April 2009
Timken - the global innovator of friction management and power transmission products and services - is currently working in South Africa with all of its customers and distributors, looking at ways of becoming a smarter, more efficient operation, in order to cope with the current downturn and to emerge from it ready for the future. Danie Coetser, Timken's MD, talks to MechTech about his company's strategy and its long-term vision for the future.
For more information contact:
Jeanine Arundale
Communications analyst
Tel: +27 11 741 3830
Fax: +27 11 914 3708
Mobile: +27 83 678 8209
Email: jeanine.arundale@timken.com
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