Timken World Headquarters
4500 Mount Pleasant St. NW
North Canton, Ohio 44720 USA
1-234-262-3000
By the Numbers
• First constructed in 1966 as Timken Research
Center. Expansion started May 2012 and completed
in July 2014.
Construction cost: $65 million.
What Happens Here
• 240,000 square feet, on 115 acres, accommodating
1,000+ employees.
• Research and development, engineering,
customer service, and sales and marketing;
all corporate functions, including executive
leadership, communications, legal, accounting,
tax and treasury, investor relations, organizational
advancement and global marketing.
• Building materials include 170,000 bricks; 574
exterior pieces of glass; 2,042,000 feet of electrical
cable (386 miles); 729 tons of steel; 635 beams; 86
columns and 32 posts; and 18,000 bolts.
• Facility is designed for maximum collaboration
among employees, to enhance our speed of
innovation and levels of customer service. Open
collaboration areas and meeting spaces are plentiful.
A Sustaining Environment
• Awarded LEED Gold certification in December 2014.
• Abundant natural lighting.
• Outdoor gardens and a walking path.
• State-of-the-art cafeteria overseen by chefs committed to health-conscious offerings.
• Earth-friendly efforts include “green” parking spots for designated vehicles and spaces for car poolers, as well
as a comprehensive recycling program.
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A Sustaining Environment (continued)
• Comprehensive plan to handle the rainwater that falls on the site.
-- Depressed areas within parking lots route stormwater through vegetated swales and into a large landscape
element (bioswale).
• High-efficiency heating and cooling components in the building.
• Low-flow water fixtures reduce the water usage on campus.
• Sustainable environment was considered during construction, aiming to:
-- Recycle the majority of the waste from construction;
-- Use construction materials that are made within 500 miles of site;
-- Use construction materials from recycled sources;
-- Use wood that is harvested in an environmentally responsible way;
-- Use materials such as paints, caulk and adhesives with low amount of chemicals that will be absorbed
into the air.
The Timken Story
The building’s architecture is designed to educate and engage visitors and employees by telling the Timken story
of perpetual strength in an experiential way. Branded installations feature what we know, what we make and how
we create value for our stakeholders.
1. Timken Overview: Our enduring values and dynamic solutions combine to create a more productive world. 2. Make & Know: Making and knowing is our company’s perpetual cycle of innovation. It’s how we create value,
making ourselves and our customers stronger every day.
3. Innovation Way: Timken is building on the remarkable momentum created by our past transformation and
strategy. Our future success builds on key moments from the past.
4. Capabilities Theater: Our unique capabilities contribute to global progress, whether that’s supporting deepspace exploration or preserving one of the world’s largest ecosystems.
5. Product Showroom: We focus on solving our customer’s toughest challenges, applying our knowledge to
make the world’s industry work better.