{"id":390351,"date":"2020-12-01T07:03:28","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T12:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=390351"},"modified":"2020-12-01T07:03:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T12:03:28","slug":"timken-acquires-aurora-bearing-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/timken-acquires-aurora-bearing-co\/","title":{"rendered":"Timken Acquires Aurora Bearing Co."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-newslines\">\n<p class=\"xn-distributor\">PR Newswire<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"xn-location\">NORTH CANTON, Ohio<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Dec. 1, 2020<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR), a world leader in engineered bearings and power transmission products, has acquired the assets of Aurora Bearing Company (Aurora). Aurora manufactures rod ends and spherical plain bearings, which serve a diverse range of industrial sectors, including aerospace and defense, racing, off-highway equipment and packaging. Its sales are expected to be around <span class=\"xn-money\">$30 million<\/span> for the full year 2020. <\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder1\">\n<p>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/647794\/TIMKEN_COMPANY_Logo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/647794\/TIMKEN_COMPANY_Logo.jpg\" title=\"The Timken Company Logo. (PRNewsfoto\/The Timken Company)\" alt=\"The Timken Company Logo. (PRNewsfoto\/The Timken Company)\" \/><br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Aurora builds on our global leadership position in engineered bearings by increasing our product breadth, which will help us serve the bearing space more completely,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Christopher A. Coughlin<\/span>, Timken executive vice president and group president. &#8220;The Aurora product line and market mix complements our portfolio very well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Privately owned and operated since its founding in 1971, Aurora employs approximately 220 people, with its headquarters, manufacturing and research and development based in <span class=\"xn-location\">Montgomery, Ill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This transaction advances Timken&#8217;s strategy, which is focused on growing its leadership position in engineered bearings while diversifying the company&#8217;s portfolio into adjacent products and markets. <\/p>\n<p>Other terms of the transaction were not disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b><br \/>\n          <i>About The Timken Company<\/i><br \/>\n        <\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>The Timken Company\u00a0(NYSE: TKR;\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2996353-1&amp;h=715446059&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timken.com%2F&amp;a=www.timken.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.timken.com<\/a>) designs a growing portfolio of engineered bearings and power transmission products. With more than a century of knowledge and innovation, we continuously improve the reliability and efficiency of global machinery and equipment to move the world forward.\u00a0Timken posted <span class=\"xn-money\">$3.8 billion<\/span> in sales in 2019 and employs more than 17,000 people globally, operating from 42 countries.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>Media Relations:<br \/><\/b><br \/>\n        <span class=\"xn-person\">Scott Schroeder<\/span><br \/>\n        <br \/>234.262.6420<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:scott.schroeder@timken.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">scott.schroeder@timken.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>Investor Relations:<br \/><\/b><br \/>\n        <span class=\"xn-person\">Neil Frohnapple<\/span><br \/>\n        <br \/>234.262.2310<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:neil.frohnapple@timken.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">neil.frohnapple@timken.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder2\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"PURL\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cision\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" alt=\"Cision\" src=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/img\/favicon.png?sn=CL06809&amp;sd=2020-12-01\" \/> View original content to download multimedia:<a id=\"PRNURL\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/timken-acquires-aurora-bearing-co-301181938.html\">http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/timken-acquires-aurora-bearing-co-301181938.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  The Timken Company<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rt.prnewswire.com\/rt.gif?NewsItemId=CL06809&amp;Transmission_Id=202012010700PR_NEWS_USPR_____CL06809&amp;DateId=20201201\" style=\"border:0px;width:1px;height:1px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PR Newswire NORTH CANTON, Ohio, Dec. 1, 2020 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR), a world leader in engineered bearings and power transmission products, has acquired the assets of Aurora Bearing Company (Aurora). Aurora manufactures rod ends and spherical plain bearings, which serve a diverse range of industrial sectors, including aerospace and defense, racing, off-highway equipment and packaging. Its sales are expected to be around $30 million for the full year 2020. &#8220;Aurora builds on our global leadership position in engineered bearings by increasing our product breadth, which will help us serve the bearing space more completely,&#8221; said Christopher A. Coughlin, Timken executive vice president and group president. &#8220;The Aurora product line and market mix complements our portfolio very well.&#8221; &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/timken-acquires-aurora-bearing-co\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Timken Acquires Aurora Bearing Co.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-390351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Timken Acquires Aurora Bearing Co. - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/timken-acquires-aurora-bearing-co\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Timken Acquires Aurora Bearing Co. - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PR Newswire NORTH CANTON, Ohio, Dec. 1, 2020 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR), a world leader in engineered bearings and power transmission products, has acquired the assets of Aurora Bearing Company (Aurora). 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