EASTERN CO
Eastern Company (NASDAQ: EML) operates as a diversified manufacturer of engineered solutions for industrial markets, with its corporate website located at www.easterncompany.com. Founded in 1858 and incorporated in Connecticut in 1912, the company has evolved into a specialized producer serving commercial… From the company’s description.
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What EASTERN CO does
In the company’s own words
Eastern Company (NASDAQ: EML) operates as a diversified manufacturer of engineered solutions for industrial markets, with its corporate website located at www.easterncompany.com. Founded in 1858 and incorporated in Connecticut in 1912, the company has evolved into a specialized producer serving commercial transportation, logistics, and general industrial sectors.
The company operates through a single reportable segment called Engineered Solutions, which encompasses several operating divisions. Big 3 Precision, including Big 3 Products and Big 3 Mold, specializes in turnkey returnable packaging solutions for vehicle and aircraft assembly processes, as well as blow mold tools and plastic packaging production. Hallink Moulds is a leader in injection blow mold tooling for the food, beverage, healthcare, and chemical industries. Eberhard Manufacturing produces access and security hardware including rotary latches, compression latches, hinges, camlocks, and padlocks for diverse global applications. Velvac designs and manufactures proprietary vision technology and aftermarket components for heavy-duty trucks, motorhomes, and buses in North America.
As of January 3, 2026, Eastern employed 1,246 people across fourteen physical locations spanning North America and Asia, with approximately 612 employees in the United States and 634 internationally. Roughly 21 percent of U.S. employees are represented by collective bargaining agreements. The company maintains a working capital ratio of 28.8 percent relative to sales, reflecting its need to hold extended inventory due to extended lead times from foreign subsidiaries.
Eastern sources raw materials from both domestic and Asian suppliers, including company-affiliated subsidiaries. The company competes through high-quality custom engineering, timely delivery, internal engineering resources, cost-effective manufacturing capabilities, and product line expansion via development and strategic acquisitions. The company faces competition from Asian and Latin American imports benefiting from favorable currency exchange rates and lower labor costs.
The company's business model emphasizes financial discipline, operational excellence, and long-term shareholder value creation through organic growth and strategic acquisitions. Eastern maintains patent and trademark protection across its product lines, though no single patent is material to operations. The company's customer base is geographically and market-diversified, with no significant foreign sales concentration and limited customer concentration overall.
Company details
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Fabricated Metal
- Headquarters
- SHELTON, CT
- Fiscal year end
- January
- CIK
- 31107
- SIC
- 3420
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2011–2026 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns EASTERN CO — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Largest fund holders · EASTERN CO’s weight in each
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Recent filings
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