Gleason and Mahr Form Strategic Alliance for Gear Metrology Products

<%=company1%> (Rochester, New York) and Mahr GmbH (Goettingen, Germany) recently announced that they have formed a strategic alliance to develop, promote, sell and service gear metrology products on a worldwide basis. Effective January 1, 2002, Gleason will have worldwide responsibility for the sale and support of Mahr's gear metrology products, including its line of double flank roll testers and gear-specific versions of its existing Primar inspection system. In addition, the parties are working together to develop new products to be introduced next year and beyond to enhance and expand the existing line of gear metrology products. The gear metrology products sold under this alliance will be branded "Gleason Mahr."

David J. Burns, President and Chief Operating Officer of Gleason Corporation, said, "We are excited about our new partnership with Mahr. Mahr has over 100 years of experience in the field of measurement and metrology offering a large array of products that clearly demonstrate their leadership in this field. We are confident that combining Gleason's significant global presence and leadership in gear processing solutions with Mahr's proven capabilities in metrology will result in an impressive range of gear metrology products and services to our customers."

Thomas Keidel, Managing Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mahr, comments, "In todays manufacturing environment it becomes ever more important to closely combine the metrology with the manufacturing process in order to economically develop and produce superior products. We are confident, that entering into a partnership with Gleason, the leader in gear production machines, will allow us to bring our metrology know-how even closer to where it is required."

Gleason Corporation is a world leader in the development, manufacture and sale of gear production machinery and related equipment. The Company's products are used by customers in the automotive, truck, aircraft, agriculture, construction, power tool and marine industries and by a diverse set of customers serving various industrial equipment markets. Gleason has manufacturing operations in Rochester/NY and Rockford/IL, USA; Plymouth, England; Munich and Ludwigsburg, Germany; Bangalore, India; and Biel, Switzerland, and has sales and service offices throughout the United States, Europe and in the Asia-Pacific region.

Mahr GmbH is one of the largest full-range dimensional metrology suppliers and the only company offering handtools, indicators, gages, probes, surface inspection equipment, roundness and form testers, optical CMMs, gage calibration systems, precision length and gear-metrology products, to all industries worldwide. Mahr has manufacturing operations in Göttingen and Wadgassen, Germany; Providence/RI, USA; the Czech Republic; and China, and has sales and service subsidiaries in 14 countries around the world.

More information about Gleason Corporation and Mahr GmbH is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.gleason.com and http://www.mahr.com.

For further information please call:
Ralf Terbrüggen at Mahr +49 551 7073 326 or
Gary Kimmet at Gleason +1 716 461 8089