First Gear was built from the ground up for the most demanding customers.
Up-to-date, automated equipment, directed by comprehensive computer and gear cutting manufacturing expertise from gear design to final gear inspection. We combine thorough understanding of state-of-the-art gear hobbing and gear shaping systems with complete dedication to your specifications and schedule. Our gear inspection equipment certifies our quality and insures our conformance and registration to ISO 9001/2000. We also use statistical process controls for monitoring and measuring quality. This is a feature that is also integrated into our inspection equipment.

From prototypes to high volume gear cutting, First Gear is your strategic partner for outsourcing. First gear has the equipment in place to handle everything from prototypes to high volume gear hobbing. In today's economy, many customers are realizing increased profits and staying competitive with companies overseas by outsourcing their gear hobbing needs to us. Whether your requirements are for spur gears, helical gears, internal gears or external gears, we are the source for all of your gear cutting. We do custom and production gear hobbing of spur gears and helical gears in all quantities from one gear to hundreds of thousands.

The Indianapolis 500 is known as the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing". We know it as one of the most demanding applications for designing and manufacturing gears.