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Summary
Forest City Gear is a family-run Roscoe, Illinois manufacturer of fine and medium pitch custom gears, founded in 1955. It lists robotics, aerospace, outer space, defense and medical and dental among its industries, naming gears for aircraft and the Mars Curiosity Rover while giving no specific robotics projects. Capabilities include CNC gear hobbing and carbide re-hobbing, gear shaping, gear grinding, thread grinding, CNC machining and inspection. It claims an unusually long list of quality and compliance credentials, which matters for defense-adjacent robotics supply chains.
Key Facts
- HQ: 11715 Main Street, Roscoe, Illinois
- Founded: 1955 (marked 70 years in business in 2025)
- Ownership: Family-run per the site (Kika Young named president in 2022); formal structure not stated
- Facility: Roscoe, IL; new warehouse with groundbreaking in 2024 and ribbon-cutting in 2025
- Certifications (company-stated): ISO 9001, AS9100, ISO 13485, ITAR certified, Nadcap accreditation, AGMA and NTMA membership, CMMC 2.0 Level 2 compliance (announced October 2023)
- Industries: Robotics, aerospace, outer space, defense, medical and dental; customers include tractor, aircraft, exam table, prosthetic limb and telescope makers
Products and Capabilities
- Custom precision gears in high-volume runs and one-offs
- CNC gear hobbing and carbide re-hobbing, gear shaping, gear grinding, thread grinding
- CNC machining, gear inspection, engineering services, “Cut Teeth Only” service
- Equipment includes ZEISS CONTURA measuring machines, a DMG MORI CTX Beta 450 TC and a KAPP NILES inspection machine; the company says it also makes gears for competitors
OpenTree Map Listing
Pinned on the OpenTree US component map at Roscoe, IL (family on map: Gears and reducers; grouping approximate). OpenTree pins rely on the company’s own website and are unverified.
Claim Verification
Claim: AS9100, ITAR, Nadcap and CMMC 2.0 Level 2 credentials
Status: Unverified (company-stated; not checked against registries)
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