Gates Corporation is one of the worlds largest manufacturers of industrial and automotive belts and hoses. The company provides a range of coal mining, timber harvesting and construction equipment. It serves the industrial, automotive, agriculture, transportation, mining, forestry, construction, office equipment, information technology and food processing markets. Gates Corporation sells its products to industrial original equipment manufacturers through a network of more than 150,000 distributors, jobbers and dealers worldwide. The company maintains sales and manufacturing operations in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and South America. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tomkins, which is an engineering and manufacturing company.