What ECCO makes

ECCO makes audible and visual safety warning equipment for commercial, off-highway, and emergency vehicles. The product line starts with the back-up alarm, the device ECCO brought to market after its 1972 founding, and extends across amber warning beacons, LED lightbars and minibars, directional LED warning lights, worklamps, camera and vision systems, interior lighting, mirrors, sirens and speakers, and an electric-vehicle audible alert system. The company says it is the world's largest manufacturer of back-up alarms and amber warning lights, and that it carries the most complete line of warning products for non-passenger commercial vehicle applications.

Several product families trace back to specific ECCO innovations. The Smart Alarm adjusts its tone to roughly 5 dB above measured ambient noise, so it stays audible on a loud construction site without adding noise in a quiet residential area. The Reverse Motion Sensor triggers the alarm on any backward motion, running or not. On the lighting side, the RotoLED beacon uses a brushless magnetic drive to mimic a rotating beacon without a motor, the Hide-A-LED and Stick-A-LED lines put warning lights in flush or adhesive-mount form factors, and the RefleXL and Reflex platforms use total-internal-reflection optics. ECCO says it holds 200 registered US patents.

ECCO sells through original-equipment integration and a large aftermarket channel. It serves construction, mining, utility, refuse, agriculture, bus and coach, airport ground support, material handling, and public-safety fleets. Because its products are safety-critical parts that go onto vehicles built by others, ECCO functions as a component supplier to vehicle makers as well as a brand sold to fleet operators. Buyers evaluating ECCO alongside other tier suppliers will find both an OEM program business and an independent distributor network behind it.

Ownership and history

The Electronic Controls Company was founded in Boise, Idaho in 1972 with a stated mission of protecting people through performance-optimized products. It grew from the back-up alarm into a full warning-products catalog, branded for years as ECCO Safety Group (ESG), and marked its 50th anniversary in 2022.

In January 2021, Clarience Technologies acquired ECCO Safety Group from an affiliate of Berwind. Clarience, headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, is a house-of-brands group in vehicle visibility, safety, and digital technology whose portfolio includes Truck-Lite, Code 3, Road-Ready, and Davco, among others. In February 2026, Clarience announced a brand-architecture restructure that retires the ESG name and reinforces ECCO and Code 3 as standalone, customer-facing brands within the group. The company stated the change had no impact on products, operations, or partnerships. ECCO today is best read as a brand and operating unit inside a larger vehicle-safety group rather than a standalone independent company, which matters for buyers weighing supplier concentration and continuity.

Leadership spans the parent and the brand. Brian Olsen is EVP and President of Visibility Solutions at Clarience, a role he reached after joining ECCO in 2009 as Global Vice President of Operations and Supply Chain and serving as President of ECCO Safety Group. Commercial leadership in North America sits under Clay Cumbie, VP of Commercial Sales, with regional sales directors including Butch Beauchamp in the West and Errico Paolucci in the Northeast.

Footprint and scale

ECCO operates from a US corporate headquarters at 833 W. Diamond Street in Boise, Idaho, a 91,000-square-foot facility that houses safety product design, engineering, testing, manufacturing, and quality control. Its EMEA headquarters in Leeds, United Kingdom is a 105,000-square-foot site with test labs, manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, offices, and a showroom. The company reports operating 12 locations worldwide, naming the United States, England, France, Germany, Australia, and China, with more than 700 team members globally and roughly 170 in Boise and 300 in Leeds.

Across those sites, ECCO reports around 400,000 square feet of manufacturing, distribution, and warehousing space and a network of more than 3,000 aftermarket distributors. The scale figures and the market-leadership claims are the company's own; they are consistent across its US and UK sites and its parent's materials, and they place ECCO among the larger dedicated makers of commercial-vehicle warning equipment.

Certifications and quality

ECCO states that it is ISO 9001 certified and that it operates AMECA-certified test labs at both its Boise and Leeds facilities. AMECA, the Automotive Manufacturers Equipment Compliance Agency, certifies compliance for vehicle warning and safety lighting, which is directly relevant to the SAE-class light output ECCO cites across its beacon, lightbar, and directional-light lines. The company does not publish the certificate dates or the ISO 9001 version on its public pages, so the quality-system claim is reported here as current but undated. Buyers running a formal PPAP or supplier-qualification process should request the current certificates and scope directly.

Known customers

ECCO does not publish a named-customer or named-program list on its site. What it does state, and what its parent's profile repeats, is the shape of its customer base.

Beyond OE integration, ECCO reaches end users through more than 3,000 aftermarket distributors and publishes application testimonials from fleet and facility operators. Those testimonials describe products in service rather than formal supply agreements, so they are not listed as customers here.

Frequently asked questions

What does ECCO make?

ECCO makes audible and visual safety warning products for commercial and emergency vehicles: back-up alarms, amber warning beacons, LED lightbars and minibars, directional warning lights, worklamps, camera systems, sirens and speakers, and an electric-vehicle alert system. The company says it is the world's largest manufacturer of back-up alarms and amber warning lights.

Who owns ECCO?

ECCO is a brand and operating unit of Clarience Technologies, a Southfield, Michigan group of vehicle-safety and visibility brands that also includes Truck-Lite and Code 3. Clarience acquired ECCO Safety Group in January 2021. In February 2026 a brand restructure retired the ECCO Safety Group name, leaving ECCO as a standalone brand under Clarience.

Where is ECCO headquartered?

ECCO's US corporate headquarters is at 833 W. Diamond Street in Boise, Idaho, a 91,000-square-foot design, engineering, testing, and manufacturing facility. Its EMEA headquarters is a 105,000-square-foot site in Leeds, United Kingdom. The company reports 12 locations worldwide across the US, England, France, Germany, Australia, and China.

How old is ECCO?

ECCO was founded as the Electronic Controls Company in 1972 in Boise, Idaho, making it 54 years old in 2026. It introduced the vehicle back-up alarm early in its history and marked its 50th anniversary in 2022.

Who are ECCO's customers?

ECCO sells through both original-equipment integration and a large aftermarket channel. The company states it integrates warning systems into new vehicles for more than 500 OEMs and reaches fleet operators through more than 3,000 aftermarket distributors. It serves construction, mining, utility, refuse, agriculture, bus, airport, and public-safety fleets. Specific OEM program names are not published.

What certifications does ECCO hold?

ECCO states it is ISO 9001 certified and runs AMECA-certified test labs at its Boise and Leeds facilities. AMECA certification is specific to vehicle warning and safety lighting compliance. The company does not publish certificate dates or the ISO version on its public pages, so buyers should request current documents during supplier qualification.

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