# Timken opens new tapered roller bearing plant in Prahova, Romania

Timken has built a new tapered roller bearing plant in Prahova, Romania, focused on metric products for European markets including agriculture, construction and mining. The plant features advanced computer controls, robotics and automation.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-01-15
- Where: Prahova, Romania
- Starts operating: 2015
- Status: completed
- Products: tapered roller bearings
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Timken](https://endata.com/companies/1700.md)

## Sources

- [timken.com](https://www.timken.com/timken-world/modern-manufacturing-prahova-plant-expands-leadership-in-tapered-roller-bearings/), 2019-01-15: "When the company decided to build a new tapered roller bearing plant in 2015, those technological considerations came into play, as well as geographical ones."

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