Everett Charles Technologies

What Everett Charles Technologies does

Everett Charles Technologies (ECT) is a US-based, privately held manufacturer and supplier of electronic test products, founded in 1965 and headquartered in Pomona, California. Per its own short description and the firmographic record, ECT's core business is the production and supply of test contact solutions — most notably probe pins and related consumables used in the testing of printed circuit boards, semiconductor wafers/packages, and other electronic assemblies. The company operates at a meaningful scale relative to its addressable market, with a reported headcount in the 1,001–5,000 range, placing it among the larger independent suppliers in the global probe pin market, which itself is projected at USD 0.68B in 2025 growing to USD 1.08B by 2032 (6.9% CAGR) with Asia Pacific accounting for 73% of demand.

ECT's business model is that of a components and consumables supplier to the electronics test industry. The company sells probe pins, contactors, and related test fixtures into semiconductor test (ATE), PCB test (bed-of-nails, flying probe), and adjacent electronic-manufacturing applications. Revenue mechanics are not disclosed in the supplied data, including pricing model, average selling price, contract structure, and customer-segment mix. The company's website (ectinfo.com) is listed for sale on a third-party marketplace, which is not directly informative about ECT's operating model but is a noteworthy data point about its current web presence. No direct disclosures on distribution channels, marketing motion, GTM strategy, or value proposition are available in the source material.

ECT's corporate history is sparsely documented in the input. The most concrete recorded strategic event is the 2001 acquisition of Multitest.me, an undisclosed-amount deal that broadened ECT's contactor portfolio. The leadership record in the data is limited to Edwin Lou as Global CFO. The company has no public listing; the company-type record carries a source of but no direct first-party disclosure. No parent company, subsidiary structure, funding history, or recent M&A activity is evidenced. The aggregate result is a mature, privately held industrial components supplier in a structurally growing but Asia-dominant end market, with limited first-party transparency in the supplied source set.

Name

Everett Charles Technologies

Legal name

Everett Charles Technologies

Website

https://ectinfo.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Everett Charles Technologies, founded in 1965 and headquartered in Pomona, California, is a privately held manufacturer and supplier of electronic test products — primarily probe pins and contactors used in PCB and semiconductor testing — serving the global electronics test industry.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Semiconductor Test Equipment

NAICS

Semiconductor Machinery Manufacturing (333242), Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (334515), Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (3341)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825), Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826)

akta.pro primary industry

Test, Probe & Burn-In Equipment (Wafer Sort/Final Test) (HDAHAEAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Test & Measurement Equipment (Oscilloscopes, DAQ, signal analyzers, calibration benches) (IMAGAFAC), Metrology & Scanning Services (Inspection Labs, On-Site Measurement) (IMAAAHAJ)

Keywords

• Semiconductor test products
• Probe pins
• PCB test fixtures
• Contact probes
• Test and measurement

Headquarters

HQ city

Pomona

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D

Core offering

Everett Charles Technologies is a manufacturer and supplier of test products, with a focus on the semiconductor probe pin market. The company produces contact probe pins used in wafer-level and PCB testing for semiconductor manufacturers, supporting applications in AI, HPC, 5G, and automotive electronics. Operating from Pomona, California, since 1965.

Product overview

No specific product or service offerings from Everett Charles Technologies are described in the provided source data. The available sources consist of a general Probe Pin Market market-research summary (marketsandmarkets) and a for-sale domain listing for EctInfo.com on HugeDomains, neither of which names or describes any Everett Charles Technologies products, modules, or brands.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Semiconductor Probe Pins

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• Feinmetall: Manufacturer of test probes and spring contacts serving the semiconductor, automotive, and PCB test markets. A close direct competitor to ECT in precision test contacts.
• QA Technology: US-based manufacturer of spring probes (pogo pins) and test contacts for PCB and semiconductor test. Directly comparable to ECT's core probe-pin and test-contact offering and customer base.
• INGUN Prüfmittelbau: German specialist in test probes, pogo pins, and fixture components used across electronics and semiconductor test. Overlaps directly with ECT's spring-probe and test-contact product lines.
• Yokowo: Japanese maker of spring probes, connectors, and test contacts widely used in semiconductor test handlers and fixtures. Directly competes with ECT in fine-pitch and high-frequency probe applications.
• Smiths Interconnect: Supplies spring probes, test contacts, and interconnect solutions for semiconductor and aerospace test. Comparable to ECT in test-contact product family and customer verticals.
• Leeno Industrial: Korean manufacturer of test pins, test sockets, and probe pins for semiconductor package and PCB test. Directly competes with ECT on test consumables for back-end test.
• Micronics Japan (MJC): Japanese supplier of probe cards, test sockets, and probe pins for semiconductor test. Directly comparable to ECT in fine-pitch probe and test-contact solutions.

Broad incumbents

• FormFactor: Global leader in semiconductor wafer-level probe cards. Overlaps with ECT's test-contact domain at a broader scale and serves similar fab and OSAT customers.
• Cohu: Provider of semiconductor test handlers, contactors, and interface solutions; acquired Multitest — a former ECT acquisition target. Competes with ECT in test consumables and back-end test equipment.
• Teradyne: Global automatic test equipment (ATE) leader whose tester platforms drive demand for ECT-style probe pins and test contacts. Adjacent incumbent rather than direct probe-pin competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/everett-charles-technologies

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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