"We're going to run out of space pretty quickly," says Betsy Blaisdell, senior manager of environmental stewardship at Timberland (TBL), maker of boots, shoes and other outdoor gear.

Here's how to nail them all: First, lay out your gear at bedside the night before a morning run so that you've invested some time in heading out.

Tooth profile machining of mid-concave gear with narrow run-out groove is introduced, which solves a difficult problem using traditional machining.