Brent Dorman

The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR; www.timken.com) today announced the appointment of Brent Dorman to the position of director of engineering and business process advancement for the company’s bearing and power transmission business group. Dorman joined Timken in 1982 as an associate engineer. Since then, he has held positions in application engineering as well as business-unit leadership assignments in Latin America and Asia. Dorman also served four years as director of process execution and was named director of engineering for the bearings and power transmission group in 2011. He holds a bachelor's degree in agricultural engineering from Iowa State University and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Case Western Reserve University. Dorman lives in Jackson Township, Ohio, with his family. About The Timken Company: The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR), a global industrial technology leader, applies its deep knowledge of metallurgy, friction management and power transmission to improve the reliability and efficiency of machinery all around the world. The company engineers, manufactures and markets mechanical components and high-performance steel. Its bearings, engineered-steel bars and tubes—as well as transmissions, gearboxes, chain and related products and services—support diversified markets worldwide. With sales of $5.2 billion in 2011 and approximately 21,000 people operating from 30 countries, Timken makes the world more productive and keeps industry in motion.