Forest City Gear Celebrates Josh Gates’s 10th Anniversary

Forest City Gear, an industry-leading manufacturer of fine- and medium-pitch custom gears, recognized Josh Gates on his 10th anniversary and thanked him for his long-term dedication to the company. Josh Gates is Forest City Gear’s Turning Lead. He started at Forest City Gear in the high-volume department working second shift, then soon transitioned to the turning department, which later combined with milling to create the CNC machining department located in the Roscoe Works building. Gates is the sole programmer for this department. He has a vast knowledge of tooling, turning, and milling, and had contributed greatly to the success of Roscoe Works over the years. Gates completed and graduated from the Rock River Valley Tooling & Machining Association CNC Precision Machinist apprenticeship program, sponsored by Forest City Gear. And for the past three years, he has been an adjunct professor at Rock Valley College teaching Mastercam and CNC setup classes for the apprenticeship students.  Forest City Gear thanked Gates for his above-and-beyond commitment and years of dedication to Excellence Without Exception.