Awards were announced during the 2025 FTM Awards Luncheon
October 22, 2025 – The Motion + Power Manufacturers Alliance (MPMA) presented numerous awards during the 2025 Fall Technical Meeting (FTM) Awards Luncheon today in Detroit, MI. The event took place on the first day of the FTM, which is co-located with the Motion + Power Technology Expo. Awards were presented to MPMA technical committee members who have published a document within the last year.
The members of the MPMA Cylindrical Gear Rating Committee were awarded for publishing ANSI/AGMA 2101-E25, Fundamental Rating Factors and Calculation Methods for Involute Spur and Helical Gear Teeth. The following committee members were given awards:
- Al Swiglo, Swiglo Metallurgical Consulting
- Committee Chair, Frank Uherek, Regal Rexnord Corporation
- John Amendola, Sr., Artec Machine Systems (award accepted on his behalf by John Amendola IV)
- Robin Olson, Regal Rexnord Corporation (award accepted on her behalf by her colleague Frank Uherek)
- Ernie Reiter, Web Gear Services
- Seth Stelpflug, Metso Minerals
- Walt Weber, Flender
- Kevin Acheson, The Gear Works – a Division of Machinists Inc.
- Richard Calvert, Chalmers & Kubeck
- Robert Errichello, Geartech
- Vanyo Kirov, Caterpillar Global Mining
- Yefim Kotlyar, formerly of Machine Tool Builders
- Jose Martinez Escanaverino, Atlantic Bearing Services
- Andrew Milburn, Milburn Engineering
- Mark Perkins, Peerless-Winsmith
- Janusz Roszczenko, Philadelphia Mixing Solutions – a division of SPX FLOW
- Charles Schultz, Beyta Gear Service
The members of the MPMA High Speed Units Committee were awarded for their contribution to the publishing of ANSI/AGMA 6011-K25, Specification for High Speed Helical Gear Units. The following committee members were given awards:
- Committee Chair, John Amendola, Sr., Artec Machine Systems (award accepted on his behalf by John Amendola IV)
- Christopher Dale, Atlanta Gear Works
- Alex Minton, Cincinnati Gearing Systems, now a part of RENK Group
- Dietmar Sterns, RENK Group
- Frank Uherek, Regal Rexnord Corporation
- Robert Errichello, Geartech
- Ed Martin, during his time at Lufkin Gears
- Jose Martinez Escanaverino, Atlantic Bearing Services
- Mark Michaud, REM Surface Engineering
- John Rinaldo, Atlas Copco Comptec
- Chad Robertson, Luftex Gears
This year, with the merging of AGMA and ABMA into the new Motion + Power Manufacturers Alliance (MPMA), the ABMA Bearing Technical Committee members that participated in standards development for two new American Bearing Manufacturers Association (ABMA) publications were recognized.
The two new standards from ABMA – ANSI/ABMA 4, Tolerance Definitions and Gauging Practices for Ball and Roller Bearings and ANSI/ABMA 20, Radial Bearings of Ball, Cylindrical Roller and Spherical Roller Types – Metric Design.
- William Hannon, The Timken Company
- Committee Chair, Chris Bartus from Dodge Industrial
- Todd Blindt, Caterpillar
- Marlon Casey, Regal Rexnord
- Nikhil Londhe, The Timken Company
- Doug Martin, SKF USA
- Brent Miller, Standard Locknut
- Robert Morien, Regal Rexnord
- Rick Naffin, The Boeing Company
- Andy Raycraft, JTEKT North America
- Kyle Somerfield, NTN Bearing Corporation of America
- Scott Warren, The Timken Company
MPMA has over 100 AGMA standards and information sheets and over 40 ABMA standards published for the industry. The support provided by member companies and the contributions of their employees to various committees play a vital role in driving innovation across our industry, while upholding the integrity essential to its continued success.
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The Motion + Power Manufacturers Alliance is a voluntary association of companies, consultants and academicians with a direct interest in the design, manufacture and application of gears, couplings, bearings and related power transmission components and equipment. The members include gear and bearing manufacturers from the United States, Mexico and Canada, as well as gearing interests from more than 30 countries around the world. MPMA is accredited by the American National Standards Institute to write U.S. standards on gears and bearings.