Ewing Controls – Greenfield, MA

Ewing Controls is an 11-employee worker cooperative producing automated controls for steam turbine equipment, based in Greenfield, MA.   The owners decided to sell to employees after their 30-year tenure because it offered the best future for the business, both in terms of the expertise within the employees and protection against a more hostile acquisition from a larger firm.  The transition took a year, and was supported in part by a State small-business retention program.

Industry: Manufacturing
Location: Greenfield, Massachusetts
Number of employees: 11
Became employee owned: 2017
Assistance: ICA Group
Financing: Cooperative Fund of New England

From the company

Learn more

Employee Owned Small Businesses in Manufacturing

Shop Bot — Durham, NC
Liberty Graphics – Liberty, ME
Snow River Cooperative – Crandon, WI
Adams and Chittenden – Berkeley, CA
Pingree – Detroit, MI
Ewing Controls – Greenfield, MA
Surface Chemists of Florida – Jupiter, FL
Baldwin Apple Ladders – Brooks, ME
New Era Windows – Chicago, IL
Select Machine – Brimfield, OH
Opportunity Threads – Morganton, NC
Green Mountain Spinnery – Putney, VT
Isthmus Engineering – Madison, WI
Workers Owned Sewing Company – Windsor, NC
Burley Design – Eugene, OR

Employee Owned Small Businesses in Massachusetts

Regenerative Design Group — Greenfield, MA
City Fresh Foods – Boston, MA
Regenerative Design Group – Greenfield, MA
Oxbow Design Build – Easthampton, MA
Downtown Sounds – Northampton, MA
3Cross Fermentation Cooperative- Worcester, MA
Ewing Controls – Greenfield, MA
A Yard and a Half Landscaping Cooperative – Waltham, MA
Boston TechCollective – Cambridge, MA
Real Pickles – Greenfield, MA
CERO – Boston, MA
South Mountain Company – West Tisbury, MA
Collective Copies – Florence, MA
Pelham Auto – Belchertown, MA

Employee Owned Small Businesses Assisted by ICA Group

Nashville Foodscapes — Nashville, TN
Alliance Psychological Services – New York City
Boot Boyz Biz – New York City
The Soze Agency – Brooklyn, NY
Urban Projects Collaborative – New York City
Partner and Partners – New York City, NY
Davis Home Pros – Walnut Creek CA
Sun Light & Power – Berkeley, CA
New Prairie Construction – Urbana, IL
Visitec – St. Charles, IL
The Rose Garden – Buffalo, NY
Ewing Controls – Greenfield, MA
The Stud – San Francisco, CA
South Mountain Company – West Tisbury, MA

Employee Owned Small Businesses Assisted by Cooperative Fund of New England

Bell Street Builders – Portland, ME
CUPS/ White Electric — Providence, RI
More Trees Arborist Collective – Troy, NY
W.J. Wheeler Insurance – South Paris, ME
Ward Lumber – Jay, NY
Insource Renewables – Pittsfield, ME
Railroad Avenue Supply Company – Stamford, NY
Rock City Employee Cooperative – Rockland, ME
Ewing Controls – Greenfield, MA
Earth Designs Cooperative – Rosendale, NY
Timber Homes – Vershire, VT
New School of Montpelier – Montpelier, VT
Island Employee Cooperative – Deer Isle, ME
A Yard and a Half Landscaping Cooperative – Waltham, MA
Real Pickles – Greenfield, MA
Catamount Solar- Randolph, VT
Local Sprouts – Portland, ME
Warrenstreet Architects – Concord, NH
Green Mountain Spinnery – Putney, VT
Collective Copies – Florence, MA
Pelham Auto – Belchertown, MA