Timken Latrobe Steel announced it would increase prices by 5 to 15% on all remelted aerospace alloys and air melt stainless steel grades. The price change will be effective with all new orders received beginning January 17, 2005. Raw material surcharges will remain in effect.

Hans J. Sack, President of Timken Latrobe Steel, commented that increasing operational costs and other key factors made the price increase necessary.

Timken Latrobe Steel, a subsidiary of The Timken Co., is a leading specialty steel producer in North America. The Timken Co. is a leading global manufacturer of highly engineered bearings and alloy steels and a provider of related products and services with operations in 27 countries. A Fortune 500 company, Timken recorded 2003 sales of $3.8 billion and employed approximately 26,000 at year-end.