Gleason Corporation

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Gleason Corporation/Gleason Works is a prominent machine-tool company based in Rochester, New York. It has manufacturing plants in the United Staes, Britain, India and Germay, and sales offices in those and additional countries.

Gleason's importance lies in gear manufacturing, especially in manufacturing machines that themselves make gears. These gears and these machines are sold to industrial customers in a wide variety of fields, including prominent companies in the automotive and aerospace industries

[edit] History

Gleason Works, the machine shop that eventually evolved into the Gleaosn Corporation, was founded by Irish immigrant William Gleason in 1865 after his previous experience in other machine shops.

An important product came in 1874 with William's invention of the first bevel gear planer.

Willam's daughter Kate was integral to the company's early operations, along with brothers James E. and Andrew C.

[edit] References

  • personal interviews/tours at Gleason Corpation facilities
  • [1], official comapny website
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