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2023 State of the Gear Industry

February 13, 2023

Gear Technology’s annual State-of-the-Gear-Industry survey polls gear manufacturers about the latest trends and opinions relating to the overall health of the gear industry. As in years past, the survey was conducted anonymously, with invitations sent by e-mail to gear industry companies—primarily in North America, but also including some respondents from around the world. Nearly 200 individuals responded to the survey.

The Gear Industry’s Case of Long COVID

February 22, 2022

Randy Stott

Mixed Bag

January 1, 2021

Randy Stott

Review of the “State of the Gear industry” survey and looking towards the future.

2021 State of the Gear Industry

January 1, 2021

Reader Survey Results. Gear Technology's annual State-of-the-Gear-Industry survey polls gear manufacturers about the latest trends and opinions relating to the overall health of the gear industry. As in years past, the survey was conducted anonymously, with invitations sent by e-mail to gear industry companies – primarily in North America, but also including some respondents from around the world.

2020 State of the Gear Industry

January 1, 2020

Reader Survey Results. Gear Technology's annual State-of-the-Gear-Industry survey polls gear manufacturers about the latest trends and opinions relating to the overall health of the gear industry. As in years past, the survey was conducted anonymously, with invitations sent by e-mail to gear industry companies – primarily in North America, but also including some respondents from around the world.

2019 State of the Gear Industry

January 1, 2019

Overall, the gear industry enjoyed a very strong 2018, and the optimism expressed by survey respondents is the highest in recent years. When asked about their optimism regarding their companies’ ability to compete over the next five years, 85.8% of respondents indicated some level of optimism.

State of the Gear Industry Special Edition

January 1, 2019

Gear industry experts give their opinions about the most important trends facing gear manufacturers today.

Gravy Training

January 1, 2019

Michael Goldstein

We’ve just come off a very strong year for gear manufacturing, and most of you are looking forward to another good year in 2019. At least, that’s what the results of our annual State-of-the-Gear-Industry survey tell us.

2018 State of the Gear Industry

January 1, 2018

Results from our annual survey of gear manufacturers reveal that business is good, but the skilled labor situation is not.

We'd Grow Faster If We Could

January 1, 2018

Michael Goldstein

It's probably no surprise to anyone that the majority of the gear industry had a pretty good year in 2017, and that most gear manufacturers are expecting a pretty good 2018 as well. After all, most major economic indicators - including the ones that focus on the manufacturing sector - have been positive for some time.