Q&A with Kurt Medert
We thoroughly enjoyed GEAR EXPO 2007, and everyone I spoke with felt the same way. How do the numbers look?
All of the numbers, in...
Q&A with George Shturtz
I understand that the MPP Ford Road Division is the company’s gear specialist. Tell us a little about its history and capabilities.
MPP Ford Road...
Q&A with Paul Mason
I understand that the company has its roots in academia.
That’s true. The Thermo-Calc software package was originally developed by a member of the faculty...
Q&A with Tom Forsyth
Give us a snapshot of Dayton Machine Tool.
The company was founded 58 years ago in 1949, specifically to rebuild machine tools. This was just...
Q&A with Jason Kupkovits
When was Therm-Tech founded, and by whom?
Charles Wiberg founded the company in 1982, and although he’s now retired he still sits on the board...
Q&A with Ed Steiner, Jr
GS: This year marks your company’s 60th anniversary. Tell us about its founding.
ES: My father was an engineer who worked at aircraft plants...
Q&A with Russ Nagy
GS: You joined the company in February. What attracted you to the position?
RN: I had worked with the president of Eldec U.S.A. years ago...
Q&A with Kevin Smith
GS: Tell us about your background in gear manufacturing.
KS: My father was a tool and die maker, so he had me in the...
Q&A with Bill Moore
GS: You have an interesting job title. What does your position entail?
BM: I’ve been with SKF for almost 25 years now, and I’ve...
Q&A with Dwight Smith
GS: Tell us a little about your own background, and how you came to join the company.
DS: I joined Cole Manufacturing Systems about...
Q&A with Michael Rasmann
GS: When was the company founded?
MR: Dave Patterson and I started Custom Gear & Machine in 1994. We had worked together previously at...
Q&A with Mike Magee
Chamfermatic celebrated its 10th anniversary last October. How did you come to found the company?
I’ve always been a machine tool builder. At one time...
Q&A with Brett Froats
You purchased the company along with your partners in 1993, but Colonial Tool had been around for a long time by then, hadn’t it?
Yes,...
Q&A with Dara Childs
Tell us about your own research at the Turbomachinery Lab.
Most of my work has to do with stability problems in high-performance rotating machinery, and...
Q&A with David Jones
I’m curious about the company’s name, what is its origin?
The company was founded in Germany about 80 years ago by Richard Glimpel—whose family still...
Q&A with Gary Doyon
Tell us about your background with Inductoheat.
This marks my twentieth year with the Inductotherm Group, Inductoheat’s parent company, though I began my career with...
Q&A with Mark Hill
What would you point to as the main benefit that your product provides?
That would be the fact that the Intelligent Can—or “iCan”—seals off fluids...
Q&A with Gene Kasten
How did you get into this business, Gene?
Well, I was a truck driver before, and when I lost my job I had the chance...
Q&A with Jeff Myers
I've read that the company was founded in 1959, is that correct?
Yes, by a man named Frank Schwartz. As the story's been told to...
Q&A with Steve Mueller
Tell us about the company's founder and namesake.
Tyrus H. Miles was my grandfather, and he was born in 1911 and grew up in Detroit....
