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Tutco can trace its roots back to 1938 with the founding of H.W.Tuttle & Co. The company known today as Tutco Inc, was established in 1994 by Smiths Group, a London FTSE 100 company, to acquire assets of Adams Industries, which had been doing business for some time under the Tutco name. Since then, Tutco has quickly grown into a global leader in the heating component industry. We supply electric resistance heating elements for a broad range of applications, including compressors, clothes dryers, duct heaters, heat pumps, window air conditioners, and vending machines. Through Farnam Custom Products and other acquisitions such as the Heating Element Division of Fast Heat, we can and will continue to provide custom heating solutions for a myriad of other applications as well.
We are a manufacturer's manufacturer, custom designing and creating products that are highly reliable and that help our customers get to market faster. Whether we're solving a problem with an existing product, adding new features, or inventing a new heating component, Tutco's depth of experience and technology is unparalleled. Innovation is not just a word to us - it's how we do business, one customer at a time.
Our Mission
To be the leader in our markets, while providing the highest value for our customers, empowering our employees, while being profitable.
Fast Heat Asset Acquisition
Tutco has acquired the assets of the Heating Element Division of Fast Heat, Inc. in Elmhurst, IL. Read the full story.
About Tutco
Four Divisions
- Heating Elements Division
- Cookeville, TN
- Reynosa, Mexico
- China
- Packaged Heat Division, Cookeville, TN
- Tutco-Farnam Custom Products, Arden, NC
- Aerosonics Division, California, MO
Timeline
- 1938: Predecessor founded as the H.W. Tuttle & Co. in Adrian, MI
- 1969: Merged with Gould, Inc.
- 1972: Moved from Michigan to Tennessee
- 1978: Acquired by Adams Industries which started to use the name Tutco
- 1994: Assets purchased by Smiths Group, plc., London, a Multi-Billion $ Global Company, through its subsidiary, Tutco, Inc..
- 2007: Acquired Assets of Farnam Custom Products
- 2008: Acquired Assets of Heating Elements portion of Fast Heat, Inc. product line
Talent
- Top technical talent in the industry
- Six Sigma Blackbelt Certified Quality Engineers on staff.
- The customer receives the right answers at the right time.
- Staff engineers and metallurgist
- The customer receives the best design the first time.
- Holds over 30 Key U.S. and Foreign Patents for the Industry
- Over 6,500 Current Designs
- Average One New Design Daily
- Design phase to production in as little as six weeks
- The customer receives the best design the first time.
- Employees (700) with decades of experience
- The customer receives a quality product on time.




