Timken.acquiring linear-motion supplier Rollon

Timken公司是一位工程轴承和电力传输产品的全球领导者，已达成与泛欧公司跳棋资本和IGI私募股权的协议，以获得Rollon集团。Rolecon的设计领导者，绵羊专业从事乘用车，航空航天，包装和物流，医疗和自动化等各种行业的线性导轨，伸缩轨道和线性执行器的设计和制造。2018年全年折扣销售额约为1.4亿美元。

“收购Rollon将扩大领先的工业品牌的Timken投资组合，让我们为全球有吸引力，高增长的终端市场提供现有和新客户，”Timken总裁兼首席执行官Richard G. Kyle表示。

Headquartered near Milan, Italy, Rollon has manufacturing operations in Italy, Germany and the United States. Rollon employs approximately 600 people and boasts an extensive sales and engineering network around the world to serve its global customer base.

“Like Timken, Rollon is an expert in motion technology and is known for developing customized linear motion products for their customers’ application challenges. With its proven operating model and value proposition, Rollon will open up exciting new growth opportunities for the company,” added Kyle.

Rollon的领先的线性运动产品系列与Timken，费城装备，Groeneveld驱动器和Lovejoy等其他Timken品牌相得益彰。

通过此次收购，Timken继续其策略，使其产品和服务多么多样化，这些产品和服务也包括轴承，齿轮驱动器，链，带，联轴器，自动润滑系统，工业离合器和制动器以及各种相关的工业服务。

Timken.expects the acquisition to be accretive to earnings in the first year of ownership. The transaction, which is subject to customary regulatory approvals, is expected to close in late September 2018 and will be funded with debt. Presentation materials related to this transaction have been posted to the company’s website at投资者..Timken.com.。

The Timken Company engineers, manufactures and markets bearings, gear drives, belts, chain, couplings, lubrication systems and related products, and offers a spectrum of powertrain rebuild and repair services. The leading authority on tapered roller bearings, Timken today applies its deep knowledge of metallurgy, tribology and mechanical power transmission across a variety of bearings and related systems to improve the reliability and efficiency of machinery and equipment all around the world. The company’s growing product and services portfolio features many strong industrial brands including Timken, Fafnir, Philadelphia Gear, Groeneveld Drives, and Lovejoy. Known for its quality products and collaborative technical sales model, Timken posted $3 billion in sales in 2017. With more than 15,000 employees operating from 33 countries, Timken makes the world more productive and keeps industry in motion.