Overton Gear and Tool Corporation
It's an interesting proposition to consider: one company purchases another, thereby increasing its capabilities and product offerings in one fell swoop. The challenge,...
Broaching Machine Specialties
On his desk Matt Egrin keeps a weathered old entry book. It's an accounting journal used by his grandfather, Al, a first-generation immigrant...
Clifford-Jacobs Forging Co.
It was the beginning of the Great Depression, and the American economy had sunk to an abysmal depth. Desperate for business, David Jacobs...
Allied Sinterings, Inc.
Allied Sinterings is a company with an appetite for success, which is perfectly in line with its physical origins. "We started out in...
Mohawk Machinery, Inc.
It's one thing for a company to survive — and thrive — as a family owned business for half a century, but when...
Power Drive Components, Inc.
If ever there were proof of excellent job performance it would have to be Al Bello's since he became a partner in Power...
Repair Parts, Inc.
After spending 30 years as service manager at Barber-Colman — then five with Barnes International and another year at American Pfauter — Terry...
The Broach Masters, Inc.
When Mark Vian and his brothers, Chris and Scott, decided to purchase the broaching assets of their father's gear-tool company in 1978, it...
Transmecanica, S.A.
Although he was born in Spain, Jose Maria Cunill founded and built his company in Argentina, where he'd moved when he was seven years...
Ka-Wood Gear & Machine Co.
When Joseph Kloka agreed to mind the family business while his parents took a much-needed vacation in 1971, he thought it would only...
Circle Gear & Machine Company, Inc.
Ask most gear manufacturers about the company's assets and you'll get a list of the grinders, shapers, and cutters found on their shop...
CST-Cinti
Australia, Hong Kong, South America, Canada, Singapore, Greece, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, Swedenä nearly anywhere you go you'll find gearboxes and component gears...
Moore-Addison
When Jim Holland approached his father — Jim "Moose" Holland — about joining the company in the mid-1970s, his response was fairly straightforward....
Process Equipment Co.
From the conference-room window at Plant One in Tipp City, Ohio, Michael van Haaren can see the doors of a weathered old garage....
The Gear Works
While it might not seem logical at first glance that a degree in journalism would lead to a career in gear manufacturing, it all...
Canada Broach
After Nino D'Andrea had earned his degree in mechanical engineering, he was recruited to join a cutting tool company straight out of college....
Gear Manufactuing, Inc.
It's a fairly common story among entrepreneurs: After spending a certain number of years learning the trade, a time comes when you're ready to...
Gerhardt Gear Co.
Picture California and you probably think of beaches, sunny skies, and a generally laid-back attitude. But thoughts also lead to industries such as aerospace,...
Kreiter Geartech
Based in Houston, and founded in 1910, Kreiter Geartech has been closely associated with oil-field operations for nearly a century. And while that industry...
B&R Machine and Gear Corp.
Although he was raised in Chicago, where he also made his start in the gear manufacturing industry in 1952, Bennie Boxx, Sr., was born...
