Timken: From Missouri to Mars-A Century of Leadership in Manufacturing
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Timken: From Missouri to Mars-A Century of Leadership in Manufacturing
By (Author) Bettye H. Pruitt
Harvard Business Review Press
Harvard Business Review Press
1st February 1999
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Social and cultural history
Technology: general issues
338.762180973
Physical Properties
Hardback
514
Width 187mm, Height 261mm
1332g
Description
The hundred-year history of The Timken Company is one of the great success stories of U.S. manufacturing. Born in 1899 in a St. Louis, Missouri, carriage factory where Henry Timken developed and patented the Timken tapered roller bearing, the company has expanded to become a global organization and a leader in two key industries: bearings and steel. In Timken: From Missouri to MarsA Century of Leadership in Manufacturing, historian Bettye Pruitt traces the evolution of this exceptional organization and the role its bearings and specialty alloy steels have played in the advancement of essential technology from steel mills and machine tools to computer disk drives and spacecraft.
Author Bio
Bettye H. Pruitt heads Pruitt & Company, Inc., a research and consulting firm devoted to realizing the practical value of history in organizations. She is the author of numerous works of history, including The Making of Harcourt General (HBS Press).
