Our Story
Nearly 80 years on the same manufacturing floor.
While most American manufacturing moved overseas, Echo Therm stayed put — in Springfield, Ohio, making thermometers the same careful way we always have.
While most American manufacturing moved overseas, Echo Therm stayed put — in Springfield, Ohio, making thermometers the same careful way we always have.
Echo Therm was founded in Springfield, Ohio in 1947 — the same year the Marshall Plan was signed, the same year the transistor was invented. We've been on this floor ever since.
In the decades that followed, manufacturing moved. Factories closed. Supply chains shifted overseas. A lot of the thermometer industry went with them, chasing lower unit costs and accepting longer lead times, inconsistent quality, and a container ship between the plant and the customer.
We didn't go. We stayed in Springfield, kept the equipment running, kept the people who knew how to run it, and kept making thermometers by hand the way they should be made.
That decision costs something. Domestic labor costs more than overseas labor. American raw materials cost more. We know. We make that trade-off every day because it produces something you can't get any other way: a thermometer that's right, every time, made by people who care, shipped in weeks instead of months.
When an order comes in, it doesn't wait on a port or a freighter or a customs delay. It goes to the floor, gets built, and ships. That's the deal — and after nearly 80 years, we're still the people who can deliver it.
"The cheapest imported thermometer looks fine in a catalog photo. Then it hits the floor."Echo Therm — Springfield, Ohio
Echo Therm opens its doors at 2755 Columbus Avenue. American manufacturing is at its peak. The company sets out to make precision glass thermometers built for real-world use.
Demand from food processing, refrigeration, and industrial customers drives expansion. Echo Therm builds a reputation as a reliable, volume-capable domestic supplier.
As environmental awareness around mercury grows, Echo Therm moves to non-toxic fill — ahead of regulatory pressure, not behind it. Every product we have made since is mercury-free.
Overseas competition intensifies. Dozens of domestic thermometer manufacturers close or offshore. Ohio Thermometer Company — Echo Therm's neighbor in Springfield, once producing 15 million thermometers a year — shuts down. Echo Therm stays on the same floor at 2755 Columbus Avenue and doubles down on what it does best.
Echo Therm produces over 20,000 tubes per day from the same Springfield facility. We supply distributors, OEMs, and direct buyers across the US and internationally — mercury-free, built by hand, shipped in weeks.
Every tube is drawn, filled, calibrated, and inspected in Springfield, Ohio. Not assembled from overseas parts — made, start to finish, on American equipment by American workers.
A thermometer that breaks or drifts out of calibration is worse than no thermometer at all. Ours are built to perform under real industrial, food-processing, and healthcare conditions — and to keep performing.
Mercury-free fill on everything we make, going back decades. It is not a marketing claim — it is a standard we have held since before most of our competitors started talking about it.
No brokers, no importers, no commission layers. You buy directly from the plant that makes them — which keeps the price competitive without touching the quality.
Manufacturing on the same Springfield, Ohio floor for seven decades. We have adapted to every market shift without moving production offshore.
Traditional glass-working craft combined with modern quality controls. We choose our techniques based on what produces the best thermometer — not what is cheapest.
250,000+ units a month, shipped from our own facility. We are the reliable manufacturing partner for national distributors, food processors, and OEM suppliers.
We have never used mercury or kerosene-based alternatives. Every tube we fill is non-toxic, safe for food-contact environments, and meets the standards regulations are catching up to.
Stringent quality control and hands-on craftsmanship at every stage. Our team has been making thermometers long enough to have seen every failure mode — and built processes to prevent them.
Heavy industry, refrigeration, poultry and food processing, healthcare, schools, advertising, and laboratory. If a temperature needs to be measured and recorded, we have made a thermometer for it.
Compact clinical instruments to large-format advertising displays. Our tube range covers nearly every commercial and industrial application, standard catalog or built to your spec.
Tell us what you need and someone from our Springfield team will be in touch within one business day.
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