The ECS Mission
Engineered to Protect
Our mission is to be the nation’s premier designer and manufacturer of high-performance, custom protective cases for the U.S. DoD, its suppliers, and contractors. We achieve this through a dedicated team of skilled engineers and professionals who leverage the latest technology, tools, and training within a state-of-the-art facility. We do this while investing in and supporting American manufacturing, innovation, and supply chains to strengthen long-term economic and defensive resilience.
Built on a Foundation of Duty and Precision
What We Stand For
Our dedicated team of engineers and professionals leverages the latest technology, tools, and training inside a state-of-the-art facility — all to strengthen long-term economic and defensive resilience through American supply chains.
We bet big on ideas, strategy, and execution.
Growth comes from rolling up our sleeves and contributing where it matters most.
We focus on building lasting value, not just short-term results.
Accountability and transparency guide everything we do … Everything.
We never dwell on the past or rest on our successes.
We move. We build. We grow.
Internal red tape, politics, and bureaucratic headaches are for the other guy. At every level, we find a way to act.
We bet big on ideas, strategy, and execution.
Growth comes from rolling up our sleeves and contributing where it matters most.
We focus on building lasting value, not just short-term results.
Accountability and transparency guide everything we do … Everything.
We never dwell on the past or rest on our successes.
We move. We build. We grow.
Internal red tape, politics, and bureaucratic headaches are for the other guy. At every level, we find a way to act.
American Resilience Requires American Ingenuity
1954
ECS Is Founded
ECS was founded in 1954 as Crate-Rite based in Oakland, California. In the early years we manufactured wooden case solutions and as the business grew rapidly to included customers such as Hewlett Packard, we moved the headquarters to Grants Pass, Oregon to be closer to lumber supply as the business was growing.
1965
19" Rackmount Introduced
ECS invented and patented the 19" Rackmount case concept, revolutionizing electronic systems deployment and operation. The original FRP composite rackmount cases began ECS's march toward dominance of the military rackmount case market.
1985
TSC Is Introduced
In 1985, ECS introduced its "Thermo Stamped Composite" transit case material molded on hydraulic presses up to 1,200 tons in capacity. TSC provides an unsurpassed combination of low weight and high strength/impact resistance. TSC transit cases and rackmount cases perform at extreme temperatures, making ECS cases the preferred solution for worldwide military applications.
2000
The Slide-Out-Rack
In 2000, ECS raised the bar again with the development of shock isolated "Slide-Out-Rack" rackmount cases, offering major labor savings during equipment installation, cable routing and maintenance. ECS also developed "Stacking-Rack" electronic rackmount cases with removable, sealed TSC panels on all six faces of the rackmount frames. These extremely compact rackmount cases stack and lock together when the TSC panels are removed and are fully transportable and waterproof with TSC panels installed.
2004
Loadmaster™
In 2004, ECS developed its Loadmaster™ modular cases, Loadmaster™ TSC rackmount cases and Loadmaster™ rotationally molded transit cases, all of which are dimensionally integrated and employ identical molded-in stacking features.
Cases of different sizes interlock when stacked together, making transportation and tactical operation of military electronic systems safe and space efficient.d
2007
Continued Innovation
New in 2007, "Flip-Rack" TSC rackmount cases allow full rack width electronic equipment to be slide-mounted in TSC rackmount cases, with rotating vertical EIA rackmount rails which allow equipment slides to be recessed. Also new in 2007, "Slide-Out-Platform" shock mounted cases allow low-cost protection for individual electronic devices that don't require a full rackmount frame for attachment into the case.
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ECS Partners with JFL to Advance Next-Generation Cybersecurity Capabilities
Strategic U.S. partnership delivers lightweight carbon fiber transit-case for DoW and Intelligence Community customers GRANTS PASS, Ore., September 9, 2026 — ECS Composites (“ECS” or “The Company”)...
ECS Composites Unveils Next-Gen Rackmount System Platform
GRANTS PASS, Ore., April 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ECS Composites, ("ECS" or "The Company"), a fourth-generation family-owned business and Becklin Holdings company, credited with being an early inno...
ECS Composites and ITI Engineering Partnership Protect and Drive F-35 Performance
GRANTS PASS, Ore., Jan. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ECS Composites ("The Company"), a Becklin Holdings company and industry leader in the design and manufacturing of high-performance, custom protective...