Faydor Litvin, 1914-2017; Michael Goldstein receives AGMA Distinguished Service Award.

The complete Industry News section from the August 2014 issue of Gear Technology.

I've lost a long-time and dear friend. Sadly, David Iveson of Westminster Machine Tools Ltd. in the U.K. passed away on April 9.

The complete Industry News section from the March/April 2013 issue of Gear Technology.

The complete Industry News section from the January/February 2011 issue of Gear Technology.

The complete Industry News section from the January/February 2010 issue of Gear Technology.

The complete industry news section from the March/April 2009 issue of Gear Technology.

I lost a good friend in October—one that many of you might know. Carlo Costi of Sogimex S.A.S. in Caponago (Milano), Italy, came out of the EMO show in Milan on October 28, caught a taxi and called his wife, Mariella, to tell her that he wasn’t feeling well. He died—in the taxi—on the phone—talking to his wife. He was 60 years old.

I sat down to write this editorial about my father, Harold Goldstein, as he approached his 80th birthday in October. I had meant it to be a celebration of his nearly 65 years in the machine tool business. Unfortunately, on August 26, as I was working on it, my father passed away after a long battle with emphysema. This editorial has now become a memorial as well as a celebration.