ESCO

What's New
  • Design-A-Sign 3.0 Now Available!
    The best way to choose a sign is to see it. ESCO offers Design-A-Sign, a proprietary software program which allows customers to "design a sign" utilizing the sign options available in our institutional catalog.

    The program makes it possible to choose from each series and options in font, color, cabinet trim, and cowling, and then see an accurate depiction of the sign. Custom logos can be incorporated to visualize the sign as accurately as possible. Design-A-Sign even has an option to view daytime lighting, dusk and nighttime illumination.

    Design-A-Sign make selling or buying ESCO's instiutional sign product line very user-friendly. In addition to the software, quote forms, worksheets and standard price sheets are provided to make ESCO's institutional line completely turnkey.

    To order your complimentary copy, give us a call toll free or email your sales representative today.

  • ESCO Manufacturing Receives Distinguished OSHA Sharp Award
    ESCO Manufacturing, Inc. in Watertown received a 2007 SHARP award for operating an exemplary safety and health management system.

    To qualify for SHARP (Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program) status, a company must:

    • Undergo complete and comprehensive safety and health audits;
    • Correct all hazards identified by the consultant;
    • Implement and maintain an exemplary safety and health management system;
    • Lower company lost-workday injury and illness rate and total recordable case rate below the national average.

    SHARP award recipients are exempt from OSHA compliance office inspections for a period of two years. "A SHARP inspection is a very rigorous activity for a company to undergo," said James Manning, program director for South Dakota OSHA Consultation through Engineering Extension at South Dakota State University. "For one thing, their occupational accident and illness rates must be below the national average to even begin the process of SHARP application. So not every company in South Dakota even wants to try."

    Under the OSHA-funded Consultation Program for the State of South Dakota, which is administered by the Engineering Extension Office at SDSU, smaller private-sector businesses can receive assistance in complying with Federal OSHA regulations without cost and without fines or citations. Engineering Extension also administers the SHARP Program.