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- Mission
- History
Omni Gear provides world markets with precision quality open gearing and enclosed drives in production lots of 50 to 10,000 pieces. With American ownership and managment, Omni Gear supplies value engineering and manufacturing solutions for our customers.
We have developed an excellent supplier base for precision forgings and castings, gray and ductile iron, alloy steels, impact resistant thrust washers and bearings, ISO 12.9 fasteners and other quality hardware. These factors linked with modern CNC machining, gear production and inspection equipment put Omni Gear at the pinnacle of global gear manufacturers.
With over 70 years of manufacturing experience in the engineering, production, and sale of construction and agricultural equipment, Omni Gear has a solid foundation and vast understanding of the needs of today's equipment builders. With 42 years of manufacturing experience in Asia, Omni Gear has become a recognized leader within the world-wide enclosed geardrive community.
Today, Omni Gear provides gearboxes to many of the world's largest manufacturers of agricultural, mobile off-highway and industrial equipment.
Our Mission is to manufacture the highest value power transmission systems for agricultural, mobile off-highway, and industrial equipment manufacturers. Omni Gear has manufacturing and assembly centers around the world.
Omni Gear designs, manufactures and distributes enclosed gear drives utilizing straight bevel, spur, spiral bevel, helical and worm gearing.
Omni Gear began supplying power transmission equipment for agricultural machinery in 1958. Today, we are a world class manufacturer supplying gearboxes, specialty forgings, and custom gears globally for a variety of industries and applications.
We offer world class industrial components at a globally competitive price. Allow us to quote your gearing needs and utilize our globally recognized advantages to bring value to your company. Remember, the more value we add, the more money you will save.
- 1958
- Omni sells Japanese PT items to Tractor dealers in Washington
- 1960
- Company adds other Power Transmission line to their dealer offerings
- 1962
- Omni began selling to their first OEM customers from warehouse
- 1966
- Omni sets up other distributors for the OEM product lines
- 1976
- Omni Gear builds first straight bevel right angle gearbox in Japan
- 1977
- Omni establishes distributor in Australia/New Zealand
- 1979
- Omni built its 50,000 th gearbox
- 1980
- Omni Gear moves production into China into two facilities
- 1985
- Moves assembly/distribution center to Houston from Yakima WA
- 1986
- Omni Gear adds worm gear units to their straight bevel gear-drives
- 1987
- Omni Gear establishes distributor in S.Africa
- 1988
- Omni Gear establishes Expat QC office in Shanghai
- 1990
- Omni Gear builds its 500,000th gearbox
- 1992
- Omni Gear opens WOFE Gearbox mfg. plant in Shanghai
- 1993
- Builds its 1,000,000 gearbox and relocates corporate office to Texas
- 1994
- Company begins selling planetary drives to Braden Winch
- 1998
- Develops 7th catalog product line, establishes distributor in Ireland
- 2002
- Establishes assembly/distribution center in Brazil for S.America
- 2003
- Starts 24 hour quick ship program, establishes office in Middle East
- 2004
- Omni Gear sells its 6,000,000th gearbox
- 2005
- Company rolls out its 8th product line, Universal Worm Gear Drives
- 2006
- Omni begins building planetary & parallel shaft hoist/crane Drives
- 2007
- Omni Gear sell first cartridge motor input planetary w/internal brake
- 2008
- Omni Gear produces ground tooth helical parallel shaft gearboxes
- 2009
- Omni Gear ships their first 7000Nm internal brake/cartridge motor port planetary
- 2010
- Omni Gear develops first two energy market gear drives (wind/oil & gas)