When
the Echo company was founded in Northbrook,
Illinois in 1972, it was called Kioritz, after
the parent company in Japan. It began as an importer
of high-performance, 2-cycle engines and 2-stroke,
engine-powered hand-held products. In 1978, the
company name was changed to Echo and in 1979
they began initial production and assembly operations
in Wheeling, Ill. The GT-200 Grass Trimmer was
the company’s first lawn care product produced
in the U.S. Soon after, products such as straight
shaft trimmers and brushcutters, backpack and
hand-held blowers, grass trimmers, hedge clippers
and chain
saws were added.
A company branch was established in Canada and
in 1985, Echo established its present-day U.S.
corporate headquarters in Lake Zurich, Illinois.
For
many years, the company’s products
were distributed through a dealer network, but
in 1994, Echo partnered with Home Depot to provide
a line of hand-held outdoor power equipment for
the residential homeowner market. In 1997, Echo
added to its production and distribution by acquiring
Technic Tool Corporation.
Echo offers several choices in chain saws including
the CS-301 top handle trimming saw, the CS-305
with rear handle control, the CS-341, a more
powerful saw preferred by more demanding users
and professional arborists, and the CS-440, one
of the companies most popular vertical engine
saws. For serious logging operations, Echo also
offers the CS-8000 with 80.7 ccs.
Addresses
Headquarters
Kioritz Corportation
7-2, Suehirocho 1-chome
Ohme, Tokyo
198-8711
Echo USA
Echo, Incorporated
400 Oakwood Road
Lake Zurich, IL 60047-1564
Echo Canada
Echo, Power Equipment Canada
501 Newbold Street London
Ontario N6E 1K4
Canada
Echo U.K.
Distributor only
Countax Limited
Countax House, Haseley Trading Estate
Great Haseley, OxfordShire OX44 7PF
U.K.
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