2013
Acquisition of IMS Koepfer Cutting Tools GmbH, Germany which becomes Gleason Cutting Tools GmbH.
2011
Manufacturing of bevel gear cutting tools and coarse pitch hobs.
2006
Installation of next generation coating equipment for rapid processing and newly developed coatings such as Aluminum Chromium Nitride PVD coatings, AlCroNite® Pro.
2000
New plated CBN and diamond cylindrical and bevel gear grinding wheels. Renaming to Gleason Cutting Tools Corporation.
1998
New Powerlube™ coatings for dry cutting with high speed steel.
1997
The Pfauter Group becomes part of Gleason Corporation. Renaming to Gleason Pfauter Hurth Cutting Tools Corporation.
1995
Acquisition of the tool manufacturing division of Illinois Tool Works, Chicago, Illinois. Installation of next generation coating equipment.
1993
Acquisition of Cleveland Cutter and Reamer Co. of Cleveland, Ohio.
1987
Pfauter-Maag Cutting Tools L.P. established with the purchase of the tool division of the Barber Colman Company (est. 1894).
1984
Presentation of the patented Wafer Shaper Cutter.
1982
First USA gear tool company to apply in-house PVD wear coatings to cutting tools.
1968
The Windsor Road facility is built, today´s location of Gleason Cutting Tools Corporation.
1919
First commercially sold Barber Colman automatic index cutter sharpener becomes a breakthrough for the tool industry and leads to the increased manufacturing and servicing of hobs, form cutters, and thread milling cutters.
1908
Manufacture of hobs and milling cutters to support the production of higher precision machinery. Start to market these tools to meet the industry’s demand for more accurate gear and profile cutting tools.
1894
Howard Colman founds Barber Colman Company in Rockford, Illinois. He invents the hand knotter, known as the Warp Tying Machine. Barber Colman later diversifies into milling cutters.