Getting Smart with Maintenance and Repair

The Call I am sure that most of you reading this article have received a call at 2 AM in the morning from an end user whose gearbox has failed. They don’t have a spare available and down time is costing them thousands of dollars.  As you stumble to grab a pen and paper you […]

How to Build a Great Company

The most important factor in building a great gearbox is great people. We don’t profess to have the answer of how to build a great company, but we know it starts with great people and a great culture. The older I get, the deeper respect I have for the importance of culture in the success […]

How to Build a STRONG Gearbox

The industrial market is a unique one. Our customers’ applications require equipment built to handle the punishment and rigor dished out to keep the nation’s roads paved, grain bins full, and logistics flawless. Oh, and they want these heavy duty parts delivered fast! If there’s one thing we understand at Master PT, it’s the importance […]

Meet Josh – MPT’s Repair Coordinator

Meet Josh! Master Power Transmission’s Repair Coordinator, Joshua Nalley, is ready to help you get back up and running by making repair FASTER@MASTER. Josh came on board in the third quarter of 2015 to start up Master PT’s new Facility in beautiful Downtown Greenville, SC. Since then he has completed Master’s IPT (Intensive Product Training) […]

INNOVAdrive: better control and easy to install

Chuck, the Assistant Engineer at a major surgical manufacturer, wrote to us recently about his experience with the MPT InnovaDrive. “Our original Reeves MotoDrive was approximately 25 years old and had given us excellent service in the past. We had been looking to upgrade the mechanical drive to AC variable speed for quite a while. […]

A bold move for 2016

Have you seen our website update? It includes delivery metrics updated every week – on the front page. Designed by local firm Shift, the website launched quietly near the beginning of 2016. Besides a desire for an updated look, the main reason for the upgrade was to include some new features. One primary goal is to showcase […]

A Christmas Story

‘Twas the flood before Christmas, and through parts of the state Houses and cars were all in a lake. Ruth Williams was flooded – “Oh, woe is me! With a disabled son and little ones three!” The past four years were the hardest she saw And the flood was almost the very last straw. Discouraged […]

Powering Forward

April 2015 marked the 5 year anniversary of Master Power Transmission. As I look back at the last five years, I can’t help but imagine how the Reeves Brothers felt after their five year anniversary back in 1893 or E.P. Larsh (founder of Master Electric Company) felt after his company’s five year anniversary in 1925! […]

Published in PTDA

A recent issue of “Transmissions”, published by the Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA), featured an article by our own CEO, Michael Cinquemani. His thoughts are below, as published in the Manufacturer Corner column of the newsletter. Decision Making Constraints Excellent manufacturer-distributor relationships abound in PTDA.  Our partnerships are strong and founded in mutually beneficial goals.  […]