James B. Hunt's Award
for Excellence in Waste Reduction.  The award is presented annually to those
businesses and government facilities that have shown an outstanding commitment
to protecting the environment and public health through resource recovery,
pollution prevention and source reduction, reuse and recycling.
    The environmental projects recognized for this award demonstrate the
commitment of The Timken Company and its Lincolnton Bearing Plant, in
Lincolnton, N.C., to pollution prevention and waste minimization.
    "Through our continuous improvement program, we have developed more
efficient processes, improved quality and lowered costs while at the same time
reducing waste and potential impacts to the environment," says Larry R. Brown,
senior vice president and general counsel.  "It is a great honor to be
recognized by Governor Hunt for our recent achievements in waste
minimization."
    Timken has ongoing waste minimization projects of recycling paper, cans,
cardboard and steel in its plants and offices worldwide.  The Lincolnton plant
itself eliminated more than 32,500,000 pounds of such waste last year.
    By using returnable packaging throughout the company, including the
Lincolnton plant, Timken saves about 1,300,000 pounds of cardboard and
1,000,000 pounds of wood per year.  The Lincolnton Bearing Plant also
initiated projects to decrease the amount of oil consumed in its processes and
reuses oil where feasible.  These projects reduced virgin oil usage by 23,000
gallons and eliminated 129,000 gallons of waste oil last year.  Additionally,
Lincolnton eliminated the use of toluene, a highly toxic and hazardous
material, from its heat treating process, reduced its annual electricity usage
by over 1,850,000 kilowatts and its annual water usage by 975,000 gallons. In
total, these projects have an annual cost savings of more than $300,000.
    "One of The Timken Company's primary goals is to continuously improve its
environmental performance," says Mr. Brown.  "It has been our experience that
minimizing waste and preventing pollution not only benefits the environment,
but can also be good business."
    In 1997, Timken received the Ohio Governor's Award for Outstanding
Achievement in Pollution Prevention and the New Hampshire Governor's Award for
Pollution Prevention.
    The Timken Company (http://www.timken.com) is a leading international
manufacturer of highly engineered bearings and alloy steels with operations in
25 countries.  The company employs 21,000 associates worldwide and reported
1997 sales of U.S. $2.6 billion.