Industry Updates from MPMA Members

February 28, 2025, Rochester, New York, USA-- This year marks an important milestone as Gleason Corporation celebrates its 160th anniversary. Founded in 1865 by William Gleason, the company has transformed from a small workshop to a global leader in gear technology, offering comprehensive solutions that encompass design software, manufacturing and metrology equipment, tooling, aftermarket services, and an extensive training program.

NORTH CANTON, Ohio, Feb. 28, 2025 -- The Timken Company is helping fund the futures of 20 students in pursuit of careers ranging from astrophysics to nursing. In an awards ceremony today, the company presented college scholarships to the children of Timken employees in the United States, India and France. Since the Timken Global Scholars Program's inception in 1958, The Timken Company Charitable and Educational Fund has awarded more than $27 million in scholarships to 855 students.

Roscoe, IL (Feb. 13, 2025) – Forest City Gear, an industry-leading manufacturer of fine- and medium-pitch custom gears, is proud to sponsor the Women of Today’s Manufacturing (WOTM) Annual Dinner on Tuesday, February 25 at Embassy Suites in Rockford, Illinois. The dinner raises funds to award scholarships to local students in manufacturing and engineering disciplines. 

Roscoe, IL (Feb. 6, 2025) – Forest City Gear, an industry-leading manufacturer of fine- and medium-pitch custom gears, is proud to unveil the new Forest City Gear Technical Glossary, an online index of gear types, terms, and their definitions. 

NORTH CANTON, Ohio, Feb. 5, 2025 -- The Timken Company announced that Christopher A. Coughlin, executive vice president and president, Industrial Motion, will retire at the end of the year after 41 years with the company.

New Hudson, MI, February 3, 2025 -- C&B Machinery is proud to support the reshoring of a 30” Double Disc Grinding Machine for a major U.S. automotive manufacturer’s transmission plant.

Chicago, IL, Jan. 29, 2025 -- In an exciting development for the specialty steel industry, Swiss Steel USA/Canada, DEW and Finkl Steel have successfully integrated their North American tool steel and forgings sales forces, creating a unified team poised for greater success and expanded market reach. This strategic move combines two industry leading producers with a well-established distribution network all sharing the same commitment to quality, innovation, and customer satisfaction.

NORTH CANTON, Ohio, Jan. 21, 2025 -- The Timken Company today announced the appointment of Kimberly K. (Kim) Ryan to its Board of Directors. Her election increases The Timken Company Board to 13 members.

Frankfurt/Germany, 05 December 2024 - The recent EUROTRANS General Assembly in Bad Homburg, Germany, on 29 November 2024, was highly productive, bringing together participants from 10 countries. We extend our heartfelt thanks to our host Mr. Fabian Maurer, Ringspann GmbH, Bad Homburg, and his team for their hospitality.Key highlights of the assembly included an overview of the current economic situation in Europe and a round table discussion about the present relationship with China. Dr. Fuhrländer-Völker from TU Darmstadt delivered an insightful presentation on Industry 4.0, outlining exciting future possibilities.Meet our new President and Vice-PresidentThe agenda also featured the election of the new President and Vice President, which occurs every four years. We express our gratitude to Salim Haffar for his dedicated service as the outgoing EUROTRANS President, during which he significantly raised the committee's global profile.It is our honor to introduce our new President, Andre Thuswaldner, NOVAGEAR Switzerland, who previously served as Vice President. We also welcome our new Vice-President, Lorenzo Cattini, Cattini e Figlio, from Italy.Dirk Decker from VDMA, Germany, was confirmed in his position as General Secretary.In their introductory speeches, both the new President and Vice President emphasized the importance of standing together in this European network due to the current economic situation.The revenue forecast for 2024 is projected to be between -5% to -10%, depending on the European member. For 2025, a stagnation to a slight decline is anticipated.

The mobility and energy transition brings along new challenges for the finishing of gears and profiles. As part of the "Trust in Technology" campaign, KAPP NILES has already presented innovative solutions for electromobility. From 2025 onwards, attention will now be increasingly focused on wind power applications.