STD Precision Gear & Instrument, Inc.
Entrepreneurs are hardwired to detect opportunity, and that certainly describes James Manning, president of STD Precision Gear & Instrument, who’s taken a company launched...
Kleiss Gears, Inc.
On the Kleiss Gears Web site you’ll find a statement not often encountered in the business world. In a brief history of the company...
Emerson Bearing Co.
When Emerson Bearing was established more than 50 years ago in Boston, Massachusetts, where it’s still headquartered, it was a wholesale arm of Action...
Cone Drive Gearing Solutions
Although Leonardo da Vinci is credited with sketching the first rudimentary “double-enveloping” worm gear, Cone Drive Gearing Solutions has perfected it with a design...
Ajax Rolled Ring and Machine, Inc.
Many companies undergo major transformations over the years, but it’s usually the result of an acquisition or a new market direction. And while Ajax...
Delta Gear, Inc.
First, the backstory: Founded in 1952, the Delta Research Corp. manufactures gear components, gearboxes, and prototype transmissions. One of its vendors for cutting gear...
Surface Combustion, Inc.
Just five years shy of celebrating a century in business, Surface Combustion is a remarkable company that has remained true to its innovative roots....
North American Machine & Engineering Co.
Sometimes good things emerge from bad circumstances. After selling more than $100 million worth of a company’s machines for the mold and die industry,...
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...
