Bang, zoom, and awaaaay we go! Gleason Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells the machines that make, test, and finish the gears used in drive shafts. The company sells to makers of cars, trucks, SUVs, buses, aircraft, boats, agricultural, and construction machinery. Gleason also provides replacement parts for the aftermarket, and inspection software and training programs for its customers. The company has manufacturing plants in Germany, India, Switzerland, the UK, and the US. In 2000 Gleason was taken private in a management-led buyout.