Timken Lands Large Order from Indian Mill

The Timken Company has received a significant bearing order from India- based Jindal Steel & Power Limited, the world's largest coal-based sponge iron plant. The order, worth more than $700,000, calls for Timken to provide Jindal Steel's Raigarh plant with two types of cylindrical roller bearings.

Sponge iron facilities utilize a mixture of iron ore and coal to feed into an electric furnace for melting and steel making. This process is an alternative to ferrous scrap as a raw material.

Jindal Steel placed the order to meet the growing demand for iron and steel in India. The new bearings will be used on six new sponge iron kilns planned for the facility. The plant currently is in the process of setting up four of the new kilns and recently has launched a universal beam rolling mill designed to produce 120-meter rails; the longest manufactured in India.

In addition to supplying new bearings, Timken works with Jindal Steel to provide bearing repair and hands-on training for its personnel while drawing upon the expertise of its global engineering and research facility in Bangalore, India for continuous improvement and innovation.