Here is the first of our guest blogs on the topic of how you entered the gear trade. Chris Trochelman (pictured above, fa...

The massive flood damage in Houston will take years and billions of dollars to repair. Even with plenty of warning, there was no way to evacuate mi...

What a treat it has been to spend a few days with a group of young process engineers; sharing lessons learned alongside other gear industry veteran...

We hear a lot of chatter about the “crisis in education” — as if this was a completely new and unexpected situation. My home state, long proud of i...

One of the consequences of growing older is saying good bye to friends you have made along the way. Word reached me this week that one of the best ...

Have you ever stood on a beach at the edge of the water and felt the grains of sand dissolve from under your feet as the water recedes? No matter how hard you plant your feet or grip your toes, you can’t hold on to the sand. It just flows away right from under you. In many ways that sand is like the knowledge and experience of our graying manufacturing workforce. It seems inevitable that much of that knowledge is being washed away.

One of the objectives of this — or any — blog is to encourage two-way communication with its readers. Which reminds that Gear Tech...