Eastern Company (EML) Gagner

The Eastern Co. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of engineered solutions. The company is headquartered in Shelton, Connecticut and currently employs 1,246 full-time employees. The firm has one reportable segment: Engineered Solutions. The Engineered Solutions segment provides engineered solutions to support its customers' needs in the commercial transportation and logistics markets. The company designs, manufactures, and markets a diverse product line of custom and standard vehicular and industrial hardware, including turnkey returnable packaging solutions, access and security hardware, mirrors, and mirror-cameras. The company offers a standard product line of rotary latches, compression latches, draw latches, hinges, camlocks, key switches, padlocks, and handles, among other products. Its subsidiary, Velvac Holdings Inc., is a designer and manufacturer of proprietary vision technology for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and aftermarket applications, and a provider of aftermarket components to the heavy-duty truck market in North America.