| 1899: |
Timken Roller Bearing Company incorporates. |
| 1901: |
Timken moves from St. Louis to Canton, Ohio, and opens a bearing and axle plant; it is later renamed The Timken Roller Bearing Company. |
| 1909: |
Timken first enters overseas markets through a licensing agreement in England. |
| 1911: |
The Timken bearing equipped Marmon Wasp wins the inaugural Indy 500. |
| 1917: |
Timken invests in steelmaking operations by opening its first steel plant in Canton, Ohio. The move ensures a reliable supply of steel for use in making Timken bearings at a time when the WWI effort is consuming most U.S.-made steel. |
| 1919: |
Timken bearing applications expand more aggressively into non-automotive fields, such as mining and agriculture. |
| 1922: |
Timken stock is publicly traded and the company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. |
| 1925: |
Timken bearings are used in railroad cars for the first time. |
| 1928: |
Timken continues to expand internationally through subsidiaries in Canada and France. |
| 1930: |
The Four Aces, a Timken-equipped locomotive, goes into service to demonstrate railroad bearing and steel applications. |
| 1937: |
Timken grows its research and development capabilities by investing in large scale product and bearing life testing equipment. |
| 1941 - 1945: |
Timken contributes bearings and steel tubing for a variety of military applications during WWII, as well as wartime production of large gun barrels. |
| 1947: |
Timken opens its first automated high-volume production bearing factory in Bucyrus, Ohio. |
| 1951: |
Timken expands its global manufacturing network by opening a plant in Benoni, South Africa. |
| 1954: |
Timken AP™ bearing, a revolutionary bearing assembly design, is introduced for use in railroad freight cars. |
| 1961: |
Timken opens a plant in Colmar, France, strengthening its European presence. |
| 1966: |
Timken opens a new centralized research and development facility in North Canton, Ohio. It is the first of 12 technology centers the company will open globally. |
| 1971: |
Timken invests in automated mass production bearing operations with a new plant in Gaffney, S.C. |
| 1978: |
Timken reaches $1 billion in sales. |
| 1985: |
Timken invests $500 million to build Faircrest, a state-of-the-art steel mill, at a time when other steel makers are struggling. |
| 1989: |
Timken grows a presence in India by investing in a joint venture for bearing production in Jamshedpur. |
| 1990: |
Acquisition of MPB Corporation expands Timken's portfolio to include miniature precision bearings and new aerospace capabilities. |
| 1995: |
Timken reaches $2 billion in sales. |
| 1996-1997: |
Acquisitions and joint ventures expand bearing manufacturing in England, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, China and the United States. |
| 1999: |
Timken celebrates its 100th anniversary. |
| 2005: |
Timken reaches $5 billion in sales. |
| 2007: |
Timken announces a joint venture in China with Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd., to manufacture ultra large bore bearings for the Chinese wind energy market. |
| 2007: |
Timken adds new power transmission products and capabilities to its aerospace business through the acquisition of Purdy Corp. |
| 2007: |
Timken aligns to drive growth and performance with two new business groups - Steel and Bearings and Power Transmission. |
| 2008: |
Timken opens new manufacturing facilities in Chennai, India, and Chengdu, China, to drive the company's strategy of growth in global industrial markets. |
| 2008: |
Timken opens a small-bar steel rolling mill in Canton, Ohio, that expands its portfolio of differentiated steel products. |
| 2008: |
Timken acquires EXTEX Ltd., adding nearly 600 Federal Aviation Administration parts manufacturer approval components to Timken's aerospace portfolio. |
| 2008: |
Timken expands production capacity at its Tyger River facility in Union, S.C., to serve the growing wind energy market. The company also invests in a new thermal steel treatment facility in Canton, Ohio. |
| 2009: |
lTimken completes an agreement to sell its needle roller bearings business to JTEKT Corporation. |
| 2009: |
Timken named among "The 100 Most Trustworthy Companies" by Forbes magazine. |
| 2010: |
Timken is named by Ethisphere Institute as one of world's most ethical companies |