Alpha gear drives, Inc. is recognized worldwide as the standard of excellence and quality for applications requiring precision planetary gear technology. The company's North American Headquarters is located in Elk Grove Village, Illinois and World Headquarters is in Igersheim, Germany. The alpha products span four lines of precision planetary gearheads, rack and pinion systems, as well as servo sizing and selection software.

Alpha's investment in research and development, commitment to distribution channels, and unwavering dedication to customers allows for further developing and maintaining a leadership position as the #1 supplier in the highly competitive North American market. Organizations whose productivity goals allow no possibility for system downtime use alpha. They include many of the world's leading companies, in a wide range of industries including packaging, robotics, automotive, semiconductor, machine tool, paper converting, cutting machinery, tire, medical and fiber optics.

It is alpha's mission to provide the BEST quality, reliability, service and support. Not to mention the best and longest warranty in the industry, 5 years! If it's less than the best, it's not alpha.