| 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. |
| 1933: |
Based on the designs of engineer and employee E.K. Brown, The Torrington Company receives three patents for a new bearing invention – the needle bearing. Many decades later, Torrington will become part of Timken. |
| 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. |
| 2003: |
Timken acquires The Torrington Company, a major bearing producer. The acquisition significantly expands the company's product range and global presence. |
| 2005: |
Timken reaches $5 billion in sales. |
| 2007: |
Timken expands bearing manufacturing in Wuxi, China and begins construction of bearing plants in Chennai, India and Chengdu, China. |