Ferris Industries (Munnsville, NY), owned by Simplicity Manufacturing, began business in 1909 as the Uebler Milking Machine Co. Today the company builds commercial and residential lawn mowers under the brands Ferris, Simplicity and Snapper.
A key procedure in the assembly of automobile transmissions at the Volkswagen plant in Cordoba, Argentina, involves piecing together the top and bottom pieces of the transmission.