## ExHIBIT 32 

## cERTIFIcaTION PuRsuaNTTO 18 u.s.c. sEcTION 1350, as aDOPTED PuRsuaNT  TO sEcTION 906 OFThE saRbaNEs-OXlEy acT OF 2002 

In connection with the Annual Report of The Timken Company (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), each of the undersigned officers of the Company certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to such officer’s knowledge: 

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and 

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of the dates and for the periods expressed in the Report. 

Date: February 17, 2012 

By: /s/ James W. Griffith 

James W. Griffith President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) 

By: /s/ Glenn A. Eisenberg 

Glenn A. Eisenberg Executive Vice President – Finance and Administration (Principal Financial Officer) 

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document. 

