U.S. Gear Tools, Inc. recently announced that Adam Lambert has joined the company as its new vice president and general manager. Lambert, a long time senior manager with the Anderson Cook Company, has more than 25 years of spline rolling machine manufacture, tool design and manufacturing management experience.

"Adam brings us the background and experience we were looking for to manage and operate our tool design and manufacturing facility located in Swannanoa, NC," says George Simon, president of U.S. Gear Tools. "While some in our market are retrenching and shrinking, we are aggressively moving to expand our presence and capabilities in the global marketplace for spline and thread roll tooling"

U.S Gear Tools designs and manufacture precision tooling for the spline and thread rolling marketplace. It also designs and manufactures gear hone tooling and gear shaver tooling. U.S Gear Tools and its sister company Roto-Flo a spline and thread roll machinery company, combine to supply integrated solutions to the spline and thread rolling industries throughout the world.