EPCO Products, Inc.

EPCO has been in the Fort Wayne / New Haven area since 1980.

EPCO purchased Gilbaum Manufacturing in 1980. Gilbaum was the patent holder for its design of a bow eye as well as a lifting assembly. EPCO is the largest single manufacturer of stainless steel bow and stern eyes for pleasure boats in the world. The other products it produces are mooring eyes, lifting assemblies, pontoon plugs / port, hatch cover pulls, and related items. EPCO specializes in making more than 800 different bow / stern eyes and custom items made to the exacting dimensions designed by its customers. It also produces products for the fluid power and diesel engine industries and supplies other product lines to the marine and RV industries as a master distributor. Its products are sold all over the US and in many foreign countries.

EPCO employees work in a 25,000 square feet, smoke free and completely air conditioned manufacturing facility. The manufacturing processes include thread rolling, turret lathe, screw machine, milling, drilling, assembly, CNC, thread cutting, tapping, stainless steel marking equipment, automatic and CNC bending, buffing, automatic packaging, robotic equipment, computer controlled labeling, various secondary machining operations, etc. The Kan-Ban system that guides production has been in place since 1984. There are a variety of support operations done to complete the operations begun by the primary equipment.

• EPCO is an ISO 9001:2008 Registered Quality System company and all of its activities are guided by those principles.
• EPCO is the recipient of the 1988 Indiana United States Senate Productivity Award which was presented by former Senator Dan Quayle.
• EPCO is the recipient of the 2005 and 2008 IBBI Supplier of the Year Award.
• EPCO is the patent holder for the EPCO Bow Eye Sealing System.
• EPCO is the exclusive licensee for the manufacture and marketing of the patented Remote Control SNAPPER Boat Latch.