Carl Zeiss IMT
There are some companies that have existed for so long, and are active in so many areas of our lives, that their name has...
Alpha Workholding Solutions
Picture this: You’re transporting a vast sheet of metal high in the air across the shop floor using an electromagnetic material-handling device when your...
American Broach & Machine Co.
In the late 19th century, J.L. Lapointe immigrated to the United States in order to manufacture and market a rudimentary broaching machine he’d developed...
The Woodworth Group
When Pierce Woodworth launched his new company in 1968, it was a small tool and die shop generating some $250,000 in sales annually. These...
Barit International, Inc.
It’s not uncommon for an employee to feel that, given the opportunity, he or she could implement measures that would streamline the company’s operations...
Proment Project Management, Inc.
With gear manufacturers constantly on the lookout for new business opportunities, Rom Koubi has a suggestion: “Consider powder metal,” he says. “It’s efficient and...
Proto Manufacturing Ltd.
When you think about it, what better background could there be for a manufacturer of testing systems than to have once made parts meeting...
Parker Industries, Inc.
When Bruce Cowley acquired Parker Industries in 2008 it was a positive experience for everyone involved. “I already knew the Parker family, including George,...
Promess, Inc.
When Larry Stockline launched Promess, Inc., with his partners in 1984, there were approximately 200 companies in the United States manufacturing various chip-making machines...
Gear Technology
When he was a student at Loyola Marymount University, Tom Marino used to watch planes land at the nearby Hughes Aircraft plant in Culver...
X-R-I Testing, Inc.
In 1941 Detroit was a hub of the aerospace industry, with bombers being manufactured at the nearby Willow Run Airport and elsewhere, and non-destructive...
Inductoheat, Inc.
Gear companies interested in manufacturing a new part that requires induction heat-treating have options to consider. One involves devoting resources to handling everything internally...
Cleveland Gear Company
In an age of vast corporations involved in a plethora of markets and activities, it’s sometimes refreshing to recall a time when a company...
Brelie Gear Co., Inc.
When he first toured the company he was considering purchasing, Steve Janke encountered a sight that many who’d experienced the "old days" of the...
Advanced Machine & Engineering Co.
When Willy Goellner immigrated to the United States from Germany in the late 1950s he brought with him business contacts that would lead to...
West Michigan Spline
As a teenager he was working at a hamburger joint in the early seventies when he got to know a couple of guys who...
KGK International
As a longtime distributor of Okuma machine tools, KGK International — which is based in Buffalo Grove, Illinois — was already well acquainted with...
Excel Gear Inc.
In the late eighties, while working as a design engineer for a large machine tool company, N.K. Chinnusamy — who is known familiarly as...
Company Profile: Roto-Flo
In 1946 George Simon, Sr., launched U.S. Equipment Company in Detroit with the purpose of buying, refurbishing, and selling used tool room and production...
Company Profile: Romax Technology
There’s a reason why Romax Technology’s logo is a butterfly, according to Younsu Park, the company’s director of transportation engineering. “We believe in what...
