Timken invests in STEM education for underrepresented students globally, collaborating with leaders like Darlene Walker, STEM engagement director at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. She shares how authentic STEM learning experiences create more diverse, knowledgeable and prepared problem solvers for the future.

Timken service engineers represent the company’s on-site customer support arm. They engage in complex, challenging, and unpredictable work, and they produce enormous value for customers, and for Timken. Dragos Oprescu, general manager of global service engineering, and Barclay Simmons, chief engineer, discuss.

Through ongoing training, Timken passes 120+ years of technical bearing knowledge on to its new engineers. Here’s how the training benefits customers worldwide.

Timken facilities reduce, reuse, recycle and invest for a more sustainable world. Thomas Simon, plant manager, explains how the company’s newest Groeneveld-BEKA facility in Wannberg, Germany, operates with 100% renewable energy, contributing to the company’s global sustainability goals

New video motion capture technology enables Timken teams around the world to assess ergonomic risks more efficiently. Bob Scott, Timken’s safety & ergonomics specialist, talks about this innovative technology.

Largest. Highest. Most complex. Innovative Timken bearing solutions help ships traverse the high-altitude Guizhou plateau in Southwest China via a record-breaking ship lift system—enabling faster and more efficient global trade.

In 2020, “wind turbine technician” was the fastest growing job in the Unites States. It’s not an easy occupation, but the work is critical, the impact significant. Nathan Glessner, business manager for H&N Wind Power Systems by Timken talks about training, safety, and the dedication his H&N team demonstrates daily to keep the power on for millions of Americans.

The EU is serious about transitioning to a carbon-neutral future, and electric buses are a big part of the plan. Michal Zagozda of Groeneveld-BEKA by Timken talks about the success of Polish bus manufacturers, and how automatic lubrication systems play an important role.

By virtue of its culture of resource stewardship and efficiency, the rail industry offers arguably one of our oldest and most successful models of corporate social responsibility. Timken’s bearing reconditioning services help rail operators reduce costs — both financial and environmental.

Electric vehicle manufacturers are reimagining the automobile. Backed by 120 years of R&D leadership, Timken innovates next-generation bearings for these novel vehicles—including some of the world’s longest-range, luxury electric vehicles.