Timken Recycles 1.6 Million Tons of Scrap Metal in 2010
04/22/2011 - In 2010, The Timken Co. transformed 1.6 million tons of scrap metal into Timken® steel, which is made from nearly 100% recycled content, including 350,000 tons of recycled scrap metal from Timken operations.
In 2010, The Timken Co. transformed 1.6 million tons of scrap metal into Timken® steel, which is made from nearly 100% recycled content, including 350,000 tons of recycled scrap metal from Timken operations.
Timken's technology portfolio includes specialty steel alloys engineered for performance in machinery, and a full complement of power transmission components and systems. These technologies find application in, for example, wind turbines; air, rail, and truck transport; and advanced industrial equipment.
"Timken makes a positive impact on the world not only because of the types of products we make, but how we make them," said Alan Oberster, Vice President of Environmental, Health and Safety. "Our steelmaking process is a great example of this. We create value by making products the world needs, and by making our steel out of scrap, we conserve natural resources while putting mountains of waste to good use."
Timken also strives to reduce energy and waste in its operations. In 2010, the company diverted 20,350 tons of electric-arc furnace dust from landfills, capturing and recycling the dust byproduct of the company's steelmaking process. Timken's steel manufacturing relies on electric technology that is “a green alternative” to blast-furnace or basic oxygen-furnace methods, it claims.
Timken says it has cut the amount of energy needed to produce steel ingots by 27% since 1990. And at its Canton, Ohio-based steel facilities, Timken recycles 30 million gallons of water waste each day through a closed-loop recycling process.
The Timken Co. offers innovative friction management and power transmission products and services that are critical to help machinery perform efficiently and reliably. With sales of $4.1 billion in 2010, the company has operations in 28 countries with approximately 20,000 people.
