Melanie Wroblewski has joined Schafer Gear Works, Inc. as senior staff accountant in the company's South Bend office. Wroblewski will be responsible for corporate consolidations, general accounting and financial analysis. Prior to joining Schafer Gear, Wroblewski was a senior accountant for Memorial Health Systems, Inc. in South Bend. She also has held accounting positions with AM General and National Steel Corporation. Wroblewski has a B.S. in accounting from Purdue University and an M.B.A. from Indiana University. A certified public accountant, she is a member of the Indiana C.P.A. Society. Schafer Gear Works operates three production facilities. The company's Rockford, Ill. 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.