When children are asked what they want to be when they grow up, the answers are undoubtedly diverse. Some immediately respond with doctor, lawyer
or firefighter while others take a more creative approach with answers
like spy, princess or superhero. The
Addendum Staff has yet to come across
a youngster that seems committed to a
career in gear manufacturing.
On the production floor at Knechtel,
food scientists, chemists and engineers
take part in Willy Wonka-like experiments in search of the perfect piece of candy.
What do glam and avant garde rock star Brian Eno, AGMA and Seattle Gear Works have in common? Admittedly, not much. But there is a connection of sorts.
At its location in Roscoe, IL, the Forest City Gear facility is surrounded by wildlife splendor. Fruit trees, nature walks and the occasional cute and furry animal sighting create an unlikely landscape for a manufacturing site. Of course, cavorting with the cute and furry does have its drawbacks.
Gear on a mountain, you say? How can that be? Someone must be stricken with a bad case of altitude sickness to create that sort of delusion. What’s next, gears in space? On a glacier?