Timken extends agreement with North Coast

Metal Stocks  |  2012-01-25 07:28:08   |   By

The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR) and North Coast Bearings LLC (North Coast), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bearing Technologies Ltd., have agreed to a five-year extension of their strategic alliance, which has supplied kits and components to customers in the automotive and heavy truck aftermarket since 1997, when the companies began collaborating.

CANTON (Scrap Monster): The Timken Company (NYSE:TKR) and North Coast Bearings LLC (North Coast), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bearing Technologies Ltd., have agreed to a five-year extension of their strategic alliance, which has supplied kits and components to customers in the automotive and heavy truck aftermarket since 1997, when the companies began collaborating.

The Timken Company is a leading global manufacturer of highly engineered bearings, alloy steels, and related components and assemblies.

Timken and North Coast market and distribute differential and transmission kits and components under the product name DT Components for the light-, medium- and heavy-duty markets.

'Since the inception of the DT Components product line, our focus has been on providing quality products to cover a range of applications required by the professional installer,' said Tom Tecklenburg, director of the automotive and heavy-duty aftermarket for Timken.

North Coast Bearings LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bearing Technologies Ltd. North Coast has been supplying differential and transmission kits and components to distributors and rebuilders since 1983. Product is shipped from North Coast headquarters in Avon, Ohio, as well as from a distribution center in Sparks, Nevada.