Company Profile

Ipsen, Inc.

It’s a story of incredible highs and heartbreaking lows, beginning in post-WWII America when a man set out to repair his wife’s pottery kiln....

Hexagon Metrology

Comprised of some of the most well-known metrology brands in the world—including Leitz, Leica Geosystems, and Brown & Sharpe, just to name a few—Hexagon...

Ingersoll Cutting Tools

Gear manufacturing is a world unto itself. It has its own language, technologies, and challenges, so it stands to reason that the cutting tools...

Kennametal, Inc.

A world leader in the metalworking industry since it was founded 73 years ago by metallurgist Philip M. McKenna in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Kennametal has...

Davall Gears

The year was 1884 and the setting was Clerkenwell, in the heart of what was then London’s manufacturing center, when a young man by...

JLM Systems, Ltd.

What’s the recipe for creating an innovator? In the case of Dick Gangnon you take one part engineer, with their dedication to creating efficient...

Luren Precision Co., Ltd.

Seventeen years ago a group of gear specialists from Taiwan’s government-funded Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) recognized a local market need they were equipped...

Banyan Global Technologies, LLC

Anyone who works in the gear manufacturing industry knows that it is a world unto itself, with its own language, history, techniques, processes, and...

Lufkin Industries, Inc.

There are many smallish towns scattered across the country whose roots are interwoven with a particular company, but few of these businesses get their...

Engineered Tools Corp.

As someone who enjoys the challenge of learning new things, John Ketterer was delighted by what he found when Engineered Tools Corp. — or...

Seco Tools, Inc.

With a name meaning “I cut” in Latin, gear manufacturers know they’ve come to the right place when purchasing their cutting tools for milling,...

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...

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...

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...

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...