Brief History
For more than a century, Cotta has been a leader and driving force in transmission gearboxes. Back in 1906, engineer Charles Cotta introduced his breakthrough constant-mesh shifting transmissions, and soon became a key supplier to the automobile and truck industries.
In the 1940’s, Cotta shifted our focus to industrial products and off-highway / construction specialty vehicles and, in 1960, we added a line of high-speed transmissions. Over the past 50 years, Cotta has diversified into offering other products including speed reducers, speed increasers, hydraulic pump drives and split-shaft PTO’s. Bringing us to today, as Cotta has become the premier, trusted and leading manufacturer of top-quality, precision-engineered transmission products for a wide range of specialized mobile and stationary applications, such as vocational trucks, defense, off-highway, aerospace, heavy industry, well-drilling, mining, marine and more.
Located in a 63,000 square-foot facility in Beloit, Wisconsin, home to our recently-upgraded testing lab, Cotta designs and engineers in accordance with the American Gear Manufacturers Association to ensure our quality – which is monitored systematically, and comprehensively focused on starting at the source to support our “zero defect” policy. After all, it’s a Cotta… it’s your gearbox.
Quality Engineering Values
You have access to the best in transmission technology expertise when Cotta is your chosen source. Our engineers are a true extension of your company. With experience of working with hundreds of companies and thousands of gearbox designs, our team of engineers will listen to your needs and share ideas, fulfilling your requirements to the best of our capabilities. We are ISO 9001: 2015 Certified as well, ensuring the highest quality practices in our product design and engineering, our test and measurement equipment, and other internal throughput processes. Whether you need a standard, modified-standard or a completely new design, Cotta is ready to get to work.
Powered by Custom-Engineering Expertise
Cotta has 2,000+ existing product designs available, plus our experienced engineers and craftsmen can take virtually any new transmission application from concept to delivery at our Beloit, Wisconsin production facility. Our engineers and designers work with customers to develop solutions and then deliver drawings in virtually any CAD format to drop into the customer’s own design.
These are just some of the many reasons why Cotta has been in business for over a century.
State-of-the-Art Testing Facility
Cotta continues to solidify our reputation as a preferred high-performance gearbox supplier by consistently improving our current line of products along with developing new innovative products. We systematically and comprehensively monitor the quality of all internal processes. First-piece inspection is conducted on every machining sequence, starting at the source to support our zero-defect policy, and then we assemble and test every transmission product we ship from our plant.
Mark C. DeRoia, P. Eng.
Engineering Manager, Aircraft Appliances and Equipment Limited (AAE)
“We use a Cotta gearbox on our in-house stands used for testing aircraft generators, typically 60kVA to 90kVA. The gearbox has run for over 25 years without a major breakdown. When we’ve ever needed a part or reported a service issue, Cotta is always responsive and meets our need within a week. They have a good, very consistent group of people there. We may need to install another test stand in the future. So, when we need a new high-speed gearbox, Cotta is who we’ll call. AAE has specific requirements for stringent applications, like for running an F-18 aircraft generator at 26,000 RPM, and we can rely on high-quality results from their product.”
State-of-the-Art Testing Facility
Cotta continues to solidify our reputation as a preferred high-performance gearbox supplier by consistently improving our current line of products along with developing new innovative products. We systematically and comprehensively monitor the quality of all internal processes. First-piece inspection is conducted on every machining sequence, starting at the source to support our zero-defect policy, and then we assemble and test every transmission product we ship from our plant.
ISO 9001 Quality Management
Member Of The AGMA
