Independent guidance for manufacturers building, expanding, or optimizing gear manufacturing capability — from capability assessment through production readiness.
Build the right capability — with the right equipment, processes, people, and quality systems — at the right investment level.
Seven areas of advisory, from first capability assessment to a running production line — and the transactions that shape a business.
Capability assessments, make-versus-buy analysis, capital planning, and a practical roadmap into aerospace and defense gear production.
View service →Efficient, repeatable, production-ready processes — process flow, tooling and workholding strategy, cost analysis, and documentation.
View service →Independent equipment guidance across CNC hobbing, shaping, grinding, and ID/OD grinding — new, rebuilt, or used.
View service →AS9100 integration, gear inspection strategy, process qualification, and supplier and customer quality requirements.
View service →New program launch, supplier development, customer qualification, and production ramp-up into the aerospace supply chain.
View service →Buy-side and sell-side advisory for gear and aerospace manufacturers — capability and equipment due diligence, valuation input, and ownership-transition planning.
View service →Identify your talent needs and discreetly recruit the specialized aerospace gear professionals to fill them.
View service →See how the six areas fit together across the full development cycle — assess to launch, and everything in between.
Aerospace gear manufacturing is more than buying machinery. We work the full system — in order.
Existing capability, equipment, processes, people, quality systems, and infrastructure.
A manufacturing strategy built on your products, customers, and long-term objectives.
The right machinery, tooling, workholding, and inspection equipment.
Manufacturing processes, process flows, inspection strategies, and production requirements.
Process qualification, quality-system integration, supplier and customer requirements.
Transition into production and support the ramp-up.
Grounded in actually owning and running gear shops — not theoretical consulting.
Built for the specific demands of aerospace and defense gear manufacturing.
Recommendations tied to your requirements and investment — not a vendor's.
Equipment through tooling, process, inspection, quality, qualification, and production.
Reflecting Tom Marino's 45-year career across aerospace OEM and Tier 1 programs. Company names are used to describe professional experience, not to imply any current partnership or endorsement.
Start with a straight conversation about what you actually need before committing capital.