Foote Bros. Gear & Machine Company, manufacturers of gears, motor drives and gearboxes for a variety of industries, can be traced back to prominent Chicago businessman, Charles Plamondon, president of Plamondon Manufacturing Company, a machinist, and foundryman. This was well before the dawn of the airplane and many mergers and acquisitions later, now Derlan Industries, officially changed its name in 2002 to Northstar Aerospace to focus on the aerospace business. Northstar has become North America’s leading independent manufacturer of flight-critical gears and transmissions.
Note: While celebrating their 36th wedding anniversary aboard the S.S. Lusitania, Charles Plamondon and his wife lost their lives after the ocean liner was sunk by torpedos in 1915 off the coast of Ireland.
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