For 25 years, Innovative Rack and Gear, located in Wood Dale, Illinois, has developed a solid reputation for quality and service. The company recently announced that it has become a part of Avers Machine and Gear.

Avers Machine and Gear, located in Schiller Park, Illinois, is a full-service 5-axis machine shop with gear manufacturing capabilities that serves the needs of companies across the United States and around the world.

Innovative Rack and Gear manufactures a wide variety of custom commercial and precision, high quality gear racks for the machine tool, automation, construction, mining, oil, gas, offshore, steel, healthcare, precision instrument, aerospace, and defense industries among others.

"Through the synergies and skilled craftsmen of both world class companies, we will continue to provide the quality gear racks many have come to expect, in addition to a wide variety of gearing and machining capabilities. Uncompromised quality, focused customer service and unrivaled attention to detail will continue to be the cornerstone of the service that we provide to all our customers," said Zen Cichon, president of Innovative Rack and Gear.