Operator
Good morning. My name is Anna, and I will be your conference operator today. [Operator Instructions]
At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to Timken s First Quarter Earnings Release Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Mr. Frohnapple, you may begin your conference.
Neil Frohnapple
Director of Investor Relations
Thanks, Anna, and welcome, everyone, to our First Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call. This is Neil Frohnapple, Director of Investor Relations for The Timken Company. We appreciate you joining us today. Before we begin our remarks this morning, I want to point out that we have posted presentation materials on the company s website that we will reference as part of today s review of the quarterly results. You can also access this material through the download feature on the earnings call webcast link. With me today are The Timken Company s President and CEO, Rich Kyle; and Phil Fracassa, our Chief Financial Officer.
JACKSON TWP. – Less than two years after Henry Timken received a patent for the tapered roller bearing, his sons began searching for a location to build a factory.
Gordon Mather, a salesman with Cleveland Axle Co. and a friend of H.H. Timken, invited the Timkens to Canton in 1901. Brothers H.H. and W.R. Timken liked what they saw in the city. They talked with Board of Trade leaders, and by the end of the year Timken Roller Bearing Axle Co. called Stark County home.
The decision 120 years ago to build Timken s bearing factory on Dueber Avenue SW in Canton had a profound impact on the community and the state.