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Summary
Gear Motions is a Central New York precision gear manufacturer that says all its gears are made in the USA and cites over 100 years of experience. Its website shows an ESOP (employee-owned) structure and three locations: Buffalo Operations (Oliver and Niagara Gear) in Tonawanda, and two Syracuse divisions (Nixon Gear and AutoGear). It makes precision ground helical, spur, pump, bevel and worm gears plus sprockets, timing pulleys, shafts, splines and gearboxes, and lists aerospace and military and material handling and robotics among its served markets without giving project examples.
Key Facts
- HQ: Syracuse, NY per page metadata; not labeled on the page
- Founded: Not stated (“over 100 years of experience”)
- Ownership: Employee-owned (ESOP logo and page); Dean Burrows is President and CEO
- Locations: Tonawanda, NY (75 Pirson Pkwy; Oliver and Niagara Gear); Syracuse, NY (1750 Milton Ave.; Nixon Gear and AutoGear)
- Certifications and affiliations: Logos for ISO, NSAI, AGMA, ESOP, MACNY and NAM; scope not explained
- Notable: CEO reappointed to the National Small Business Association Board of Trustees for 2026–2027 (March 2026 post)
Products and Capabilities
- Precision ground helical, spur, pump, bevel and worm gears; custom and ground gears
- Sprockets, timing pulleys, shafts, splines, gearboxes
- Gear grinding and cutting, milling, grinding, honing, inspection, broaching
- Reverse engineering, design for manufacturability, prototyping and redesign
OpenTree Map Listing
Pinned on the OpenTree US component map at Syracuse, NY; Tonawanda, NY (family on map: Gears and reducers; grouping approximate). OpenTree pins rely on the company’s own website and are unverified.
Claim Verification
Claim: All gears made in the USA
Status: Unverified (company statement)
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