Three things have happened in
the last few weeks, that lead me to
believe the worst is over - not
that great times are ahead, but that
things will get better.
While on holiday in England during July, my thoughts for this page were on the proposed changes to our tax law, and how they would adversely affect America's industry. But with the President undergoing cancer surgery, Congress deadlocked on deficit reduction and the budget on the back burner, nothing new was being said or done regarding a new tax law
I recently attended a briefing, arranged by the White House, regarding the Treasury's tax simplification plan. A
Treasury Undersecretary explained that their goal was to come up with a tax code that was "fair" to everyone.
History comes around full circle. It is interesting to talk to gear manufacturers who service the defense, aerospace, automotive and computer industries and find that their sales, production and backlogs reflect excellent and, in some cases, record breaking business.
THANK YOU! The response to our first issue
has been extremely exciting for us. Our advertisers have told us GEAR TECHNOLOGY is being talked about wherever they go. Thank you for the wonderful and enthusiastic reception.
Over the years, we have traveled extensively throughout the industrialized world, and became increasingly aware of the availability of enormous amounts of technical writing
concerning research, experiments, and
techniques in the gear manufacturing field. New manufacturing methods, materials, and machines were continuously being developed, but the technical information about them was
not readily available to those that could best use it. There was no central source for disseminating this knowledge.