Timken Latrobe Steel announced it would increase prices by 4% on all air-melt stainless and remelted aerospace alloy steel grades. The price change is effective with all new orders received. Raw material surcharges will remain in effect.

"Increasing energy costs and other key factors have made it necessary for this price increase," said Richard H. Brown, Vice President—Business Development and Sales for Timken Latrobe Steel. "Our efforts continue to focus on ways to offset these costs."

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.