Timken

North Canton, Ohio, United States · Humanoids · Components / Actuation · timken.com

Timken supplies robotics-relevant motion components, including engineered bearings, linear motion systems, actuators, ball screws, rotational units and gearing through businesses such as Rollon and Cone Drive.

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Positioning

Timken is a publicly listed U.S. manufacturer of engineered bearings, precision gearing, encoders and industrial-motion systems used by OEMs and end users across automation and robotics; its portfolio includes Cone Drive, SPINEA, CGI, Rollon and Timken precision-bearing products. In 2026 it acquired Bijur Delimon, reported second-quarter sales of $1.26 billion, and promoted its portfolio as enabling humanoid motion, but it has disclosed no operating humanoid fleet, named humanoid OEM customer, or comparable humanoid robot program. Gates Industrial is acquiring selected Timken belts assets, while no key robotics customer or supplier relationship was publicly named in the reviewed sources.

Latest signals

  • Cone Drive is providing global engineering support for its new cycloidal gearing range.The Robot Report

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Facts, with sources

  • Steve Ribaudo appointed executive vice president and COOSenior hire · Timken
  • Industrial Motion salesRevenue · Timken
  • Adjusted EBITDA included an $8.0 million net benefit from IEEPA tariff refunds; reported net income included a belts-divestiture impairment charge and the Springfield closure remained in progressSetback · news.timken.com
  • Second-quarter salesRevenue · news.timken.com

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Scores, Robotics (of 10)

Deployment6
Production10
Commercials9
Progress9
Technology8
Positioning8
Firepower8
Leverage4

Traction: deployment, production, commercials, progress. Capability: technology, positioning, firepower, leverage.

Questions this page answers

What does Timken do?

Timken supplies robotics-relevant motion components, including engineered bearings, linear motion systems, actuators, ball screws, rotational units and gearing through businesses such as Rollon and Cone Drive. Timken is a publicly listed U.S. manufacturer of engineered bearings, precision gearing, encoders and industrial-motion systems used by OEMs and end users across automation and robotics; its portfolio includes Cone Drive, SPINEA, CGI, Rollon and Timken precision-bearing products. In 2026 it acquired Bijur Delimon, reported second-quarter sales of $1.26 billion, and promoted its portfolio as enabli

Where does Timken rank in robotics?

Timken is on the Robotics watchlist list of Frontier Tech Intelligence with a score of 77 out of 100, below the Top 100.

Where is Timken based and when was it founded?

Timken is based in North Canton, Ohio, United States.

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