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t technology. However, their research is primarily aimed at improving their existing products and cutting production costs. Most of the large Canadian firms support the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' Gear Research Institute which is one of the principal gear & organizations in the United States. 5-2 Employment and training The estimated total number of employees throughout the Canadian gear manufacturing industry is 6,0 workers. The vast majority of these employees are involved in the manufacture and assembly of vehicle gearing. partial list of non-vehicle gear producers, with an estimated number of production workers, is shown in the following tabulation: Company Number of employees' Spar Aerospace 3 Ampscot Equipment Ltd 5 Continental Conveyer & Machine Works 5 Hansen Transmission Ltd 3 Cambridge Gear Manufacturing Ltd 3 Olympic Gear & Manufacture, Inc 2 'Production workers based on man years. Hourly compensation costs for production workers in industrial and commercial machinery manufacturing (SIC rose 2 percent overall during 1-8, from $1.6 in 1 to $1.9 in 1. Measured in Canadian dollars, the increase was only 1.1 percent, from CAN$1.0 in 1 to CAN$1.1 in 1. 1 However, when adjusted for wage inflation, hourly compensation costs in Canadian dollars actually declined slightly overall.1 Government policies and programs The Canadian Government offers wide range of industrial incentive programs which can be of substantial benefit to the Canadian gear industry. The assistance offered by these programs can take many forms: cash grants, loans, cost sharing, technical assistance, and equity participation. Most of these programs are available to all industries, although some special incentives are available only to certain industries and projects. For example, the Canadian Government provides aid to the Canadian automotive industry to develop process 1 Unpublished data from the .. Bureau of Labo