Timken India was incorporated in 1987 as Tata Timken, a joint venture between Timken Company, USA and Tata Iron and Steel Company. The company is engaged primarily in the production, export and sale of antifriction bearings, components and related parts. It also acts as an import agent and sales representative for products manufactured by the Timken Company. The company`s registered office is situated at Jamshedpur, India. It exports its products primarily to the United States. Timken India uses cellular manufacturing for plant flexibility.
The company manufactures a wide range of bearings for key applications in heavy, medium and light commercial vehicles. Its tapered roller bearings have applications in industries like windmills, rolling mills, gear boxes, material handling equipment, mining and heavy engineering. It also supplies customised bearings to manufacturers of off-highway and heavy earth moving equipment. Timken has also been serving the Indian Railways for the past 50 years and it supplied the first indigenously assembled cartridge tapered roller bearing (CTRB) to the Indian railways in 1991. It develops specific solutions for railways` rolling stock and has found favour with the Delhi Metro and Shatabdi trains. Apart from manufacturing bearings, the company is also engaged in bearing repairs and refurbishment and the manufacture of induction heaters, lubricants, greases, oil seals and other related products.