Rockford Tool & Manufacturing

Ingersoll manufactures and services machine tools for a variety of metalworking industries. The company s drills, boring machines, assembly line universal machinery and high-speed tools serve the aerospace, automotive, paper, power generation and other industries. Ingersoll s machines were used to make 50-caliber machine gun bullets for use in the trenches of World War II and naval armor for the United States battleships that fought in the Pacific theater of World War II.

Gleason Cutting Tools is a branch of Gleason Corporation. Founded in 1865, Gleason Corporation is among the world s leaders in the development, manufacture and marketing of gear production machinery and related equipment. The company provides technology for the servicing, production, finishing and testing of gears. Gleason s products are used by customers in automotive, truck, aircraft, agriculture, construction, power tool and marine industries. The company also tests and analyzes prototype and production gears. Gleason has manufacturing operations in the United States, England, Germany, India and Switzerland. Its sales and service offices are located throughout the United States, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Gleason Cutting Tools has a location in Loves Park, Ill.

Founded in Chicago in 1932, Everede Tool Company manufactures standard and special indexable cutting tools. The company offers a wide range of products, including Nine9 spot drills, corner rounding, chamfering cutters, counterbores, countersinks, super drills and engraving tools. It has a wide network of manufacturers representatives and preferred distributors and works closely with several manufactures in the fields of transportation, aerospace and national defense. Its additional products include profiling bars, toolholders, reverse boring bars, chamfer bars and threading bars.