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....
Q&A with Tom Ott
What were the company's origins, and how did it get into metal hardness testing?
Proceq was founded by Antonio Brandestini in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1954....
Q&A with Jerry Hendrickson
Give us a little background information on the company.
Our president, Clay Willman, purchased the company from Medallist, Inc., in 1987. Prior to that it...
Q&A with Norman Lazarus
Could you tell us a little about the company's history and background?
National Bronze & Metals, Inc. (NBM), was established in Houston in 1983, and...
Q&A with Kurt Medert
As an exhibitor, GEAR EXPO 2005 was a huge success for us. What have you heard from other exhibitors?
We had a meeting with many...
Q&A with Lou Ertel
I understand that you joined Overton Gear three and a half years ago. What were you involved in before that time?
I spent almost 25...
Q&A with Dave Wilson
Could you give us a brief description of the company?
Sure. The Hawk Precision Components Group, or HPCG, is basically the powder metal operation for...
Q&A with Jim Pospisil
ITW Heartland division was founded in 1976--what's the story?
ITW Heartland is a division of Illinois Tool Works, Inc. (ITW), of Glenview, Illinois. ITW was...
Q&A with David Clapp
I think it's fascinating that the company was founded more than 100 years ago to manufacture oil-impregnated wooden bearings.
Yes, we made them for the...