Gates Corporation manufactures industrial and automotive belts, and hoses and related products. It offers industrial synchronous belts, industrial v-belts, timing belts for cars and light trucks, micro-v/v-ribbed belts, fleet and heavy duty belts, sport and recreation belts, industrial hydraulic and transfer hoses, hose crimpers, cars and light trucks hoses, cars and light trucks hydraulics, and fleet and heavy duty hydraulics. The company provides industrial power transmission products, including belt/sprocket interchanges, design flex software, and design view software; industrial fluid power products, which include designconnect software, e-crimp software, hose pressure calculators, industrial hose catalogs, part interchange-hydraulic hoses, and preventive maintenance programs; and automotive aftermarket products. It also offers cotton cleaner belts, bottling belts, conveyer belts, and curve saw poly chain belts. The company serves the aggregates, agriculture, bottling, cars and light trucks, construction, conveyer belts, automotive original equipment and replacement, transportation, office equipment, computer, food processing and handling, fleet and heavy duty, HVAC/ACHE, lumber, marine, mining, oil field, snowmobile and ATV, and wine making industries. Gates Corporation sells its products directly to automotive and industrial original equipment manufacturers through a network of distributors, jobbers, and dealers. It has sales and manufacturing operations in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and South America. The company was founded as Colorado Tire and Leather Company and later changed its name to The Gates Rubber Company in 1919. The Gates Rubber Company further changed its name to Gates Corporation in 2003. The company is based in Denver, Colorado. Gates Corporation is a subsidiary of Tomkins plc.