Who We Are – Doing More and More with New Additions

Last month, we looked at some of the history of TUTCO from its humble beginnings to its growth into many more markets and technologies. Over the years TUTCO has bolted on many other companies with mergers and acquisitions. Here are some of the highlights: 

1969:  H.W. Tuttle Company was purchased by Gould. This led to the move from Michigan to Tennessee in 1972. 

1976: While still under the Gould name, they purchased Ceil-Heat in Knoxville, TN adding a line of duct heaters. 

1978: The TUTCO name was born when the company was acquired by Adams Industries. 

1986: TUTCO purchased E.R. Wagner Manufacturing Company which was another electric heater manufacturer. 

1990: Established the Packaged Heat Division which supplied more than just heating elements, it supplied an entire heater package with additional structure, controls and wiring along with installation kits and other value-added solutions for the Commercial HVAC industry. At this time TUTCO added the second manufacturing plant in Cookeville, TN. At that time, they were supplying Duct Heaters under the TUTCO name and the Electric Heaters Inc. name. 

1994: TUTCO was purchased by Smith’s Industries but continued to operate under the TUTCO name. At this time TUTCO was the world leader in Open Coil Heating Element Technology for the Appliance (Primarily Laundry) and the HVAC (Residential and Commercial) industries. 

2007: TUTCO acquires Farnam Customer Products located in Arden, NC. This was the beginning of TUTCO being in Industrial process heating. 

2008: TUTCO opened a manufacturing facility in Chang Shu, China. TUTCO purchased the heating elements division of Fast Heat in Elmhurst, IL, adding another industrial process heater division. 

2014: TUTCO purchased BTU Electric Heaters, a duct and HVAC heater supplier. 

2017: TUTCO purchased the Osram Sylvania Inc process Heat Division and rebranded it as TUTCO SureHeat and kept it in Exeter, NH. This added the third industrial process heater division. 

2024: TUTCO purchased Wattco of Canada to add yet another industrial process heater division. 

TUTCO also purchased Wing Industries (Draft Inducers and other HVAC Products) in 1979 and later sold it in 1987 which formed the Wing Draft Inducer company with the TUTCO company which then purchased Whitty Blower in 1989. TUTCO also purchased Aerosonics (sound attenuation products) in 2000. These companies were later sold to focus on our core business of electric heat. 

Next month, we look at our capabilities within all the TUTCO Divisions.