ESCO is well ensconced as a global manufacturer of engineered metal parts, castings, and components for industrial machinery. ESCO company's two operating groups are Engineered Products and Turbine Technologies. It operates manufacturing facilities on six continents. ESCO provides such services as contract manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain management, as well as specialized services to the aerospace, construction, industrial, mining, power generation, recycling, and transportation markets. Customers include Bucyrus, Caterpillar, and Komatsu. ESCO was founded in Portland, Oregon, by C. F. Swigert in 1913 as an Electric Steel Foundry; its products at that time included trolley car replacement parts.