Over the past several months, many gear manufacturers and industry suppliers have been telling me how busy they are. Their backlogs are the largest in history, their sales the highest they’ve been in many years. They’ve invested in new capabilities, new machinery and people.

An American renaissance in manufacturing is needed—and long overdue.

Co-located ASM and AGMA shows are a hot ticket.

Publisher Michael Goldstein discusses why some gear manufacturing companies are enjoying record years.

A series of short reports on global manufacturing growth and the gear industry's role.

Publisher Michael Goldstein talks about the slow but steady pace of the recovery of the manufacturing economy.

ITAMCO develops gear-related apps for the iPhone and related devices.

The complete Product News section from the March/April 2010 issue of Gear Technology.

A review of "A Nation on Borrowed Time," a book by Joe Arvin and Scott Newton about the decline of America's ability to create wealth through manufacturing, and its effect on the overall economy.

QuesTek Innovations LLC is applying its Materials by Design computational design technology to develop a new class of high-strength, secondary hardening gear steels that are optimized for high-temperature, low-pressure (i.e., vacuum) carburization. The new alloys offer three different levels of case hardness (with the ability to “dial-in” hardness profiles, including exceptionally high case hardness), and their high core strength, toughness and other properties offer the potential to reduce drivetrain weight or increase power density relative to incumbent alloys such as AISI 9310 or Pyrowear Alloy 53.