Melanie Wroblewski has joined Schafer Gear Works, Inc., as senior staff accountant. She will be responsible for corporate consolidations, general accounting, and financial analysis. Prior to joining Schafer Gear she was a senior accountant for Memorial Health Systems, Inc. 
She also has held accounting positions with AM General and National Steel Corporation. Wroblewski has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Purdue University and an MBA from Indiana University. A certified public accountant, she is a member of the Indiana C.P.A. Society.
Established in 1934, Schafer Gear Works has been under its present ownership since 1988. The gear manufacturer is a diversified supplier to a variety of markets in North America including leisure vehicles, material handling, mining, power transmission, construction, locomotive, aircraft, and medical, as well as automotive and heavy-duty truck markets. The company operates three production facilities: the Rockford, Illinois, plant produces larger gears for heavy applications; the South Bend location produces higher volume gears for a variety of industrial applications; and the Fort Wayne, Indiana, facility concentrates on high-precision fine-pitch gears for aircraft and medical application. Go online to [www.schafergear.com].
