Anderson’s Japanese Summer Festival is an annual celebration featuring exhibits, demonstrations, and unique performances for all age groups, meant to foster a better understanding of Japanese culture. Some of this year’s festival activities include musical performances, tea ceremonies, and demonstrations in traditional archery, calligraphy, and swordsmanship.

Services will be held Sunday, July 23 at Grace Funeral & Cremation Services, 4301 N. Main St. in Rockford, IL. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., followed by a funeral service at 3 p.m.

Forest City Gear is proud to recognize several employees for their long-term dedication to the company: Joe Konetski (10 years) and Wayne Potts (10 years).

The Rock River Valley Blood Center supplies the total blood needs for 13 area hospitals; this requires collecting more than 800 units of blood per week to fully meet patients’ needs.

Nadcap accreditation will allow Forest City Gear to offer a short lead time on orders needing MPI, as parts would stay in-house and shipping to an outside tester will no longer be necessary. According to Amy Sovina, Quality Assurance Manager, “Our new Nadcap accreditation and now offering MPI in house is another way we are continually improving our process and putting our customer and their needs first.”

Forest City Gear hosted a tour for attendees of the Helios Gear School in May. The school, run by Helios Gear Products, is designed for entry-level professionals in gear manufacturing, from engineers to operators to quality control personnel.

Forest City Gear hosted a tour for attendees of the Helios Gear School in May. The school, run by Helios Gear Products, is designed for entry-level professionals in gear manufacturing, from engineers to operators to quality control personnel.

Forest City Gear, an industry-leading manufacturer of fine and medium pitch custom gears, is proud to announce the hire of Kevin Rogers as Quoting Engineer.

Forest City Gear has expanded its capacity for the grinding of high precision internal and external gears with the addition of two Kellenberger K100 cylindrical grinders.

Mark Javurek, Process Engineer at Forest City Gear, was chosen to judge for the TE&E Regional High School Competition in Rockford, IL on April 21, 2023.