About | Altronic

who we are

50+ Years of High-Value Service

From the frozen ice fields of Alaska to Middle Eastern deserts, gas engine OEMs and operators around the world consistently turn to our ignition systems, fuel controls, and instrumentation for their critical, high performance needs.

Our Vision

We strive to continue to provide innovative engineering solutions that exceed expectations while meeting the needs of our customers.

Our Mission

To create innovative engineering solutions for natural gas-fueled engines and manufacture high quality, high value, and reliable products that are delivered on time.

Our History

The 1950's

1953: Work commenced in downtown Youngstown, Ohio, on a revolutionary, transistorized, continuous spark ignition system which used a continuous alternating current discharge across the spark electrodes.

1955: The Economy Engine Company was founded to commercialize the continuous spark ignition system.

The 1960's

1964: The Economy Engine Company moved to new facilities in Liberty Township, Ohio – a suburb of Youngstown. The company focus shifted to filling the need for a reliable ignition system to replace magnetos on critical, continuous operation industrial engines.

1969: The Altronic Division moved to a 10,000 sq. ft. facility, its current location at 712 Trumbull Avenue in Girard, Ohio.

The 1970's

1977: The plant was physically expanded by an additional 2,000 sq. ft.

The 1980's

1981: Production facilities were doubled to 24,000 sq. ft., with an additional 4,000 sq. ft. acquired the following year in a nearby facility to house the new digital instrument division.

1984: The Altronic Division of the Economy Engine Company became Altronic, Inc.

1986: The digital instrumentation production facility was enlarged to 16,000 sq ft.

1988: Altronic Controls, a wholly owned subsidiary, was established in Garland, Texas, to design and manufacture customer gas compressor monitoring and control packages.

The 1990's

1994: A major expansion combined the two separate production facilities into a single, 52,000 sq. ft. plant.

1996: An 8,500 ft. Engineering and Development Center was constructed on newly acquired land near the production facility.

The 2000's

2006: State-of-the-art ignition coil manufacturing was initiated in the Morison, Illinois, in a new 12,000 sq. ft. production area.

2009: Altronic was purchased by HOERBIGER Holding AG, Zug, Switzerland, and became the lead plant of the new Engine Solutions business unit.

The 2010's

2010: Altronic, Inc. transitioned to Altronic, LLC. That same year, an 8,500 sq. ft. addition to the Engineering facility was made to house the Altronic Sales and Service departments.

2011: The manufacturing of ignition coils was moved from Morison, Illinois, to Girard, Ohio.

2018: Control panel manufacturing was moved from Garland, Texas, to Girard, Ohio, bringing all manufacturing processes to Altronic headquarters.