ESCO Group

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ESCO Corporation

ESCO Corporation www.escocorp.com manufactures engineered metal wearparts and components for mining, construction, power generation and aerospace applications. The company employs lean manufacturing and "continuous improvement" practices (similar to the Toyota manufacturing model) to eliminate waste and reduce costs. Since 1913, the privately held company has been headquartered in Portland, Oregon, USA, and has more than 25 manufacturing sites throughout the world.

The company has two divisions: Engineered Products and Turbine Technologies. The Engineered Products Group produces metal wearparts, ground engaging tools (GET), components and earthmoving products used in global mining, construction, conveying, rigging, dredging and other industrial applications. The Turbine Technologies Group produces hot gas path (HGP) components for aerospace and power generation applications – including directionally solidified (DS), single crystal (SC) and equiaxed blades, nozzles, vanes and structural castings. ESCO Turbine Technologies also provides and manages such post-cast processes as machining, grinding and stem drilling.

Among other engineered metal wearparts, ESCO manufactures excavator buckets for mining and construction equipment.

Among other engineered metal wearparts, ESCO manufactures excavator buckets for mining and construction equipment.

Global Markets ESCO Serves

Mining: ESCO manufactures mining products for various types of surface and underground hard-rock mining applications. These products include buckets, blades, end bits, couplers, wearparts, ripper systems, shanks, lip systems, dozer packages, liner packages, shrouds and structural components. ESCO manufactures products for the following mining equipment:
• Dozers
• Draglines
• Excavators
• Wheel Loaders
• Graders
• Haul Trucks

Highway and Heavy Construction: ESCO manufactures highway and heavy construction products for excavators, scrapers, graders, dozers, loaders, backhoes and skid steers. These products include tooth systems, buckets, blades, end bits, couplers, thumbs, wearparts, ripper systems, lip systems, dozer packages, liner packages, shrouds and structural components. ESCO manufactures products for the following highway and heavy construction equipment:
• Dozers
• Hydraulic Face Shovels
• Excavators
• Graders
• Wheel Loaders
• Scrapers
• Skid Steer Loaders
• Tractor Loader Backhoes
• Snow Plows
• LHD Macines
• Shovel Dippers

Utilities and General Construction: ESCO manufactures utility and general construction products for excavators, graders, dozers, loaders, backhoes and skid steers. These products include tooth systems, buckets, blades, end bits, couplers, thumbs, wearparts, ripper systems, lip systems, dozer packages, liner packages, shrouds and structural components. ESCO manufactures products for the following utilities and general construction equipment:
• Dozers
• Hydraulic Face Shovels
• Excavators
• Graders
• Wheel Loaders
• Scrapers
• Skid Steer Loaders
• Tractor Loader Backhoes
• Snow Plows
• LHD Macines
• Shovel Dippers

Dredging: ESCO dredging products are designed for all types of rock, sand and clay dredging operations. ESCO manufactures products for the following dredging equipment:
• Cutterheads
• Cutterhead Tooth Systems
• Metallurgical Expertise
• Wear Protection

Brief History of ESCO Corporation

Due to the limited availability of replacement parts for his trolley line, in 1913, Portland, Oregon businessman Charles (C.F.) Swigert decided to create his own local source of steel castings and established the Electric Steel Foundry Company – now ESCO. The foundry used a modern furnace that was fired by electricity rather than coke. Within a few years, Swigert’s business expanded to include proprietary products for the Pacific Northwest logging industry, and company engineers also designed and patented several steel wearparts for various industrial machinery.