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Motion Industries, Inc., has named
Gates Corporation “2021 Supplier of the Year.” The award recognizes companies that have
shown exceptional commitment to Motion through quality products and services, as well as
earning the highest score in the multi-faceted Supplier Stratification rating system. The
presentation took place May 3rd at Motion’s headquarters in Birmingham.
Chain and sprocket drives of one form or another have been driving machines and
conveying materials for over a thousand years. The chain manufacturing industry has developed numerous types and sizes of drive chains. Although it is a mature form of power transmission, there are still many industrial applications for which drive chain is suited. It is economical, resistant to shock loads, easy to install, has the ability to transmit high torque, operates in hostile environments, and is efficient. Chain and sprocket drives are highly engineered and manufactured within close tolerances.
Over the past several months, members of
our staff have traveled quite a bit, and we've had a lot of opportunities to gauge their confidence. And while nobody
is overwhelmingly enthusiastic - nobody has told us this is their best year ever - almost everyone seems at least content with the stability that slow and steady
growth provides.
As with just about everything else
in the manufacturing world — and
all which that universe entails — it
depends. After all, that’s why the art
of manufacturing is a process — not
a one-system-fits-all discipline. Yes,
once that process has been properly
designed and correctly implemented
for a given manufacturing production
need, it may well run like the astest,
smoothest cookie-cutter-type operation
ever devised.
The 8th International CTI Symposium on Automotive Transmissions, HEV and EV Drives took place in Rochester, Michigan from May 12-15. The event kicked off with its popular introductory seminar "Basics and Practice of Automotive Transmissions."