Eastern Co. EML

What this company does

The Eastern Company designs, manufactures, and sells engineered solutions for industrial markets. It maintains fourteen physical locations across North America and Asia. As of January 3, 2026, it employed 1,246 people, 612 in the United States and 634 in other countries. The Eastern Company has one reportable segment, Engineered Solutions, which supports customers primarily in the commercial transportation and logistics markets. Big 3 Products' packaging solutions are used in the assembly processes of vehicles, aircraft, and durable goods, and it works with original equipment manufacturers to design and produce custom returnable transport packaging for OEM assembly processes. Eberhard offers a product line of rotary latches, compression latches, draw latches, hinges, camlocks, key switches, padlocks, and handles, and provides development and program management services for custom electromechanical and mechanical systems for OEMs. Velvac designs and manufactures vision technology for OEMs and aftermarket applications and provides aftermarket components to the heavy-duty truck market in North America. The Eastern Company was incorporated under the laws of the State of Connecticut in October 1912, succeeding a co-partnership established in October 1858.

Written from the business description in The Eastern Company's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 3 March 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.