American Gear, Inc.
When Larry Brylski first asked his stepson, Greg Scott, if he and his wife were interested in joining the family company, they weren’t sure...
Aerocom Industries, Inc.
Sometimes the name says it all. Such is the case with Aerocom Industries, with “Aero” referring to the aircraft/aerospace (AS9100 certified) side of the...
Machine Tool Builders, Inc.
Whether it be in your personal or professional life, sometimes you’ve got to follow your instincts. You can gamble and lose everything, or you...
First Gear Engineering & Technology, Inc.
Considering his background, it’s easy to see how Greg Leffler came to appreciate the finer points of manufacturing precision gearing. “My dad had a...
Oliver Gear
Although Oliver Gear is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year — it was incorporated in 1907 as a gear-manufacturing company — it’s actually much...
Iosso Metal Processes
While working as a sales manager for a cutting-tool company, Richard C. Iosso found himself intrigued by the thought of somehow making the edges...
Hydra-Lock Corporation
According to Merriam-Webster innovation is defined as a new idea, method, or device, so a reference to the Hydra-Lock Corporation certainly wouldn’t be out...
Mabry Castings Ltd.
When you’re a foundry located in Beaumont, Texas, it’s to be expected that you’ll pursue contracts with the petrochemical industry. But when you’ve been...
American Gear & Engineering, Inc.
In a perfect pairing of academic training and hands-on experience, two men came together 22 years ago and launched a company called American Gear...
Butler Gear
Hilton Treuden was not a man who allowed a setback to get him down for long. When one road ended, he simply forged a...
Riverside Spline & Gear, Inc.
Born in Tilbury, Ontario, his mother sent him to the United States at 17, hoping he’d have a better life there. He became a...
ANCA
In the early seventies, two engineers met while working for a government ordnance factory in Australia. Although one had an academic background, and the...
P&G Machine & Supply Co., Inc.
If you visit P&G Machine & Supply’s website, you’ll see a picture of a filling station that once stood beside Old Shell Road —...
Schafer Gear Works Inc.
Trained as a chemical engineer — and having spent some 25 years with Uniroyal — Bipin Doshi was looking for a new challenge; namely,...
Walker Forge, Inc.
For three generations members of his family have overseen the legacy created by Gordon Walker in 1950. Having worked for Walker Manufacturing — which...
The SKF Group
In the early 1900s the maintenance engineer at a textile plant in Göteborg, Sweden, found himself puzzling over a problem. The land on which...
Gear Motions, Inc.
Back in the late sixties a successful power transmission supply salesman struck up a friendship with one of his customers. The owner of the...
Drake Manufacturing
There was a time in and around Warren, Ohio, when the most welcome sight a manufacturer experiencing difficulties with a machine could see...
Pyromaitre Inc.
As president and founder of Pyromaitre, Mario Grenier has established a reputation for his creativity and problem-solving skills. Perhaps those seeds were sewn during...
KISSsoft AG
Every young company has its own set of challenges, usually involving such things as available capital, market awareness, employee recruitment, and product development....
