Timken Latrobe Steel will increase base prices by an average of 8% on all air melted and remelted noncontract aerospace alloy steel grades. The price change is effective with all new orders received beginning on October 1, 2004.

Raw material surcharges will remain in effect.

"Increasing energy and operational costs along with other key factors have made it necessary for these price increases," said Richard H. Brown, Vice President—Business Development and Sales for Timken Latrobe Steel.

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.