The new production facility stretches onto 15,000 square meters and will have 120 employees by the end of 2018.
The company received $16 million state aid from Romania. Tinken has been producing bearings in Romania since 1997, when it opened its first facility in Ploiesti.
Timken operates 63 manufacturing plants and service centers around the world, including eight European facilities located in Italy, France, Poland, Romania and the United Kingdom. The company is present in 28 countries and employs 14,000 people.
The group engineers, manufactures and markets bearings, transmissions, gearboxes, belts, chain and related products, and offers powertrain rebuild and repair services. The group’s brands include Timken, Fafnir, Philadelphia Gear, Carlisle, Drives and Interlube.