Gleason Corporation
Business survival horror stories begin one of two ways. A company either bets the farm on the latest tech trend or conceitedly refuses to...
Surface Technology, Inc.
In the early ‘70s near the end of the Vietnam War, the U.S. was mired in a downward economic spiral. As unemployment and inflation...
Kowalski Heat Treating Company
Successfully raising both a family and a small business is a difficult task, but that’s exactly what Robert Kowalski and his wife, Carole, did...
Brevini Gear Systems
Brevini Power Transmissions began in 1960 in Reggio Emilia, Italy, by the three Brevini brothers—Lucciano, Renato, and Corrado. In 1964, Renato engineered, produced, and...
Lubrication Engineers, Inc.
In 1951, three men took a risk. They left the company they worked for behind and ventured out on their own to provide the...
United Tool Supply Company
Rusty Young was a gear head, a risk taker and a successful entrepreneur. Sure, he didn’t fall in love with gears right away, but...
Allen Adams Shaper Services, Inc.
As people embark on new adventures in 2015, many are met with the frustration of sticking to their resolutions. Some people may want to...
Carmona Gear Cutting
There’s something to be said about a small company with big aspirations. It’s ambitious, hard working, and dedicated to catering to the needs of...
Machine Profile: Zoller
In the wake of World War II, Alfred Zoller opened up a mechanical repair shop in Germany, performing repairs all different types of mechanical...
Services Profile: All American Mechanical Components and Gears, Inc.
The saying goes when one door closes, another door opens. It’s meant to motivate people to not give up even when it seems like...
Tooling Profile: Colonial Tool Group, Inc.
Tucked away in Canada’s southernmost city of Windsor, Ontario, just south of the Detroit, Colonial Tool Group, Inc. has come a long way the...
Delta Dynamics Inc.
It’s often said that two heads are better than one. When each party plays to his strengths, the whole is greater than the sum...
Robust Gear
Robust Gear was incorporated in August 1985, by Tarsem (Sem) Tak in the town of Oakville, Ontario. Tarsem‘s dream was to create a niche...
Motion Industries
According to Randy Breaux, senior VP of marketing for Birmingham, Ala.’s Motion Industries, there are three things that separate his company from the rest:...
ECM USA Inc.
ECM was started in SEYSSINET-PARISET, a town attached to Grenoble, France. They’ve been a company since 1928 when they started using heat treat furnaces.
Since...
Involute Gear and Machine
Four years ago, everyone presently at Macomb, Mich.’s Involute Gear and Machine was working for Nachi Machining Technology—formerly National Broach and Machine—as either contractors...
Richardson Manufacturing Company
Richardson Manufacturing Company (RMC) is not a stagnant company. “We’re constantly testing new technology and tooling,” says company president Bill Richardson. “For nearly 70...
Griffin Gear
“We’ve made gears from the beginning,” said Randy Stewart, president of Griffin Gear Inc. “Joe Griffin, Sr., who started the business in 1967, was...
Ronson Gears
Gordon New likes to reminisce occasionally. “History can get forgotten if you’re not careful,” he said. “I remember my brother, Terry, and I going...
Winzeler Gear
“Artistic freedom” isn’t usually a term thrown around in conversations about the gear industry. But like in any industry, every gear company is unique,...
