In our association, we might be suppliers, partners, customers or competitors, but in the end, we are one industry — and now is the time when we need to come together and move the industry forward.”

The annual Gear Technology State of the Gear Industry Report is always a must read for any industry leader.

In 2021, the AGMA Foundation begins its 27th year. It is a critical year for the AGMA Foundation as our industry is facing incredible challenges and opportunities, and AGMA members are asking a great deal from our industry Foundation.

As Knute Rockne once said, "When the going gets tough, the tough get going." And so it is with AGMA members.

AGMA President Matt Croson explains how the association is here for members and the gear industry at large, providing information, resources, education and training -- even during the crisis.

Welcome to a new era of Gear Technology magazine! AGMA is proud to add Gear Technology, Gear Technology India, Power Transmission Engineering, the Michael Goldstein Gear Technology Library and supporting websites and circulation under its umbrella.

Last issue's farewell editorial by our founder and original publisher, Michael Goldstein, sparked a lot of feedback and comments from our readers. Here's a sampling of what your fellow subscribers had to say.

If you were offered an opportunity to spend quality time with leading experts in your field, where in-depth discussions and dialogues occurred on subjects that directly impacted your business, would you do it?

As the founder, president and co-host of Manufacturing Talk Radio, as well as publisher of Metals & Manufacturing Outlook eZine, I am excited to report that the economic outlook for 2018 is just too good not to tout. Whatever "final GDP number" the government divines for 2017, the year will finish above 3% for the first time in a decade.

At first, monitoring the energy I use at my plant or the energy for each individual machine seemed trivial. Isn't this just an overhead cost I have to pay? I'm certainly not going to turn off a machine that costs too much to run when I have to get a job out for that month. Then, I realized how much savings there was for monitoring power consumption and the ROI was timely.