Manufacturing is a hot topic everywhere
these days, what with economic
stimulus plans targeting the struggling
industry worldwide. Many hopes are tied to a manufacturing recovery to bring us further up out of the economic doldrums of 2007–2008. Most indicators show that manufacturing is climbing back, so what better time for the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) 2010 to witness first hand the next generation’s technology.
Capitalizing on a burgeoning new
technology where gears are of great import, the gear community gathered en masse at the American Wind Energy
Association’s Windpower Expo 2010.
As the automotive industry continues to reinvent itself, new transmission
technologies are at the forefront of this effort, and there is a whirlwind
of new developments being detailed at the German Car Training Institute’s
Automotive Transmissions and Drive
Trains Symposium North America.
Is economic relief on the way? This was the general consensus coming out of Indianapolis after Gear Expo 2009
closed its doors in September. Though the numbers were slightly down—2,539 exhibitors and attendees compared to
2,992 in 2007—it appeared to be steady as she goes at the gear industry’s biennial main event, good news considering the state of the gear industry since Gear Expo 2007 in
Detroit.